Politics Oct 20 President Bush Says Prospects Improving for Palestinian State In a meeting at the Oval Office Thursday with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, President Bush praised the leader and said prospects for an independent Palestinian state are stronger than ever before.
Politics Oct 19 Judge Delays Saddam Trial Until November Nearly two years after being captured, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein went on trial Wednesday for crimes against humanity committed two decades ago during his reign. He entered a not guilty plea.
Education Oct 19 Nation’s Math Scores Up, Reading Flat New results from a national math and reading test show improvements in math, but none in reading, continuing the trend from before the implementation of the No Child Left Behind law.
Politics Oct 17 Early Numbers Show Iraqis Adopting Constitution As vote-counting continued Monday, preliminary and unofficial results reportedly showed Iraqis approved a draft constitution that many Sunnis opposed.
World Oct 17 Mississippi Approves Onshore Gambling as Biloxi Looks to Rebuild Jutting from the coastline in Biloxi, Miss., casino barges have brought a steady stream of revenue to the area and created thousands of jobs for the once depressed coastal community of some 50,000 residents.
Science Oct 17 New Stem Cell Techniques Spare Embryos Two teams of researchers working independently announced Sunday that they discovered ways to create embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos, a development that scientists believe may make the field more politically and ethically acceptable.
World Oct 14 Experts Debate Long-term Environmental Impacts of Katrina More than 193,000 barrels of oil -- some 7 million gallons -- spilled along the Louisiana coastline in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit.
World Oct 14 Planners Consider Future of New Orleans Officials in New Orleans, a city twice flooded by hurricanes in 2005, now face the challenge of rebuilding one of America's most unique cities while making it safe for residents to live and work.
World Oct 14 Case Study: Galveston, Texas The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina will reshape the communities along the Gulf Coast for generations to come, but as the city of Galveston, Texas can attest, it not the first time a major storm has changed the direction of…
World Oct 14 Massive Recovery Effort Raises Cost Concerns The devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast will require the largest recovery and rebuilding effort ever undertaken by the United States.