TAL AFAR, Iraq – Iraqi government forces and U.S. troops began a major operation Saturday to retake a northern town largely under rebel control since the 2003 invasion. Baghdad International Airport (search) — Iraq’s only reliable and relatively safe link to the world — reopened a day after a British …
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Hours after Hurricane Katrina (search) passed, New Orleans was underwater. Some experts say the flooding could have been stopped a quarter-century ago — had environmentalists not interfered. In 1965, after Hurricane Betsy (search), President Lyndon Johnson authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to build two floodgates at the mouth of …
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New York City’s most famous gay penguin couple has split up. Even worse, one of them has taken up with a female penguin new to the Central Park Zoo (search), the New York Post reports. Silo and Roy, two male chinstrap penguins (search) native to the South Atlantic, made local …
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WASHINGTON – The State Department said Tuesday it had raised with the Israeli government the approval of construction of 117 houses in the Ariel settlement in the heart of the West Bank (search). Spokesman Sean McCormack provided no details, but he left little doubt that the administration was displeased. “Our …
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SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (search) is beginning to sound like Candidate Schwarzenegger, hinting in interviews that he plans to run for re-election in 2006. The Republican governor could announce his plans as soon as mid-September, around the state GOP convention and after the Legislature adjourns for the year. At …
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How long should you hold on to financial records, anyway? When it comes to record keeping, there are only two types of people, says certified financial planner Art Ford: the keepers and the recyclers. The majority of people fall into the keeper camp, says Ford, and they needlessly keep everything. …
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TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party marked its 50th anniversary Tuesday with a proposed constitutional change that could give the nation a more assertive international military presence. The pacifist constitution’s first alteration since its adoption in 1947 would create an official role for the Japanese armed forces. The language of the …
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DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM), which is struggling to pull its North American automotive business out of the ditch, will sell more vehicles abroad this year than it does in the United States, according to Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner. Wagoner made the forecast in interviews published on …
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Out-of-the-ordinary news from the folks at “Studio B”… ‘One-in-a-Million’ Robert Brooks was able to avoid hitting the deer. But he couldn’t stop the deer from hitting him. You see, Robert was driving this week in the San Francisco area when a deer leapt into the road. He swerved, then pulled …
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AMMAN, Jordan – A look at attacks in Jordan in recent years: — Aug. 19, 2005: Attackers fire at least three rockets from the hills above the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, with one narrowly missing a U.S. Navy ship docked in the port, another hitting close to an airport …
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