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LAS VEGAS (Nov. 6) -- Perched on the fringes of a crowd packing a wind-swept balcony facing the Strip, the man almost universally regarded as the greatest poker player of his generation would be easy to overlook just days before what could be his greatest victory yet. ...
WASHINGTON (Nov. 6) -- The shooting rampage at Fort Hood could make life noticeably more difficult for Arabs and Muslims serving in the U.S. military. ...
(Nov. 6) -- Apparently, times aren't so tough all over. According to a new study compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, 237 members of the U.S. Congress, or 44 percent, are millionaires. ...
(Nov. 6) -- A new book by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Jon Franklin concludes that man's best friends may have been responsible for our emergence as the alpha dogs of the animal kingdom. ...
(Nov. 6) -- The United States may have officially entered the age of woman. ...
(Nov. 6) -- Allison Henry isn't the first to suffer from a horrifying medical condition that few women talk about. She's just one of the few brave souls willing to come forward, so that others will have the courage to seek help. ...
(Nov. 6) -- Death by violence has become tragically commonplace in Afghanistan -- for Afghans, foreign troops, and aid organizations alike. But a far more efficient killer stalks the Afghan people: hunger. An estimated 25 times as many Afghan citizens die every year as a result of hunger and poverty ...
WASHINGTON (Nov. 6) -- Here's the question that emerges from the newly released movie, The Men Who Stare At Goats: Did a member of an elite branch of the U.S. military really kill a goat with his mind? ...
CLEVELAND (Nov. 6) -- Eleven black women went into Anthony Sowell's house of horrors and came out in body bags. Or as body parts. As of Friday morning, only three of those 11 black women had been identified. There are missing person reports on at least 14 women in the area. Anxious families and ...
With the House of Representatives set to vote as soon as Saturday, health care reform has never been closer to being enacted. So why does public support for reform appear to be falling? Sphere asked the House Democratic and Republican leaders to debate public reaction to reform. ...
WASHINGTON (Nov. 5) -- The United Nations portrayed its decision to cut its international staff in Kabul by more than half in the wake of a deadly Taliban attack as a temporary effort to regroup. But could the move in Afghanistan usher in a bigger change, as a far more devastating assault in Iraq ...
(Nov. 5) -- An elite group of scientists who advise the government on national security issues has issued a harsh critique of attempts to predict 9/11-type attacks. There is "no credible approach that has been documented to date" for predicting terrorist or weapons of mass destruction attacks," the ...
(Nov. 6) New York -- Add this to the many problems confronting Wall Street: There's no ticker tape for a ticker tape parade -- and a shortage of open windows. So where will New York City get thousands of pound of paper bits to throw in A-Rod's hair? ...
JERUSALEM (Nov. 5) – Israel may be hurting in the public relations war over last winter's incursion into Gaza, but it's winning the intelligence war against Iran. That, at least, is the conclusion of Israeli analysts after a ship was interdicted near Cyprus with what Israel says was 500 tons ...
(Nov. 5) -- Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City whose meteoric rise to the national spotlight was matched only by his even faster fall, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to eight felony counts that included lying to the White House and tax crimes. The plea agreement ...
(Nov. 5) -- Not that anyone's complaining, but as hurricane seasons go, this one has been pretty wimpy. Hurricane Ida, which hit Nicaragua on Thursday morning, is only the third Atlantic storm to reach hurricane strength this year, and it's not expected to be a problem for the U.S. A National ...
(Nov. 5) -- Anyone who's ever been 11 years old understands the sense of dread that strikes when your parent tells a story about you in public. Think what it's like when your dad is the president. During a speech on education Wednesday, President Obama went off-script for a few moments to reveal to ...
(Nov. 4) -- There has been a lot of talk about the elections of 2009 as a national referendum on the presidency of Barack Obama. But the real message voters sent Tuesday is that it's a lousy time to be a governor. ...
WASHINGTON (Nov. 4) -- Voters' stunning repeal of Maine's same-sex marriage law is forcing gay rights advocates to regroup and recalibrate their strategy. Legal experts say if other social movements are a guide, it should also teach them to be patient. ...
(Nov. 4) -- Did Joe Peacock set fire to a Hooters, vandalize a Walmart and have his nipple rings ripped out? Or is he just the type who likes to exaggerate to sell a book? One of the Internet's strangest writers goes mainstream. ...
