Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:02 PM EDT
Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.
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Wed May 7, 2008 1:48 PM EDT
The Humane Society of the United States released video footage Wednesday of sick and injured livestock the group says were mistreated at auction sites and stockyards where cattle are sold for slaughter.
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Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:16 PM EST
They're the odd couple again: George Bush and Hillary Clinton, the most admired man and woman in America.
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Sun Dec 2, 2007 5:08 AM EST
From "Good Vibrations" to "GoodFellas," Brian Wilson and Martin Scorsese scored. Steve Martin strutted as one of the "wild and crazy guys." Diana Ross sang to Motown stardom. Pianist Leon Fleisher surmounted a debilitating injury.
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Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:41 PM EDT
In another jab at his chief rival, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says in an ad released Sunday that the country needs an honest dialogue about Social Security in order to fix the system.
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Sun Oct 7, 2007 11:47 AM EDT
President Bush on Sunday honored fallen firefighters for their dedication and service to the nation.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:26 PM EDT
After the Civil War, concerns about immigration and a changing culture raised an interest in having schoolchildren honor the American flag.
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