Stewart Cink was at a birthday party when he learned about Tiger Woods taking an indefinite leave from golf. A friend had the news on his cell phone, and Cink figured a punch line was coming. ...more

December 13, 2009

Debt-burdened Dubai insisted that it took into account market fallout from its appeal to delay paying creditors, but offered no specifics and did little to ease worries that dragged down global markets for a second day Friday. ...more

November 27, 2009

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden. ...more

November 25, 2009

I wonder how many people in this country, or the world for that matter, really think we will make any kind of a strong financial recovery without coal and oil? Our manufacturing plants and all of our industries, as well as our small businesses need an ample, dependable and reasonably priced supply of coal and oil, as clean as possible, preferably from the U.S. Wind, sun and battery needs to continue to be developed. I wonder, though, how many windmills, solar panels and batteries would be required to run a car manufacturing plant, along with the tires, glass and steel necessary - once, all very successful; once all very successful in this country. Pollution you say? Are you saying China, North Korea, South Korea, India and Iran, etc. are running their manufacturing plants without coal and oil? Our coal and oil would be used much cleaner in this country. Pollution you say? Ours would be cleaner and doesn't all pollution go into the same sky? ...more

November 22, 2009

"The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950, The Battles That Saved South Korea - and the Marines - From Extinction," by Bill Sloan (Simon & Schuster, $27) ...more

November 22, 2009

Fox News Channel correspondent Major Garrett called himself a "conscientious objector" in his network's fight with the White House after a brief interview with President Barack Obama Wednesday during which the topic never came up. ...more

November 18, 2009

In a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, President Barack Obama rejected claims that his administration is dithering. ...more

November 13, 2009

U.S. intelligence agencies were still collecting data Monday after North Korea's announcement that it had carried out a nuclear test, but analysts expressed little doubt that the regime had exploded such a device. ...more

May 26, 2009

A former hedge fund manager accused of swindling investors of nearly $200 million will remain held in federal custody. ...more

April 10, 2009

North Korea's plans to launch a rocket as early as this week in defiance of warnings threatens to undo years of fitful negotiations toward dismantling the regime's nuclear program. ...more

March 30, 2009