England midfielder David Beckham has clashed with another supporter in the U.S., just a week after an ugly exchange with supporters on his return to the LA Galaxy following his loan spell in Italy. The 34-year-old confronted a fan wearing an England shirt during Galaxy’s 1-1 draw away to Kansas City Wizards on Saturday
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School: No shortage of volunteers for swine flu vaccine trials
Days after the U.S. government announced upcoming trials for an H1N1 flu vaccine, Saint Louis University has been inundated with phone calls and e-mails from people volunteering for the study
Congress’s Blue Dog Democrats Slow Health-Care Reform
“Got a lot of farms in your district?” In Washington, Representative Dennis Moore, a six-term Democrat, fields that question all the time. People see that he’s from Kansas and they jump to certain conclusions.
Former CBS anchor ‘Uncle Walter’ Cronkite dead at 92
Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as "Uncle Walter" for his easygoing, measured delivery and "the most trusted man in America" for his rectitude and gravitas, has died, CBS reported Friday. Cronkite was 92. “Walter was always more than just an anchor
Lines moving briskly into arena for Jackson memorial
Ticket-holders waiting for Michael Jackson’s memorial service in Los Angeles, California were making their way inside the Staples Center, where personnel handed them glossy programs. The rear of the line was moving so quickly for the service — scheduled to start at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m
A Brief History of Kodak Kodachrome Film
It wasn’t easy being green. Or yellow or red or blue, for that matter
Tickle Me Obama: Lessons from Sesame Street
Most presidents are easy to pin down on our cultural maps. Ronald Reagan was raised in Dixon, Ill., but we placed him in Hollywood, telling America’s story on the big screen. Bill Clinton may have been the Man from Hope, Ark., but the mischief of nearby Hot Springs was in his blood.
Man charged with murder in Kansas doctor’s death
Kansas prosecutors have brought murder and assault charges against the man suspected of killing Wichita physician George Tiller, whose women’s clinic was a frequent target of protests against abortion. Scott Roeder, 51, is being held without bail on a first-degree murder charge and two counts of aggravated assault stemming from Tiller’s shooting death Sunday morning, Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess said. Burgess set a preliminary hearing in the case for June 16.
New U.S. border rules take effect for land and sea entry
Headed to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean?
Man charged in slaying of Kansas abortion doctor
A 51-year-old Kansas man was charged with first-degree murder late Sunday in the death of a physician whose Kansas women’s clinic frequently took center stage in the U.S. debate over abortion, authorities said. Dr.