The cash-for-clunkers program provided a short-term bonanza for automakers but will not have a lasting effect on the industry’s worst sales slump in 25 years.
Muhammed al-Adahi, 47, who had two brief conversations with Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks, must be released, Judge Gladys Kessler wrote in an order announced Friday.
Rather than demonstrate stability justifying an expanded U.S. commitment in Afghanistan, the Afghan presidential election underscored the challenges that remain.
The former chief of staff for Voice of America has been indicted on corruption charges tied to the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
After a 2008 lawsuit by the Sierra Club, Florida Wildlife Federation and others, the settlement is the first time the agency has forced numeric limits on nutrient runoff on a state.
Waxman’s investigation began with letters to the insurance industry’s powerful trade group.
Despite trying times over health care, the economy, and violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Obama set out on a nine-day vacation with professions of confidence.
A concession by the incumbent Mayor Greg Nickels in a nonpartisan primary leaves the top two vote-getters in a November contest.
New poll: 55 percent of Montana Dems disapprove of longtime senator’s actions on health care.
Travel writer Arthur Frommer wrote a post on his blog this week headlined: “Do Guns at Political Events Disturb You? Then Consider Skipping Arizona for Now.”