Barack tore into Hillary Clinton as he attempted to gain the upper hand in the row over his remarks about "bitter" Americans. In a rare show of anger, the Illinois senator even compared Mrs Clinton to wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The war of words

California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has sacked a Hollywood great and his own brother-in-law from the state's parks commission. Actor-director Clint Eastwood and city councillor Bobby Shriver have been told they are to be replaced on the State Park

It turned out to be a bitter-sweet Valentine's Day for one robber this year when a judge in the US presided over his wedding - just moments after he had jailed him for up to 18 years. Kevin Felder was sentenced to between five and 18 years behind bars

Support for President Bush and his Iraq war policy is nearly as anemic among US military families as it is in the general population, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.

Dr. Scott Myhre didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating the listless patients....in western Uganda. Only now does the American physician know the risk he took. The patients were suffering from a new strain of Ebola

Visits are being "terminated" early regardless of how far the family member traveled because they may have spoken to another visitor in the canteen room. This retaliation enacted upon a family member for speaking to someone else is a violation of the US C

Wilkerson's alleged "crimes" consisted of intervening to assist an unconscious man who in her estimate was in grave risk of asphyxiation after an Ann Arbor cop had inflicted unnecessary and sadistic force

ROCHESTER - Voters didn't mind that Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards was running a bit late yesterday - it gave them time to scrutinize the 77-page policy booklet printed by his campaign.

On Oct. 23, the day of FEMA's now infamous phony news conference, the agency's former external affairs chief, Pat Philbin, announced plans to promote a number of people in the shop as part of an effort to build a "new FEMA."

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich had a stage all to himself last night as he broadcast a Manchester, N.H., town hall meeting live at the same time the G.O.P. candidates were competing for the spotlight in Florida.