Kenya's opposition leader Sunday called for international peacekeepers to help restore calm in a country once considered one of the most stable on the continent, as weeks of violence linked to the disputed presidential election gathered frightening momentum. ...more

February 4, 2008

After months of meetings, offers and counteroffers, city officials have failed to reach a deal to buy a mobile home park in the crime-ridden east end. ...more

January 15, 2008

Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering - including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. ...more

January 10, 2008

They call it a demon of the jungle. But it soon may leave the cover of darkness and hunt its prey elsewhere, out from under the dense forests of sub-Saharan Africa. ...more

January 6, 2008

The city's Community Redevelopment Agency is set to vote tonight on the proposed purchase of a dilapidated, crime-ridden mobile home park. ...more

November 27, 2007

In a flurry of announcements Thursday, companies recalled products ranging from Fisher-Price toys to Florida beef to children's seats. Chinese-made toys with excessive amounts of lead topped the list as six toy makers said they would recall 665,000 toys. ...more

October 26, 2007