Life on seas turns deadly
Some days, fisherman Aoun Saleh loves life on the seas: the friendships, the jokes, the singing, especially when they have a big catch. But some days he rues the day...
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No hiding from drug war
The schoolchildren bounded up the rickety steps and followed the path of shattered glass into the two-story house on Laguna Salada Street. Two boys in neatly pressed gray pants flipped...
Wall Street devastation hits home
Mona Mond had a plan -- and it didn't include Wall Street going haywire and giving up a three-bedroom house with a half-acre yard for a small apartment. She had...
It’s alive! Ohio State just won’t die
"The Blob" is a 1958 horror film about a giant amoeba-like alien that terrorizes a small community in Pennsylvania. "The" Ohio State University has a football team that slimed its...
It’s not a 1-horse race
With another victory Sunday that widened his lead in NASCAR's Sprint Cup title chase, Jimmie Johnson already has been crowned champion by some racing pundits even though there are four...
Keys to Darfur held by low-key aide
He is accused of torturing enemies, cozying up to Osama bin Laden in the 1990s and plotting to assassinate Egypt's president. But presidential adviser Nafie Ali Nafie says his moderation...
Bid to forge Israeli coalition falters
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's campaign to become the nation's next prime minister appeared to be faltering late Saturday amid media reports that she was abandoning her efforts to build...
Israeli coalition talks in jeopardy
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni suffered a blow to her efforts to build a new government Friday when the ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced it would not join her coalition. The...
McCain on attack as Obama takes break
Republican John McCain kicked off a campaign swing in two Western states Friday with a new warning that electing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as president could create unchecked Democratic control...
L.A. graduate student imprisoned in Tehran
It seemed like a routine traffic stop. At first. Esha Momeni, an Iranian-American scholar visiting Tehran, was pulled over by police Oct. 15. She had allegedly committed a traffic violation...