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At first glance, there was little spectacular about American biathlon results at the Turin Olympics. The United States had failed yet again to win any medals, and none of its athletes even cracked the top five.
This city of 20 million rose from the sea and grew into a modern showcase, with skyscrapers piercing the clouds, atop tidal flats fed by the mighty Yangtze River.
The San Francisco 49ers are playing some of their best defensive football of the past decade, and it's just about the entire unit that's doing it.
The auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. is headquartered in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the region that made the United States the car capital of the world. It's a place where the phrase "buy American" is right at home.
The world's major powers are repeatedly breaking their pledges not to erect trade barriers, and there's no sign the "protectionist juggernaut" will ease as countries recover from the global downturn, an influential monitoring organization said Friday.
Nick Saban had plenty of reasons to scold his players. The turnovers. The silly penalties. The kickoff that was returned 98 yards for a touchdown.
More Americans than ever before received food stamps in June, the Department of Agriculture said on Thursday, with more than 35 million Americans receiving assistance.
Britain's population took its biggest jump in almost half a century last year, as a baby boom made new births rather than immigration the main contributor to growth for the first time in a decade.
Applications have surged at the nation's three top military academies as tough economic times coincide with stepped-up recruiting efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force schools, making the prospect of free college and a steady job look sweeter.
Drip, drip, drip come the studies one after another, reinforcing the threat to the Northeast from rising sea levels along the U.S. and Canadian east coast.
More groups than ever are contributing money to presidential and congressional candidates as their strongest growth in a generation reflects the fervor over last year's White House election and a desire for access and clout on Capitol Hill.
When No. 14 Gonzaga lost four of five games to close 2008, some observers wondered if this much-ballyhooed Zags team was overrated.
Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of American foreign policy.
A rash of attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people across the country — including the severe beating of a New York man whose attackers believed he was gay — suggests the number of reported assaults could rise in 2008, an advocacy group said.
The labor unions that helped Barack Obama win the White House are looking for some payback.
Mike Johnson still remembers his recruiting trip to Alabama, which came with a heavy emphasis on — who else? — the Bear.
The Federal Communications Commission expressed concern as several cable companies discussed plans to raise their rates for next year, including Cablevision Systems Corp., which on Wednesday announced an average hike for cable TV service of 3.5 percent.
The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors as the young, bearded tech salesmen close shop and line up in rows to pray.
Come on, Alabama fans. Not in your wildest dreams did any of you really believe Nick Saban would turn things around this quickly, now did you?
Despite being the nation's fifth-largest city, Phoenix used to practically go to sleep after 5 p.m. Commuters deserted downtown high-rises in droves to return to the suburbs. Sidewalks were empty by early evening.
Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scientists report.
At Bangkok's watery gates, Buddhist monks cling to a shrinking spit of land around their temple as they wage war against the relentlessly rising sea.
Health insurance premiums paid by workers and their employers rose an average of 6.1 percent this year, outpacing inflation and pay increases and taking a bigger chunk out of families' budgets, according to a new survey.
Workers won't find much comfort in the smallest increase in health insurance premiums since 1999. The 7.7 percent increase this year was still more than twice the rate of inflation.
The Internet has a rising star whose name isn't Google. Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.
The Economist Considers the Heated Debate on Climate ChangeWhen reasoning people speak, about immensely important matters, we should all listen... And, you just can't get much more reasoning then the Economist...
Floating house could ride New Orleans' floodsThe dwelling was designed by Morphosis Architects under the direction of Mr. Mayne, a professor at UCLA. Mayne said it's the first of its kind to be permitted in the United States.
Judge's Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising It took just 80 words for a federal appeals court to deny Kevin Cooper's most recent plea to avoid execution. But attached to that order was a forceful 101-page dissent by a judge, all but pleading to spare Mr. Cooper's life.
Snakebites on the rise in Texas and CalifSome parts of the country are seeing an increase in reported snakebites this summer, according to national and state poison control centers.
The last two months I have watched fuel prices go up and up in my town. Last Summer, they topped out at around $4.49 a gallon...JEEZ. Right now the price for a gallon of fuel is roughly $2.73 a gallon and it's going to get higher over the next week or so, I'm sure.
Soccer Moments to Remember: Mohammad Zidan - Egyptian StarMohammad Zidan - Egyptian Rising Star
High Blood Pressure Climbs in WinterExcerpt: Falling temperatures in winter may cause an unhealthy rise in high blood pressure in elderly people, according to a new study linking cooler temperatures with higher blood pressure.
Truck and SUV sales rising as gas prices drop - Dec. 22, 2008and SUVs will outsell cars this month, according to sales trackers
Mother of Haverstraw fallen soldier raises fund to build a memorialMy cousin is the only woman I know with more guts to have survived the loss of her sons, one at 5 years old a decade ago and then her oldest Manny, 19 last year in Iraq! God, how does she do it??? AND like our family is, she now heads a memorial foundation for mothers like her in …
Hearings set to grade Mayor's school authoritymake it your duty as a NYC Public School Parent to WEIGH IN!
U.S. Apartment Vacancy Unchanged at 5.9 Percent, Rents Increase The vacancy rate for U.S. rental apartment buildings was unchanged at 5.9 percent in the second quarter as the housing slump and a weakening economy deterred people from buying homes, Reis Inc. reported.
Number of Muslim women in Olympics rising - UniversityNumber of Muslim women in Olympics rising 'Orange Bible' author delivered annual Alderson Lecture By Sean Beherec There is a growing number of Muslim women involved in Olympic sports, which professor Ian Henry said could lead to greater cultural understanding.
Why Electricity Bill RisingAcross the country utility companies are raising rates at an alarming rate. That's not a big surprise considering electricity is in strong demand since it cannot be stored.
Gas prices straining budgets, CNN.com readers say - CNN.comThe article "Gas prices straining budgets, CNN readers say," discusses the increasing difficulties that come along with rising gas prices. The article many emails that were sent to CNN stating what each person is doing as a result to the increasing gas and food prices.
NPR: Price of Stamps Rising in May· The cost of a first-class postage stamp is going up a penny, starting May 12. To ease the pain the Postal Service is encouraging people to buy "Forever Stamps" — stamps bought at the current price that still work when the cost goes up.
Healthier foods getting more costly, study says - Seattle Times NewspaperHealth craze is driving prices. Good article on the subject of costly ways to manage what we eat.
Bollywood Hindi MusicRiya Sen often regarded as a 'sex symbol' is one of the most famous and rising star from the land of Bengal.
Somehow, going in to see Hannibal Rising, I kept thinking, now I will finally get to see how someone become really really evil - kinda like what I expected from Star Wars prequels.
LiveScience.com - Rising Seas and Stronger Storms Threaten New York CityGlobal warming could substantially raise sea levels around New York City over the next century and put the Big Apple at greater risk of being flooded by hurricane waves, a new computer model predicts.
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