Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies - and their images - for posterity. ...more

October 22, 2008

The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks - and actually shrank late last year. ...more

August 1, 2008

When it was over and tears were being wiped on baseball jerseys, the old coach said he never had worked with a better group of young men in all his years. ...more

June 17, 2008

Jemile Weeks hit his second home run of the College World Series, closer Carlos Gutierrez worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth inning and Miami held off Florida State 7-5 in a Bracket 1 elimination game on Monday. ...more

June 16, 2008

Georgia scored four runs in the ninth — two on Miami closer Carlos Gutierrez's throwing error — as the Bulldogs came from behind to win. ...more

June 15, 2008

Give the man credit. Mike Martin still had his sense of humor late Saturday afternoon, even after witnessing a ninth inning that should make a coach cry. ...more

June 15, 2008

Facing a win-or-go-home situation against Oregon State in the 2006 College World Series, the University of Miami turned to ace Carlos Gutierrez. ...more

June 14, 2008

Yonder Alonso homered and Enrique Garcia pitched six effective innings as the Miami Hurricanes defeated Arizona 4-2 on Sunday night to advance to their 23rd College World Series. ...more

June 9, 2008

In his first major economic speech since becoming president, Dmitri A. Medvedev said Saturday that the world might be in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and that a newly revived Russia could offer solutions to a systemic crisis that underscored the United States' economic shortcomings. ...more

June 8, 2008

A $600 million program to buy handheld devices and create an automated network to collect data for the 2010 census faces major cost overruns and could cause delays in preparing for the nationwide head count. ...more

February 17, 2008