A medical examiner says the killing of NFL quarterback Steve McNair was most likely murder-suicide carried out by his girlfriend.
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Analysis: Is Palin the next GOP ‘kingmaker’?
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin caught the political world by surprise when she announced that she will resign at the end of July. Her decision has not only rankled political pundits and observers in Alaska and across the country, it has, oddly enough, united Democrats and Republicans in confusion.
Palin: ‘I am not a quitter; I am a fighter’
Sarah Palin’s not a quitter, she wants the public to know. “I am not a quitter. I am a fighter,” Palin told CNN on Monday while on a family fishing trip, on the heels of her Friday bombshell announcement that she was resigning as Alaska’s governor
Report: Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in "negotiations" before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday.
North Korea test-fires more missiles, says Seoul
North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative.
Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm
As he rolls across the wheat fields of his Nebraska farm, Steve Tucker often has his hands not on the wheel of his tractor, but on a smartphone. He sometimes posts a dozen messages per day on Twitter, commenting on everything from the weather to the state of his crops to his son’s first tractor ride and even last night’s cheeseburger.
Al-Sadr demands full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
The ongoing presence of U.S. troops in Iraq "shows that the (Iraqi) government and the occupation are not serious about the withdrawal," a key Shiite cleric in the country said Wednesday. Muqtada al-Sadr made the statement on his Web site a day after U.S.
The Supreme Court’s Firefighter Ruling: What it Means for Sotomayor
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s ruling in a controversial reverse-discrimination case, prompting a new round of attacks on her by Republicans.
South Carolina’s first lady, scrutinized
Sharp-witted. Direct. In control.
Ahmadinejad calls Obama meddler, likens him to Bush
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called the U.S. president inexperienced, compared him unfavorably to President George W