It’s getting easier to visit Cuba
WASHINGTON -- Betsy Blades has been curious about Cuba ever since 1959 when she was 15 years old and watched news clips of Fidel Castro's revolution. The retired social worker...
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112th Congress is one of the least productive in years
Freshman Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is often asked what surprises her most about serving in the esteemed upper chamber of Congress. The earnest, 43-year-old conservative from New Hampshire has come...
Michelle Obama meets with Nelson Mandela as she begins Africa tour
First Lady Michelle Obama met Tuesday afternoon with Nelson Mandela, this nation's first black president, a revered figure who has largely disappeared from public view for many months.It was a...
Michelle Obama meets with Nelson Mandela as she begins Africa tour
First Lady Michelle Obama met Tuesday afternoon with Nelson Mandela, this nation's first black president, a revered figure who has largely disappeared from public view for many months.It was a...
Obama talks chalk with NCAA picks
WASHINGTON — Call it the audacity of chalk. President Barack Obama's NCAA bracket is conspicuously devoid of upsets, with all of the top seeds in the college basketball championship advancing...
Obama talks chalk with NCAA picks
WASHINGTON — Call it the audacity of chalk. President Barack Obama's NCAA bracket is conspicuously devoid of upsets, with all of the top seeds in the college basketball championship advancing...
25 years after Challenger disaster: NASA officials, others reflect
WASHINGTON — Two days before Challenger made its final, fateful flight, Carl McNair spoke to his brother Ron McNair on the telephone. It was mostly small talk: Super Bowl XX...
Colbert delivers the ‘whole truthiness’ to Congress
WASHINGTON — Colbert Nation came to Capitol Hill on Friday, turning a hearing on the contentious issue of illegal immigrant employment into an extended skit for the Comedy Central television...
Even White House has eyes on LeBron — President wants King to run with Bulls
WASHINGTON — LeBron James' much-anticipated decision about what team he will play for next season was even on the president's mind Wednesday, and he hasn't wavered in his stance. Press...
GOP to Obama: Focus on Gulf, not golf
The latest controversies in Washington? Baseball and golf. Despite critics questioning whether President Barack Obama should be spending time at the ballpark amid the Gulf oil crisis, he did take...