The administration’s plan for Afghanistan followed a fierce debate in which the vice president urged caution against a quagmire while military advisers argued for more troops.
AP - The bloated Red River apparently crested Saturday, forecasters said, leaving residents to wearily hope their sandbag-fortified dikes continue to hold back record-setting floodwaters.
AP - From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for the second Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change.
Slain attorney Chiquita Tate was such a believer in the legal system that she had a tattoo of Lady Justice on her back. But Tate, described by colleagues as a tenacious defense attorney, could not save herself. Her body was found in her law office with 38 stab wounds. Her husband of just more than a year is charged in her killing.