As the Hollywood screenwriters' strike stretches into its fifth week, viewers, networks, and content creators all look to alternative outlets for fresh entertainment. Will they ever go back to mainstream media?
The results of a referendum that would have given new powers to President Hugo Chávez were a stunning development in a country where he controls nearly all the levers of power.
As President Putin has been accumulating popularity, he has been stirring deep uncertainty about his intentions, creating a new era of instability for Russia.
AP - President Hugo Chavez suffered a stunning defeat Monday in a referendum that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely and impose a socialist system in this major U.S. oil supplier.
AP - Vladimir Putin's party won a crushing victory in parliamentary elections Sunday, paving the way for the authoritarian leader to remain in control even after he steps down as president.
AP - A storm system slid across the Northeast with snow, sleet and freezing rain Sunday, glazing roads and tying up air travel after blacking out thousands of customers in the Midwest.
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir pardoned a British teacher convicted of insulting religion, presidential palace sources told Time magazine's Sam Dealey today. Efforts to broker a pardon were complicated by pressure from hard-liners for Gillian Gibbons to serve out the last week of a 15-day sentence.
Venezuelan voters narrowly rejected a constitutional referendum that would have bolstered President Hugo Chavez's embrace of socialism and granted an indefinite extension of his eligibility for president. Thousands of people gathered in the streets burst into singing their country's national anthem at the news.