I hope your holidays were as pleasant as mine were this year. We had family guests come and go over several days, with nary a peep of discord or hurled object. There may have been some light poking, but overall the atmosphere was just plain fun and relaxing. ...more

January 7, 2009

Cars and trucks loaded with suitcases, mattresses and passengers cradling baskets stuffed with clothes lined up at checkpoints Monday to flee Mosul, a day after the 10th killing of an Iraqi Christian in the northern city so far this month. ...more

October 14, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. - Two boys ages 15 and 11 were left at Nebraska hospitals over the weekend, the first youngsters surrendered under the state's new safe-haven law that allows caregivers to abandon children and teens as well as infants, officials said. ...more

September 16, 2008