The Senate today confirmed Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation's top doctor. ...more

October 29, 2009

Since Patrick Buchanan is such a prominent commentator, who is he and what does he stand for? He is largely a Catholic reactionary who has little use for Vatican II. He grew up in Washington, D.C. As a student at Georgetown University, he was expelled for a year in 1960. ...more

January 24, 2009

She died just how she wanted to - singing on stage for a good cause. And her recorded songs wafted out of taxis and radios, as fellow Africans struggled with their grief at her passing. ...more

November 11, 2008

Thabo Mbeki is fond of packing his speeches with passages from "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," so it is perhaps fitting his downfall had the hallmarks of a Shakespearean tragedy. ...more

September 21, 2008

At Yankee Stadium, the tired horseshoe, it's all over but the stealing. Security is beefed up this week at the big ballpark in the Bronx. Yankees fans, those sentimental fluffs, are being caught in the act of unscrewing seats from concrete moorings for souvenirs. Someone even tried to heist a toilet seat. ...more

September 20, 2008

Songs, laughter, teasing and tender words marked Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration Saturday as presidents, village elders and African royalty joined him for a festive luncheon on his rural homestead. ...more

July 20, 2008

SOUTH AFRICA - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by urging the wealthy to share their prosperity with the less fortunate and by saying he wished he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle. ...more

July 18, 2008

Gardeners mowed the lawn outside the tiny museum honoring local hero Nelson Mandela on Thursday, while a work crew laid new tarmac on the road outside his house and a school choir rehearsed a song they created especially for him. ...more

July 18, 2008

Amy Winehouse put on a near-perfect performance at Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert Friday. We should've known it was too good to last. ...more

June 30, 2008

Chris Rock has canceled his 10 p.m. Thursday show at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, according to a news release from the center. No reason was given for the cancellation. ...more

June 28, 2008