Search
subscribe
1-15 of 142 results
Refine your results

CATEGORY

COMMUNITIES

CITY

COUNTY

NEWS STAFF

CELEBRITY GOSSIP

SPORTS

LOCAL LEADERS

NATIONAL & WORLD LEADERS

  • All
  • |
  • Articles
  • |
  • Video
  • |
  • Audio
Sort by:

Analysis: Health care's political lift uncertain
Mar 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM PST
The initial blush of President Barack Obama's health care triumph immediately gives way to a sober political reality — he must sell it to an angry and unpredictable electorate, still reeling from the recession.

A historical look at health care legislation
Mar 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM PST
Pivotal moments in American health care history capped by the House vote Sunday night passing President Barack Obama's comprehensive plan.

Fess Parker, TV's 'Davy Crockett,' dies at 85
Mar 18, 2010 at 9:56 PM PST
Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies
Feb 20, 2010 at 8:14 AM PST
Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85.

Alexander Haig, top adviser to 3 presidents, hospitalized
Feb 19, 2010 at 12:15 PM PST
Former secretary of state and presidential adviser Alexander Haig is in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Travelers' choice: Shed shyness for security?
Watch the story
Dec 31, 2009 at 7:40 AM PST
As Ronak Ray hunted for his flight gate, he prepared for the prospect of a security guard peering through his clothes with a full body scanner. But Ray doesn't mind: what he gives up in privacy he gets back in security.

Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears
Dec 28, 2009 at 9:47 PM PST
High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the way the machines see through clothing.

Film star Richard Todd dies at 90
Dec 4, 2009 at 8:39 AM PST
Richard Todd, who re-enacted his wartime exploits in the 1962 film "The Longest Day" and was Ian Fleming's choice to play James Bond, has died of cancer at age 90, his family said Friday.

Sarah Palin's fans push for 2012 presidential run
Dec 4, 2009 at 8:29 AM PST
Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she'd work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012.

Poll: Limbaugh is most influential conservative
Nov 29, 2009 at 4:48 PM PST
By a wide margin, Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation's most influential conservative voice.

Hundreds flock to Seattle atheists' convention
Watch the story
Nov 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM PST
Hundreds of people are gathering in Seattle this weekend to hear a strong message about faith - but no one in the audience believes in God. The convention is sponsored by a national group of more than 16,000 people who say faith in God is waste of time.

Believe it or not, athiests holding convention at Red Lion
Nov 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM PST
Hundreds of people are gathering in Seattle this weekend to hear a strong message about faith - but no one in the audience believes in God.The crowd of nonbelievers packed a downtown ballroom for the Freedom From Religion Convention.The convention is sponsored by the Freedom from Religion...more Foundation, a national group of more than 16,000 people who say faith in God is waste of time."Most of our members are atheists and agnostics who find the Bible to be ludicrous and dangerous, and we should say so in a free society," said Dan Barker of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. "Why not say that?"And they have been saying it all over town with bus boards that say, "Yes, Virginia, there is no God." The signs are not just anti-Christmas, but anti-Christ."We all have our point of view, and we think other people are wrong, and we would like to say they are wrong, but it's a respectful was of saying it," says Barker.The opening speaker at the Freedom From Religion event was radio host Ron
Downtown Seattle

Jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since '83
Nov 6, 2009 at 8:12 AM PST
Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine the recovery by restraining consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of the economy.

Recession ending, but pain not over
Oct 27, 2009 at 9:47 AM PST
The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has awakened from its deepest slump since the 1930s and is in the early stages of a recovery.

32-carat diamond sells for $7.7 million at NYC auction
Oct 21, 2009 at 3:11 PM PST
A square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday sold for $7.7 million at auction on Wednesday.