Politics Oct 28 Vice President’s Chief of Staff Indicted in CIA Leak Case, Resigns A federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name charged Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby with obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury on Friday. He later resigned.
World Oct 28 U.N. Appeals for Money to Help Quake Survivors U.N. officials said Friday that money will run out before aid can reach survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir unless the international community provides more assistance.
Politics Oct 27 With Support Flagging, Miers Withdraws As Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers suddenly withdrew her nomination as a Supreme Court justice Thursday in light of mounting criticism about her qualifications and reluctance in the White House to release papers related to her tenure as its counsel.
Politics Oct 26 International Pressure Builds on Syria Over Hariri Case, Lebanon Role The United States, France and Britain have drafted a resolution that could impose sanctions on Syria unless it more fully cooperates with an ongoing United Nations investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Nation Oct 25 Rosa Parks Biography Rosa Parks' quiet, yet defiant refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Ala. bus, sparked one of the longest and most influential civil rights protests in the nation's history.
Nation Oct 25 Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dies At 92 Civil rights icon Rosa Parks died Monday night at her home in Detroit of natural causes, a family friend said. She was 92.
Economy Oct 24 President Bush Nominates New Fed Chairman President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan at the head of the Federal Reserve.
World Oct 24 Hurricane Wilma Tears Across Florida Hurricane Wilma, the eighth hurricane to hit Florida in just over 14 months, plowed across the Sunshine State Monday, downing power lines, bending palm trees and lashing rain across the peninsula with winds sustained at 125-mph.
Politics Oct 21 Top Syrian Officials Implicated in Lebanese Assassination A report issued Thursday by the United Nations implicates top Syrian officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and says Lebanese officials helped organize it.
World Oct 20 Passenger Rail Line, Green Space Mulled for Mississippi Renewal Mississippi residents packed into town hall meetings this week to offer their views of how to rebuild the coastline damaged by Hurricane Katrina.