Posts in category National & World

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ A prominent conservative think tank in North Carolina apologized Thursday for a freelance blogger’s decision to post a photo illustration depicting …

CHICAGO (AP) — Police investigators, prosecutors and mayors in cities nationwide are saying that the New York Police Department is putting officers at risk by …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has a PR problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least. Once the must-fight war for America, the …

Associated Press NEW YORK — New York City’s tourism agency has a new annual goal of 55 million visitors by 2015, and it’s planning to …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The White House was immediately involved in the Agriculture Department’s decision to ask USDA employee Shirley Sherrod to resign in 2010, according …

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) —Documents on three deadly jetliner crashes in Nigeria, including one in which a plane filled with children going home for Christmas burst …

Words have meanings. Ask me. I should know. Using a football analogy, I am in the fourth quarter of my life. So, as a beneficiary …

LOS ANGELES (AP) —When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social networking company will likely vault into the ranks …

Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners …

LOS ANGELES — Etta James’ performance of the enduring classic “At Last” was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her …