Economic inequality is growing in the world's richest countries, particularly in the United States, jeopardizing the American Dream of social mobility just as the world tilts toward recession, a 30-nation report said Tuesday. ...more

October 22, 2008

Iraq's Cabinet decided Tuesday to ask the United States for changes to the draft agreement that would keep American troops here three more years, as key Shiite lawmakers warned the deal stands little chance of approval as it stands. ...more

October 22, 2008

•WHERE: Roswell, N.M. •MESSAGE: She called for drilling in the United States to reduce dependence on foreign oil and said all energy possibilities should be considered, including solar, wind, clean coal and offshore oil and gas drilling. John McCain, she said, would cut business taxes, double child tax deductions for families and cut capital gains taxes. ...more

October 20, 2008

The veterans hospital in Tampa is getting a new building for its unit that treats the nation's most seriously wounded warriors. ...more

October 17, 2008

Thank you to Marc Valero for his article on the Career Academy. I want to add a comment that should go hand in hand with the quote from Mr. Lemler, "The academy is trying to prepare students, who don't plan to attend a four-year college." The national trend in career academies is to be an alternative route to a four-year college. ...more

October 13, 2008

Another group of whooping cranes is set to follow an ultralight from Wisconsin to Florida this week. ...more

October 12, 2008

Re: Bob Shulters' letter to the editor in the Oct. 2 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

October 9, 2008

Iraq's foreign minister said Tuesday it will take "bold political decisions" to resolve a major issue in the way of a deal allowing American forces to stay next year: Who will try U.S. troops accused of crimes. The United States wants exclusive right to prosecute troops, but Iraqis want some jurisdiction over them. ...more

October 8, 2008

the largest one-day point drop - before recovering to close with a loss of 370, a 3.6 percent drop. The catalyst for the selling, which also took the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, was investors' growing despair that the spreading credit crisis will take a heavy toll around the world. ...more

October 7, 2008

Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this year trying to enter the United States. ...more

September 28, 2008