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CBS News is planning an ambitious turn-of-decade look at America's position in the world that's also designed as an opening competitive shot at Diane Sawyer.
The old media story for politicians: Television show slams city, outraged mayor pens complaint, controversy fades away.
The United States' standing in the world declined in the past decade to below Cold War levels, according to a leading group of political scientists.
For many Washingtonians, it's yet another episode in the long-running drama of former Mayor Marion Barry: there's the attractive ex-girlfriend, accusations that he stalked her and a matter of questionable use of public funds.
Every now and then a few words in a newspaper or on TV take James "Buster" Douglas back 19 years to a Tokyo boxing ring.
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
A nearly six-million-year-old thigh bone may provide some of the earliest evidence for human ancestors walking on two legs. New measurements of the bone, discovered in Kenya in 2000, confirm that the hip and upper leg were adapted to walking upright, researchers report in this week's issue of the journal Science.
"Scatter!" the Hamas police chief ordered his black-bearded officers at the sound of an aircraft, fearing they'd become the latest casualties in the deadly confrontation with Israel.
Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps because it's just plain easier. Make that "energetically less costly," in science-speak, and you have the conclusion of researchers who are proposing a likely reason for our modern gait.
Obama Asks Paterson to Quit New York Governor Race - NYTimes.comPresident Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor's race, fearing that Mr.
Folks strawstruck at standing broomBuzz about a broom standing upright and unsupported at a downtown Prattville business is sweeping the town.
Hate your job? At least you can sit down or walk at a relaxed paceYou might think your job sucks, but at least your boss wasn't insane enough to remove all the chairs and install security so an alarm goes off if you don't walk fast enough.
One writer's journey to understand our peculiar - and very British - passion for railwaysYou would find it hard to design a nation better suited to modern rail travel than Britain: it is a natural hub-and-spoke country. London is an overwhelmingly dominant power in the land.
Perpetually falling woman learns to balance with her tongueToday's Daily Telegraph contains a fascinating extract from Norman Doidge's new book The Brain That Changes Itself, about a woman who feels that she is constantly falling because she has lost her sense of balance as a result of damage to the vestibular system.
NFL Team to Ban Standing During GamesThe Kansas City Chiefs have a "Fan Code of Conduct," which is essentially a list of rules that fans have to follow when they're attending a game at Arrowhead.
Could simply standing up be as good for you as a workout at the gym?It's welcome news for those of us who break into a sweat at the mere thought of breaking a sweat. Simply pottering around the house could help keep you fit.
A New Way to Control Weight?...Hamilton is not suggesting that anyone quit exercising. But he says his work shows that exercise alone won't get the job done.
Boys told no standing to urinateIt's an entirely new definition of "Standing Room Only." Or perhaps a new measure of "equality" has arrived. Whatever it is, it has sparked a huge political debate at a school in Kristiansand, Norway, according to the Norwegian paper F�drelandsvennen.
Repentance with Joy Helps You Receive God's Presence!This site shows HOW TO repent by training your heart to joyfully trade earthly dependencies for receiving God's presence intensely by His grace.
Nbc Orders Additional Seasons Of Hot Alternative Programs 'america's Got Talent' And 'last Comic Standing'I don't get it - this season of Last Comic has been so bad.
Next for air travelers: Standing room only?Well, in this era of high fuel costs and the need for ultimate utilization of airplane real estate, it had to happen - standing room only travel.
No Christian hoorays for HollywoodIn reaction to the recent Golden Globes film winners. Quote from article: "If America isn't watching these films, why are they winning the awards?"
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