Rising prices and a falling stock market have sparked protests in recent weeks, increasing the pressure on a government already facing militancy, political discord.
Many Europeans see Barack Obama?s candidacy as a sign of hope for a more flexible, less ideological America. Governments and politicians are not so sure.
The State Commission on Public Integrity brought no charges against the former governor but left open the possibility of action if more evidence emerges.
AP - Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.
AP - Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.
Vince Priester, an iReporter from Georgia, says CNN's "Black in America" documentary shows "things really haven't changed" for black people. New Yorker Sonya Freeman says the black community is still struggling with the legacy of slavery. "It's not just bad decision-making. It was a whole set of values that were not learned, so they can't be passed down," she said.
The U.S. government today announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, $1.85 million, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last year. The mine's owner had insisted that earth movement detected at the time had caused the collapse. But federal investigators found instead that the collapse caused the earth movement.
A convicted South Florida child molester who has avoided serving a 43-year prison sentence may soon be taken back into custody, according to a court document filed Thursday afternoon.