Let's Get Busy The Republican VP candidate, Sarah Palin, is being hailed or excoriated depending on your personal beliefs, for allowing her teenage child to get a pass on getting pregnant. For political fodder, the issue twists to one of parenting style as leadership litmus. ...more

September 13, 2008

President Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with the opposition Thursday after more than two decades as Zimbabwe's unchallenged leader, South Africa's president announced. ...more

September 12, 2008

Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday informed top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, that the government was preparing to seize the two companies and place them in a conservatorship, officials and company executives briefed on the discussions said. ...more

September 6, 2008

Bill Fanning of Hudson congratulates the Republican Party for creating many problems on the national and state level. ...more

August 30, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Butterfly, freestyle, relay - monologue? Michael Phelps is trading the pool for the "Saturday Night Live" stage. ...more

August 27, 2008

Maria Louisa Davis got to the United States seven years ago, but Monday she became a permanent fixture. She was one of 520 flag-waving, "Star Spangled Banner"-singing people sworn in as citizens at the Tampa Convention Center. ...more

July 29, 2008

Maria Louisa Davis got to the United States seven years ago, but today she became a permanent fixture. She was one of 520 flag-waving, "Star Spangled Banner"-singing people sworn in as citizens today at the Tampa Convention Center. The 52-year-old Orlando woman said she wants to vote in the election this fall and that was an overriding reason for her going through the lengthy process. Today is the deadline for registering to vote for the primary election in August, and it also marks 100 days until the presidential election in November. ...more

July 28, 2008

President Raul Castro warned Washington that Cuba would stay focused on defense regardless of who wins November's presidential election, but failed to announce more changes to the communist system during a major address Saturday night. ...more

July 27, 2008

What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them. ...more

July 24, 2008

It shouldn't surprise anyone that voter registration in Highlands County is at an all-time high. There is a lot of unrest throughout the country, including our own county. We should take voter interest as a good sign. ...more

July 16, 2008