Scholar and philosopher Houston reflects on where the first viable woman presidential candidate may have gone wrong.

Crews and search dogs hunted today for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.

As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers and legal experts.

President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.

Rural Newton County in Missouri and a near-abandoned Oklahoma town called Picher are hit hardest.

Bankers and housing analysts say many homeowners, owing more than their homes are worth, are defaulting on their loans even when they can afford payments. But no hard numbers back up their claims.

Also on the talk show circuit, aides to Hillary Clinton say she still can win the nomination. If Barack Obama wants her out of the race, Howard Wolfson says, 'beat her.'

Interstate 95 and other major roads are closed because of blazes in Volusia County and Brevard County. Palm Bay officials are suspicious about brush fires there.

If he's chosen as the Democratic nominee, his race might be an issue, but experience and social issues loom much larger.

Forget the Democratic Party -- what's the campaign doing to households split between the two candidates?

Despite efforts to keep the U.S. Bowling Congress in town, it's moving to Texas.

She'd still be on the ballot in several states and Puerto Rico. How would it look for him if she won some of them?

Obama says McCain's record is germane. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton loses the superdelegate lead.

Two contenders -- Cablevision Systems and media owner Mortimer Zuckerman -- remain for Tribune Co.'s Long Island newspaper after News Corp. withdraws its $580-million offer.

A tornado strikes the border, and emergency officials say the death toll could rise.

A century ago, Anna Jarvis devised a tribute to her mom and those everywhere. This isn't what she had in mind.

OK, we weren't there at the family ranch near Crawford, Texas, either. But we do know what song she and President Bush danced to, at least.

He was chosen by John McCain for the job. A few hours before he quit, Newsweek posted a report saying his lobbying firm had represented the military regime in Myanmar.

A judge for the Guantanamo tribunal says Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann lacked independence and must be replaced before Salim Ahmed Hamdan is prosecuted.

Scant support among white working-class Democrats, especially men, could dog him into November.

He lacks mass appeal, but some say Barr could nevertheless be a 'spoiler' for Republicans -- if he runs.

She's seen as best able to manage voters' top priority, the economy, and the Republican is seen as least able.

Almost all postal service prices rise Monday. Although it's just a penny increase for a first-class stamp, it's being felt at a time when prices for most things are soaring.

The candidate and her supporters remain energetic and hopeful for an upset that could sway superdelegates.

With the endorsements, some tallies put him ahead of Hillary Clinton in the crucial count as both candidates focus on the Oregon primary.

The Pentagon responds after learning that a crematorium handling the remains of humans -- including fallen soldiers -- also handles pets. A spokesman says there is no evidence that human and animal re

The Office National Drug Control Policy says smoking pot increases risk of mental disorders, but critics contend that the report stretches the evidence.

The inland settlement, about 14,000 years old, predates the Southwestern Clovis sites by about a millennium and coincides with findings at Paisley Cave in Oregon, researchers say.

Foreign visitors are accused of paying U.S. citizens to wed. At least 46 are arrested.

Great tits adjust their breeding season so that chicks hatch when winter moth caterpillars -- their main food source -- are most plentiful, long-term research shows.

The centerpiece for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall has drawn criticism from a federal arts panel, which says the proposed statue looks "confrontational" and resembles the head of a socialist state more than a civil rights leader.

It helps to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar, researchers find.

Human rights groups unveil a touring exhibit to draw attention to conditions at the U.S. detention facility.

With rising gas prices and concern over auto emissions, more workers are taking to two wheels. But they must navigate an obstacle course of anarchic traffic conditions.