When high-tech flirts turn into life-altering disasters
March 29, 2011
One day last winter Margarite posed naked before her bathroom mirror, held up her cellphone and took a picture. Then she sent the full-length frontal
A real snake in the grass story
March 29, 2011
It may be weeks before the escaped cobra from New York’s Bronx Zoo is found, but the highly poisonous snake has seized the pop-culture moment
House kills mortgage relief
March 29, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to kill President Barack Obama‘s signature program to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. A bill to terminate
Libya cost: $550 million plus $40 million a month
March 29, 2011
The United States has spent $550 million so far on military operations in Libya, but expects costs to stabilize at $40 million per month once
Judge blocks, expands ban on Scott Walker’union-busting law
March 29, 2011
A Wisconsin judge issued a revised order on Tuesday blocking implementation of a controversial state law curbing collective bargaining by public unions while she hears
Dems willing to deal on budget cuts
March 29, 2011
Democrats indicated Tuesday they may be willing to accept Republican-backed curbs on the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulators as part of an overall
Housing price declines deepen
March 29, 2011
Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen
McCain, Levin back Obama on Libya attacks
March 29, 2011
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee say President Barack Obama was right to use military force in Libya. Democratic Sen.
Obama: Too much testing makes education boring
March 29, 2011
President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results.
Va. Tech fined $55,000 for delayed response to shooting
March 29, 2011
Virginia Tech will have to pay the maximum $55,000 fine for violating federal law by waiting too long to notify students during the 2007 shooting