John Allen Muhammad, one of the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., area seven years ago, may have shot a man on a Clearwater golf course, but authorities are skeptical whether they can prove it. The hurdle in getting the evidence is promising Lee Boyd Malvo, the accomplice in the shootings, immunity from prosecution, police say. ...more

November 9, 2009

It galled her to do it, but Texan Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, Billy Gene Dillon, please confess, she wrote. ...more

November 9, 2009

It's early on Monday, May 26, Memorial Day. As I sit here at my desk, I took some time to remember my own Army days in Vietnam. I distinctly remember the smell of Vietnam as I stepped off of the plane in 1970. I remember fellow buddies that I flew with in that year. I remember the landscape below us as we flew in the mornings in the helicopter. The cool air and the beautiful country below me so ravaged by war. ...more

May 29, 2008

After 29 consecutive years of an epic event that saw drivers enduring extreme heat and cold crossing the Sahara Desert, organizers canceled the world's biggest off-road race Friday after an al-Qaida-linked group threatened the 5,760-mile Dakar Rally. ...more

January 5, 2008

U.S. Army Sgt. Evan Vela spoke in a low voice Thursday at the court-martial for his fellow soldier. Tears slid down the 23-year-old's cheeks, and the judge prompted him to talk louder. ...more

September 28, 2007