US & World
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:50 PM
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said today that the Islamic community center and mosque planned near Ground Zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 3:40 PM
Michael Scherer writes in Time Magazine:
The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 2:29 PM
Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed today to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month, modest achievements reached under U.S. mediation amid (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:55 AM
The Coast Guard is responding to another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were onboard when it exploded and caught fire this morning. Everyone is accounted (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 8:20 AM
As direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority began this week in Washington, the PA gave an award to a woman for raising four sons who all murdered Israelis in terrorist attacks. PA Minister (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 7:31 AM
Lawrence Meinwald’s voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty. It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis Island and a new life in (more…)
Thursday September 2, 2010 7:17 AM
Mayor Bloomberg says there are only two ways he will leave office before his third term ends in 2013. Death or “total incapacitation,” as he puts it. (more…)
Wednesday September 1, 2010 3:51 PM
Condemning Mideast peace “rejectionists,” President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious talks today and vowed not to allow a fresh burst of violence dim hopes for an (more…)
Wednesday September 1, 2010 2:16 PM
Feisal Abdul Rauf was on a State Department-funded trip to the Persian Gulf, aimed at promoting reigious tolerance, and he’s returning to New York at a time of increased worry over just where the money for (more…)
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:48 AM
Are you one of those people who pour the milk down the drain on the expiration date? Expiration dates on food products can protect consumer health, but those dates are really more about quality than safety, (more…)