Last Jews Of Calcutta Have One Last Guardian
Posted: 5:10 PM The stooped man in the yarmulke fights his way through this chaotic city, the weight of generations heavy upon his shoulders.
Posted: 5:10 PM The stooped man in the yarmulke fights his way through this chaotic city, the weight of generations heavy upon his shoulders.
Posted: 5:09 PM China's leaders scrambled Saturday to contain public dismay over widespread contamination of milk supplies, castigating local officials for negligence while moving to tamp down criticism of the government's response.
Posted: 5:08 PM President Thabo Mbeki bowed to heavy pressure from his own party to resign Saturday, tossed to the sidelines of the economic powerhouse he built up as punishment for allegedly abusing his power in trying to quash a popular rival.
Posted: 5:06 PM The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards happen Sunday night, but the Hollywood action is already in full swing. Some run-up highlights:
Posted: 5:05 PM The man behind the Bush administration's sweeping intervention in the U.S. financial system is a former Goldman Sachs executive who came to Washington two years ago hoping to streamline regulation of the financial services sector.
Posted: 5:03 PM On a recent rainy day at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a suitcase bound for Colorado Springs, Colo., lay on the ground outside a terminal under a maze of American Airlines conveyor belts that ferry bags to and from nearby planes.
Posted: 5:02 PM A bankruptcy judge decided just after midnight Saturday that Lehman Brothers can sell its investment banking and trading businesses to Barclays, the first major step to wind down the nation's fourth-largest investment bank.
Posted: 5:01 PM The economy could suffer a massive hangover from the government's efforts to rescue the financial system in the form of a soaring debt burden. But the alternatives look infinitely worse.
Updated: 4:59 PM The Bush administration asked Congress on Saturday for the power to buy $700 billion in toxic assets clogging the financial system and threatening the economy as negotiations began on the largest bailout since the Great Depression.
Updated: 4:46 PM Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.
Posted: 4:38 PM The Bush administration asked Congress on Saturday for the power to buy $700 billion in toxic assets clogging the financial system and threatening the economy as negotiations began on the largest bailout since the Great Depression.
Posted: 3:39 PM Hurricane Katrina refugees have been in Topeka for three years. Some look back and cry, some laugh, and many have accepted the Capital City as their home.
Posted: 12:58 PM House Democrat Charlie Rangel, already in hot water over an ethics probe, has caused contrversy, calling Sarah Palin "disabled."
Posted: 12:55 PM Travis Barker, formerly of Blink 182, and DJ AM are in critical condition after a plane crash. Four others were killed in the accident.
Posted: 12:52 PM About 500 Topeka Goodyear workers will be idle for a week due to, in part, Hurricane Ike.
Posted: 10:57 AM Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance provides advice to Hurricane Ike donors to help give responsibly
Posted: 9:42 AM The Southeast office of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 4) has settled an administrative penalty case against E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (Dupont) and Griffin LLC Valdosta, GA (Griffin) for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Posted: 9:38 AM Product Should Only Be Used with Non-Rechargeable Batteries; Petzl has received reports of sparking, minor burn and singed hair
Posted: 9:30 AM FDA updates health information advisory on melamine contamination; some Chinese manufactured formula pose possible risks
Posted: 8:30 AM September 21-27, 2008 is National Farm Safety & Health Week
Updated: 8:25 AM The Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Riley are pre-selling apple pies until Sept. 21 at $8 per pie. To order pies, please contact Tina Nelson at bomouse31@hotmail.com.
Posted: 8:21 AM The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is recruiting college students as green ambassadors to promote environmental stewardship.
Posted: 8:21 AM RI Hospital Group Reports 4th Mistaken Surgery: Doctor Allegedly Operates On Wrong Knee.
Updated: 8:15 AM EPA Reports Improved Fuel Efficiency As Popularity Of Smaller Cars Increases.
