Once a militant bastion, the West Bank city is now open to visits from Israeli Arabs. The move could help bolster the peace process and provide a much-needed economic boost.
Hopes that the U.S. might skirt a recession sank in the face of indications that the economy is gripped by a slowdown and pressured by record fuel prices.
Wearing the signature bowtie, Bill Nye, the self-described "deep spacey loser," told Johns Hopkins students to "CHANGE THE WORLD," with booming voice and expressive hand motions to match.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to swing her full support behind Barack Obama and ask her backers to follow along, while thanking them for sticking with her on a roller coaster ride from sure thing to also-ran.
AP - Nations should fight rising oil prices by cutting subsidies and vastly increasing investment in energy, while oil-producing countries need to ramp up output and divulge more information about how much they produce, the U.S. energy secretary said Saturday.
AP - A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least five people, police said.
The slow movement is a national campaign that claims Americans' high-velocity lives are destroying their health, families and communities. Supporters call for laws mandating paid vacations and election days off. "Time is the most precious thing we have," the movement's founder says.
Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected to suspend her campaign on Saturday and lend her support to the presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama. Many feel her speech will be crucial in hopes of uniting the party for the upcoming fall campaign.
Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected to suspend her campaign today and lend her support to Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee. Many feel her speech will be crucial in hopes of uniting the party for the upcoming fall campaign.
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