Stephen Colbert and his musical nemesis, the Decemberists, will face off again. ...more

April 13, 2009

The Career Academy sophomores moved in closer and closer as Dr. Jeanie O. Lee prepared to demonstrate acupuncture on the academy's director, Doug Thoburn. ...more

February 18, 2009

"A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East - From the Cold War to the War on Terror," by Patrick Tyler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30) ...more

January 11, 2009

The thaw in the resentful relationship between the most powerful woman in the Democratic party and her younger male rival began at the party's convention this summer, when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave such a passionate speech supporting Barack Obama that his top aides leapt out of their chairs backstage to give her a standing ovation as she swept past. ...more

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON — The first presidential debate of the 2008 general election began as an assertion-laden exchange, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain confronting each other with claims ranging from the financial crisis to taxes. Some left out key facts. ...more

September 26, 2008

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made her diplomatic debut Tuesday, meeting with two heads of state who had traveled to New York for the opening of the United Nation's General Assembly. ...more

September 24, 2008

Senior officials in the Nixon administration discussed a desire to stop the newly elected government of leftist Chilean President Salvador Allende from taking power in 1970, according to declassified transcripts made public Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Boxer DQ'd For Biting Opponent BEIJING - A light heavyweight boxer from Tajikistan was disqualified for biting his opponent on the shoulder during their Olympic quarterfinal bout Tuesday night. ...more

August 20, 2008

Everyone has heard about the record "profits" of United States oil companies. These companies are also in record debt due to the lack of backing and restrictions placed on them by our government. Oil companies are not the problem. Why doesn't President George W. Bush do something to help us? ...more

May 28, 2008

The Coen brothers have completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood's mainstream, winning four Academy Awards for "No Country for Old Men," including best picture. ...more

February 25, 2008