A South Florida minister who pleaded no contest for impregnating his 15-year-old goddaughter has an unusual request. Thirty-five-year-old Cory Cortezis Lewis on Thursday asked a judge to serve 1 1/2 years in prison instead of the 2-year house arrest sentence he got last week. ...more

October 23, 2009

Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse. ...more

December 7, 2008

Facing massive job losses, the White House and congressional Democrats are negotiating a deal to provide about $15 billion in loans to prevent Detroit's weakened auto industry from collapsing. ...more

December 6, 2008

The last thoughts of a gunman who pushed through a crowd at a political rally and fatally shot Benazir Bhutto might have been how easy it is to derail democracy and silence forever a powerful voice of reform. ...more

December 28, 2007