America's first female bank president and vaudeville entertainer Bojangles hail from same Virginia neighborhood Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 09 February 2010 The bright, well-kept home of Maggie Walker, now a National Historic Site, is, unfortunate...
Dutch master's 17th century etching found in university president's residence Susan Logue Koster | Washington 09 February 2010 The Very Rev. David M. O'Connell examines the etching he discovered in a bathroom cabinet Watch: Logue Koster report Window...
Educators integrate environmental action into lesson plans Shelley Schlender | Oakland, California 09 February 2010 Photo: Head-Royce School Head-Royce students grow organic vegetables as well as native plants and trees in the school's 370-square-met...
Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate emerging as force within Republican Party and among conservative activists Jim Malone | Washington 09 February 2010 Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin addresses conservative activists...
Andrew Weibrecht of the United States, skis the downhill part of the men's World Cup super combined ski race in the fifth best time in Beaver Creek, Colorado, 4 Dec. 2009 American Tim Burke Raises Hopes for First US Biathlon Olympic Medal at Vancouve...
Two-time U.S. Olympian Erin Hamlin is the first American woman to win a luge world championship Two-time U.S. Olympian Erin Hamlin is the first American woman to win a luge world championship. In Vancouver, she is attempting to become the first U.S....
Women's ice hockey is still a relatively new addition to the Olympic movement, first introduced in Nagano, Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics. This year, the U.S. Women's Hockey team is one of eight squads competing for a gold medal at the 2010 Winter...
First lady Michelle Obama describes childhood obesity as one of the most serious threats to the future of America's children. VOA News 09 February 2010 Backed by his wife, President Barack Obama smiles after signing a memorandum on childhood obesity,...
The U.S. government has granted special immigration status to Haitians now living illegally in the United States, protecting them from deportation for 18 months and allowing them to work. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. con...
Haitian Americans Unhappy With Haitian Government's Response To Earthquake Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to...
Germany's new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany's announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security....
Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen in a 2009 file photo taken from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is calling for regional coo...
Israel has issued a stern warning after Iran said it had begun making a higher-grade nuclear fuel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's intentions are clear. Iran is racing forward to produce nuclear weapons in brazen defiance of the...
Communication services disrupted ahead of 1979 anniversary celebration as opposition activists call for peaceful demos Edward Yeranian | Cairo 09 February 2010 Demonstrators shout slogans and hold portraits of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Kha...
National Confederation of Guinean Workers Secretary-General Rabiatou Serah Diallo speaks to journalists in Conakry (2007 file photo) Over a decree on state radio late Monday, Interim President Sekouba Konate said Rabiatou Serah Diallo would be presid...
