COPENHAGEN -- If they
fail to reach a climate
deal in Copenhagen, world
leaders flying in their
private jets and huddling
in five-star hotels will
have little to show for
their efforts beyond a
big, fat carbon
footprint.
TULSA, Okla. -- Oral
Roberts, a pioneer in
televangelism who founded
a multimillion-dollar
ministry and a university
that bears his name, died
Tuesday. He was 91.
Roberts died of
complications from
pneumonia in Newport
Beach, Calif., according
to his ...
WASHINGTON -- President
Barack Obama has ordered
the federal government to
acquire an underused
state prison in rural
Illinois to be the new
home for a limited number
of terror suspects now
held at the U.S.
detention facility at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --
Arrests warrants have
been issued for actor
Randy Quaid and his wife
after they failed to
appear for a court
hearing, a prosecutor
said Tuesday.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --
Authorities in South
Florida are searching for
a man who held up a Fort
Lauderdale bank shirtless
then fled with a woman
who sported a belt made
of handcuffs. According
to a news release from
the Fort Lauderdale
Police Departm...
TAUNTON, Mass. -- An
8-year-old boy was sent
home from school and
ordered to undergo a
psychological evaluation
after he was asked to
make a Christmas drawing
and came up with what
appeared to be a stick
figure of Jesus on a
cross, the child's father
...
JERUSALEM -- Angry
settlers beat and
seriously injured a
female Israeli police
officer Tuesday, police
said, as she tried to
enforce a government ban
on new housing
construction in Jewish
West Bank settlements.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago
White Sox got the leadoff
man and left fielder they
needed. Juan Pierre got
the chance to be an
everyday player again.
The White Sox acquired
Pierre and $10.5 million
from the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Tuesday for
two players to be...
WASHINGTON -- Insisting
insulation is "sexy,"
President Barack Obama
called Tuesday for new
federal incentives to
make millions of homes
more energy efficient as
a way to create jobs for
the unemployed, save
money for homeowners and
reduce pollution.
WASHINGTON -- The
Washington, D.C., City
Council voted Tuesday to
legalize gay marriage in
the nation's capital,
handing supporters a
victory after a string of
recent defeats in Maine,
New York and New Jersey.