Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed.
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A New Book Reveals Why China Is Unhappy
After surpassing Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy behind the U.S. and Japan, hosting a successful Olympic Games and conducting its first space walk, you’d think China would be happy
Brown: U.S., Britain to tackle world’s problems
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress, highlighted the many bonds between his country and the U.S.
The Jesuit Who Inspired the Pope’s Ideas on Islam
Before he was Pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger would hold an annual summer retreat for his former theology students, focused each year on a single theme of acute concern. Three months after his rise to the papacy, Benedict XVI continued the tradition with a closed-door encounter in the Vatican’s breezy summer residence, Castel Gondolfo
Jindal on Obama: I’m ‘not nearly as good of a speaker’
CNN’s Larry King talked with Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal in a prime-time exclusive interview Monday night
What the GOP Really Wants: Obama’s Autograph
Ever since he began his uphill battle for the Presidency two years ago, Barack Obama has been getting mobbed for photos and autographs, and that enthusiasm and passion has only grown since he entered the Oval Office. But even President Obama must be a little taken aback by the identity of some of his well-wishers on Capitol Hill of late.
British PM attacks ‘indefensible’ banking practices
Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown repeated his call Saturday for former bank chiefs to give up massive pension packages and demanded a clean-up of the banking system to eradicate "Indefensible" practices. In a speech to the ruling Labour Party’s National Policy Forum in Bristol, south-west England, Britain’s Press Association quoted him as saying: “Some of the practices now being discovered in our banks are not only unacceptable, they are indefensible and they have got to be cleaned up now.
How to get Michelle Obama’s toned arms
First lady Michelle Obama has a fashion following, with blogs tracking her daily garment choices.
Jindal earns bad reviews in national debut
It was billed as a "coming out party" for one of the GOP’s most promising young stars. But after nearly universal criticism was heaped on Gov. Bobby Jindal’s high-profile response to President Obama’s address to Congress Tuesday night, the Louisiana Republican may be wishing he had stayed home.
Obama’s agenda: One of the ‘greatest political dramas’?
President Obama’s address to Congress was full of lofty promises to make unprecedented investments in government programs, even as he aims to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. But it takes more than a proposal to bring about real change