For more than a year, a small but determined group of regular patrons of THE Bus gathered at county commission meetings and public hearings pleading with anyone who would listen not to cut what they called their lifeline to the community. ...more

July 24, 2008

And why it took so long. ...more

July 23, 2008

In the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces covered with scarves and hoods despite the warm spring weather. ...more

July 8, 2008

Iraq's negotiations with the United States on a security agreement governing America's long-term involvement in the country are at an impasse because America's demands infringe upon Iraq's sovereignty, the country's prime minister said Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

The smell of gun smoke downtown means it's Gasparilla time. On Tuesday, about 20 mock pirates kicked off the prelude to Saturday's main events when they arrived aboard a parade float - with guns echoing - to "abduct" the mayor and demand the city's surrender. There was tough talk from Mayor Pam Iorio: "We will put up a fight," she vowed, surrounded by the costumed sea wolves. Maybe, but no mayor has been able to resist the make-believe pirate invasion that comes Saturday. In fact, the mayor and marauders soon gave up even the pretense of conflict and went off together for lunch. ...more

January 23, 2008

About 20 pirates kicked off the long prelude to Saturday's events today when they arrived downtown aboard a parade float to abduct the mayor and demand the city's surrender. ...more

January 22, 2008

For more than five months, the United States has been trying to orchestrate a political transition in Pakistan that would manage to somehow keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf in power without making a mockery of President Bush's promotion of democracy in the Muslim world. ...more

November 4, 2007