With a new school year beginning, many school and students are faced with higher costs. "As 50 million children return to classes across the nation, crippling increases in the price of fuel and food, coupled with the economic downturn, have left...

Just over three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New orleans and the Gulf Coast, another significant storm will make landfall in Louisiana today. The category 3 storm, last night, "was moving swiftly to the northwest over the Gulf of Me...

Following the resignation of President Musharrah last week, come reports today that the breakup of the coalition government. "The breakdown of the fragile 5-month-old civilian government clears the way for the party of slain former Prime Minist...

The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week ruled recently enacted administrative rules regarding monitoring pollution were unconstitutional. "A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a Bush administration rule that p...

Next friday, with some early showings a week from tonight, a feature documentary "I.O.U.S.A." will open in 10 cities around the country. The film is fact-based, nonpartisan and nonideological, and it features a number of candid appearances,...

Russia and Georgia continue fighting, while a delegation of European Union officials have been attempting to negotiate a cease-fire. The BBC reports that "Georgia said dozens of Russian bombers attacked targets inside its territory, including ar...