They may not have agreed on whether to skip school, take the day off work or refrain from all commerce today, but the hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors who turned out in major cities across the country on Monday clearly conveyed their message that immigrants are essential to the U.S. economy and deserve the right to continue living and working here. With rallies in more than 50 cities from Las Vegas to Miami, the day of ...

"Manny being Manny." That was the bemused phrase people employed to explain the always weird, sometimes amusing, often maddening behavior of Manny Ramirez, the slugger who retired last week. It was a phrase that eventually became as tired as his antics. Ramirez, once viewed as one of the great right-handed hitters of all time, was a living sitcom parody. Oh, there goes Manny, loafing after a ball in left field. Look, there goes Manny running slowly to ...

At the first Quebec Conference , rugged Canadian Sergeant Major Emile Couture's job was to keep conferees supplied with stationery. It was also his job to pick up the unused paper when the Conference was over. One morning in the Chateau Frontenac he found a piece of paper on which were boldly written the alternative dates for Dday, the number of troops and ships to be used, data on air cover. Sergeant Major Couture rushed to his commanding officer. Major ...

When you think about skiing over the holidays, the holiday that comes to mind is Christmas. But Christmas at major ski resorts, while festive enough, also means peak prices for hotel rooms and condos, long lift lines, and the same crowd trying to get overpriced lunches at the mountaintop lodges at the same time. And besides, it's the dead of winter, the absolute worst time to ski — freezing temperatures, nasty winds, and the potential for frostbite. ...

The beginning of the World Cup in South Africa next June kicks-off a festival of football on the pitch, but there are a wealth of issues for the host country to tackle off the field too. Up to half-a-million fans are expected to visit for the tournament and a string of sparkling new stadiums and hotels have sprung up to accommodate them. But that influx of supporters also brings with it a danger of an explosion in the sex trade ...

As Democrats on Capitol Hill move toward revealing landmark bills to drastically reform the nation's health care system, the White House and the Democratic National Committee are increasing efforts to rally public support. On Saturday, the DNC's advocacy arm, Organizing for America, is sponsoring thousands of meetings across the country. Organizers say tens of thousands of activists will talk about how to change the system, hear encouragement from President Obama -- in an address on DVD -- and be recruited ...

A national poll indicates that nearly two out of three Americans approve of the job President Obama's doing, but the survey suggests that people appear to be split on how he's handling some aspects of the economy. Obama's job approval rating stands at 64 percent in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday. That rating is down 3 percentage points from mid-February. When asked about the economy, 59 percent of respondents approve of how Obama's performing, with 40 percent ...