02/04/2012 01:52 AM
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Feds close Lance Armstrong doping probe
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Federal prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation into alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs by champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges.
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02/04/2012 06:40 AM
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Romney poised to win Nevada caucuses
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Mitt Romney has a chance on Saturday to do what no Republican presidential candidate has done so far this cycle: win two contests back to back.
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02/04/2012 08:30 AM
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Martin: Why don't candidates see poor?
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In the 1,257 GOP debates we have had to sit through, poverty and the poor have rarely come up, so it was no surprise that Mitt Romney would be dismissive of them in an interview this week with CNN's Soledad O'Brien.
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02/04/2012 01:44 AM
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2nd teacher at L.A. school arrested
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Another teacher has been arrested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on allegations of lewd acts on young pupils, authorities said.
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02/04/2012 08:02 AM
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Police: Suspect on run kills Ala. officer
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An Alabama robbery suspect fatally stabbed a police officer in jail, escaped in a stolen patrol car and wounded another officer before he was killed, authorities said Friday.
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02/04/2012 07:46 AM
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U.N. Security Council may vote on Syria
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Almost eleven months after protesters first flooded Syrian streets to demand regime change and true democratic freedoms, the U.N. Security Council could vote Saturday on a draft resolution that would pressure the government to stop a sustained, bloody crackdown on dissidents.
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02/04/2012 02:37 AM
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WikiLeaks: Soldier faces court martial
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Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who is suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, will be court martialed on charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison, the Army said Friday in a statement.
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02/03/2012 09:42 PM
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Komen restores Parenthood funding
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The foundation reversed its decision after a deluge of opposition, including pressure from lawmakers.
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02/03/2012 11:06 PM
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Opinion: Women's care not just breasts
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If you travel to the island of Delos in Greece, you might be surprised to visit ruins dominated by statues of gigantic stone penises. Even in its ancient, mythological context, it's jarring to see such a disembodied representation of the human form. Women, of course, are perhaps a bit more accustomed than men to being reduced to a collection of body parts. Even so, it was startling to hear earlier this week that one of America's largest and wealthiest advocates of women's health appears to be fixated on breasts, rather than on the women to whom they are attached.
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02/03/2012 09:30 PM
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Men sentenced in lesbian's slaying
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Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.
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