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President George W. Bush campaigns with state Sen. Michele Bachmann in Wayzata, Minn. during her first Congressional race in August 2006. (Evan Vucci / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation As a state senator, Bachmann proposed a constitutional ...

Moments before winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph knocked over the stage framework and lighting rig at the Indiana State Fair, award-winning country duo Sugarland were getting ready to perform their headlining set and holding their traditional pre-show ...

By LESLEY CLARK President Barack Obama leaves the White House on Monday for a three-day bus trip, talking job creation at small towns across the Midwest in hopes of distancing himself from the "partisan brinksmanship" he says has poisoned the economy. ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The bodies of a man and a girl were found inside a vehicle belonging to a suspect in an Amber Alert case, authorities said. Authorities believe 2-year-old Madeline Samaan-Fay was abducted by her father, Mourad "Moni" ...

Several people said to be dead as northern city is reportedly attacked by warships and tanks. At least four people have been killed and 15 injured after Syrian warships and tanks opened fired on the port city of Latakia in two residential districts, ...

By Robert McCartney, Congressional gridlock is damaging more than just the budget and the economy. The paralysis on Capitol Hill is also putting American education at risk, including in our region. According to recent standardized test results, ...

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, is in the Somali capital Mogadishu, where she toured a hospital in the famine stricken country. She also met with people who had survived the long ...

Tatiana Larry, 18, is headed to college soon and planned to spend Friday night shopping for clothes on South Street with friends. Next thing Larry knew, her friends were sitting in the back of a police wagon. "We're getting punished for what other kids ...

AP AP SAN FRANCISCO -- A secretive, international group of hackers has aimed its keyboards and social media masses at BART, threatening to retaliate against the transit agency for its decision to cut off cellphone service at a planned protest Thursday. ...

By AP, HAVANA — Nearly two-dozen singers and musicians from nine Latin American nations are feting Fidel Castro in a happy-birthday concert on the eve of the former leader's 85th. The show in the Cuban capital is dubbed the “Serenade to Fidelity. ...

BEIJING—The new US ambassador to China, the first Chinese-American to take up the post, said Sunday that the two countries could solve many of the world's problems if their governments work together more. At a news briefing with his family by his side ...

By Michael Georgy ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters are in control of the centre of the town of Zawiyah, about 50 km west of the Libyan capital, a Reuters reporter in Zawiyah said on Sunday. The reporter said he could see about 50 rebels near ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Greyhound bus flipped over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early on Saturday, trapping a woman inside the wreckage and injuring nearly two dozen other passengers, officials said. The driver lost control of the bus, which hit the ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Two men will appear in court Sunday in the hit-and-run deaths of three men during the riots that roiled Britain last week. Police charged the two, ages 26 and 17, with three counts of murder in the incidents in Birmingham ...

Several people said to be dead as northern city is reportedly attacked by warships and tanks. At least four people have been killed and 15 injured after Syrian warships and tanks opened fired on the port city of Latakia in two residential districts, ...

Guenter Schlusche at part of the memorial to the Berlin Wall that he designed to commemorate its construction 50 years ago. By NICHOLAS KULISH BERLIN — Günter Schlusche stood in what was once the foundation of Bernauer Street 10A, right in front of ...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The death of former first lady Betty Ford has deepened divisions between the Ford family and allies and the director of the Betty Ford Center, prompting several former board members and wealthy former patients to pull donations ...

By BRENT KENDALL A divided US appeals court in Atlanta ruled that a key provision of last year's federal health-care overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with a group of 26 states that challenged the law. Ashby Jones has details. ...

Several people said to be dead as northern city is reportedly attacked by warships and tanks. At least four people have been killed and 15 injured after Syrian warships and tanks opened fired on the port city of Latakia in two residential districts, ...

By Mohammad Aziz PARWAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as six suicide bombers and insurgent gunmen attacked the compound of a provincial governor in central Afghanistan on Sunday, the governor and a Reuters witness said, with bursts of gunfire heard ...

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The body of a New York Police Department Officer, who went missing on Friday afternoon, was recovered from Long Island Sound early Saturday afternoon. Patrick Luca's body was discovered by a passing boat about a mile from the spot he was last seen. ...

1 of 3. Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the US embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police ...

A missing 12-year-old Boy Scout that went missing overnight in Ashley National Forest in Utah has been found alive. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah was reported missing by a scoutmaster Friday afternoon near Spirit Lake Trailhead and Dagget Lake. ...

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that target more than 1000 wolves. In the request for an emergency injunction, filed electronically ...

Regiuna Spann, 3, of Jackson, stares at the memorial forming after a candlelight vigil for Dominique Henderson, 28, and her four children who died in a fire early Saturday at Lakeview Manor Apartments. Family, friends, neighbors and supporters gathered ...

AP ATLANTA — Metal railings rained down onto a heavily traveled interstate in downtown Atlanta from a landmark bridge late Saturday night, narrowly missing vehicles on the key corridor and shutting off traffic both ways for hours, authorities and ...

A Colorado judge issued a gag order Friday preventing those involved in the Dougherty case from speaking to the media. District Judge Thomas Flesher issued the order, which prohibits court officials, law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has made her first political trip outside the nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest. Suu Kyi's trip to meet supporters in two towns north of Yangon was going ahead peacefully on ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF Livni slams Netanyahu for not understanding that protesters want a "different Israel"; says PM causing deterioration of Israel's standing. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed both the diplomatic and social policies of Prime ...

