HOMOSASSA, Fla. – Whenever Jessica Marie Lunsford (search) went out to play, her father and grandparents trusted her to come home when she was supposed to. But now she’s missing, vanished from her bedroom during the night, and her father fears she has been kidnapped. Hundreds of police and volunteers …
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WASHINGTON – Measures to keep driver’s licenses out of the hands of terrorists (search) were left off the intelligence overhaul bill passed two months ago, but the House voted Thursday in separate legislation to require states to verify that driver’s license applicants are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants. The bill …
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WARSAW, Poland – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) on Saturday thanked the government of Poland, an important ally in Iraq, for its continued support in the war despite public opposition. Rice was meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Adam Rotfeld (search) and the prime minister, Marek Belka. Poland has about …
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NEW YORK – Stocks bounced back Monday after oil prices threatened to keep them in the doldrums. Oil prices dropped away from a record high above $67, and light, sweet crude for September delivery fell 59 cents to settle at $66.27 a barrel on NYMEX. Investors welcomed the development, and …
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WASHINGTON – Hostile attitudes and inappropriate treatment of women persist at the U.S. Military Academy (search) at West Point and the Naval Academy (search), a Pentagon task force says in a new study. The panel called for better training of future officers at the academies, saying the value of women …
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ATLANTA – Cartoon Network (search) is plenty popular with school-age children. Now they’re coming for the babies. Starting Monday, the Atlanta-based network begins a two-hour morning block of cartoons for preschoolers, even children under a year old. Other children’s networks already make programs for children that young, and Cartoon Network’s …
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NEW YORK – Shares of home builders and real estate companies fell broadly Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) warned that buying power fueled by rising prices for assets such as homes could disappear if investors turn cautious. The Dow Jones U.S. home construction index (search) slid by …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – When Hillary Rodham Clinton, an Illinois native then living in the White House, wanted to run for Senate in New York, she launched a listening tour across the state. Six years later, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld (search) wants to become governor of his native New York, …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Alison Krauss & Union Station (search) received 14 Bluegrass Music Awards (search) nominations Tuesday, including entertainer of the year. Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage garnered eight nominations, and Doyle Lawson and his group Quicksilver got seven. “After a long year of touring, it’s a really …
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A nurse died two hours after giving birth when hospital workers accidentally connected an epidural anesthesia to her arm, instead of injecting it into her spine, an inquest into her death was told this week. Mayra Cabrera, 30, moved to the U.K. from the Philippines in 2002, to begin work …
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