1 of 3. Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the US embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police ...

A missing 12-year-old Boy Scout that went missing overnight in Ashley National Forest in Utah has been found alive. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah was reported missing by a scoutmaster Friday afternoon near Spirit Lake Trailhead and Dagget Lake. ...

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that target more than 1000 wolves. In the request for an emergency injunction, filed electronically ...

Regiuna Spann, 3, of Jackson, stares at the memorial forming after a candlelight vigil for Dominique Henderson, 28, and her four children who died in a fire early Saturday at Lakeview Manor Apartments. Family, friends, neighbors and supporters gathered ...

AP ATLANTA — Metal railings rained down onto a heavily traveled interstate in downtown Atlanta from a landmark bridge late Saturday night, narrowly missing vehicles on the key corridor and shutting off traffic both ways for hours, authorities and ...

A Colorado judge issued a gag order Friday preventing those involved in the Dougherty case from speaking to the media. District Judge Thomas Flesher issued the order, which prohibits court officials, law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has made her first political trip outside the nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest. Suu Kyi's trip to meet supporters in two towns north of Yangon was going ahead peacefully on ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF Livni slams Netanyahu for not understanding that protesters want a "different Israel"; says PM causing deterioration of Israel's standing. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed both the diplomatic and social policies of Prime ...

1 of 3. Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the US embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police ...

A missing 12-year-old Boy Scout that went missing overnight in Ashley National Forest in Utah has been found alive. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah was reported missing by a scoutmaster Friday afternoon near Spirit Lake Trailhead and Dagget Lake. ...

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that target more than 1000 wolves. In the request for an emergency injunction, filed electronically ...

Regiuna Spann, 3, of Jackson, stares at the memorial forming after a candlelight vigil for Dominique Henderson, 28, and her four children who died in a fire early Saturday at Lakeview Manor Apartments. Family, friends, neighbors and supporters gathered ...

AP ATLANTA — Metal railings rained down onto a heavily traveled interstate in downtown Atlanta from a landmark bridge late Saturday night, narrowly missing vehicles on the key corridor and shutting off traffic both ways for hours, authorities and ...

A Colorado judge issued a gag order Friday preventing those involved in the Dougherty case from speaking to the media. District Judge Thomas Flesher issued the order, which prohibits court officials, law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has made her first political trip outside the nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest. Suu Kyi's trip to meet supporters in two towns north of Yangon was going ahead peacefully on ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF Livni slams Netanyahu for not understanding that protesters want a "different Israel"; says PM causing deterioration of Israel's standing. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed both the diplomatic and social policies of Prime ...

1 of 3. Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the US embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police ...

A missing 12-year-old Boy Scout that went missing overnight in Ashley National Forest in Utah has been found alive. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah was reported missing by a scoutmaster Friday afternoon near Spirit Lake Trailhead and Dagget Lake. ...

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that target more than 1000 wolves. In the request for an emergency injunction, filed electronically ...

Regiuna Spann, 3, of Jackson, stares at the memorial forming after a candlelight vigil for Dominique Henderson, 28, and her four children who died in a fire early Saturday at Lakeview Manor Apartments. Family, friends, neighbors and supporters gathered ...

AP ATLANTA — Metal railings rained down onto a heavily traveled interstate in downtown Atlanta from a landmark bridge late Saturday night, narrowly missing vehicles on the key corridor and shutting off traffic both ways for hours, authorities and ...

A Colorado judge issued a gag order Friday preventing those involved in the Dougherty case from speaking to the media. District Judge Thomas Flesher issued the order, which prohibits court officials, law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has made her first political trip outside the nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest. Suu Kyi's trip to meet supporters in two towns north of Yangon was going ahead peacefully on ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF Livni slams Netanyahu for not understanding that protesters want a "different Israel"; says PM causing deterioration of Israel's standing. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed both the diplomatic and social policies of Prime ...

1 of 3. Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the US embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police ...

A missing 12-year-old Boy Scout that went missing overnight in Ashley National Forest in Utah has been found alive. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah was reported missing by a scoutmaster Friday afternoon near Spirit Lake Trailhead and Dagget Lake. ...

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that target more than 1000 wolves. In the request for an emergency injunction, filed electronically ...

Regiuna Spann, 3, of Jackson, stares at the memorial forming after a candlelight vigil for Dominique Henderson, 28, and her four children who died in a fire early Saturday at Lakeview Manor Apartments. Family, friends, neighbors and supporters gathered ...

AP ATLANTA — Metal railings rained down onto a heavily traveled interstate in downtown Atlanta from a landmark bridge late Saturday night, narrowly missing vehicles on the key corridor and shutting off traffic both ways for hours, authorities and ...

A Colorado judge issued a gag order Friday preventing those involved in the Dougherty case from speaking to the media. District Judge Thomas Flesher issued the order, which prohibits court officials, law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has made her first political trip outside the nation's main city since her release from seven years of house arrest. Suu Kyi's trip to meet supporters in two towns north of Yangon was going ahead peacefully on ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF Livni slams Netanyahu for not understanding that protesters want a "different Israel"; says PM causing deterioration of Israel's standing. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed both the diplomatic and social policies of Prime ...