Steve Kitchin demonstrates his prototype invention. With the touch of a button he simply backs the chair in, and the elevator-like lift raises up and slides into the cab. Last spring, Steve Kitchin had had enough. For 10 years since an auto accident...
McAnespy brothers fear their way of life will not return Jeff Swicord | Port Sulphur, Louisiana 04 May 2010 Louis McAnespy is a third-generation commercial fishermen from Louisiana who fears he will lose his livelihood due to the fishing ban imposed...
One in four American adults cannot read or write well enough to function on the job and in everyday life Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 04 May 2010 Volunteer tutors at the Nashville Adult Literacy Council work individually with adult learners. One in...
A rebound in travel is expected in 2010, but the US government predicts a shift in the makeup of foreign visitors, with arrivals from Asia and South America growing by double digits The US government predicts the number of overseas visitors to the Un...
U.S. authorities have charged a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen with terrorism related charges in connection to the failed Times Square bombing. Thirty-year-old Faisal Shahzad was charged Tuesday in a five-count complaint, one day after he was arrested w...
Anti-government demonstrators cheer during a speech at a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 May 2010 Thailand's political crisis has moved toward resolution, after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva presented a national reconciliation plan welcomed by anti...
Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, looking down at cheering supporters as he rides around Kathmandu's Ring Road, 4 Apr 2010 The leader of Nepal's Maoists, who have enforced a mostly peaceful shutdown of the Himalayan country since Sat...
After years of living as refugees in neighboring Liberia, some Sierra Leoneans are choosing to integrate into Liberian society and apply for full citizenship instead of going home. Jebbeh Konneh fled to Liberia as a young woman nearly 18 years ago. S...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) conference at United Nations headquarters, Monday, May 3, 2010 Delegates from around the world are at the United Nations in New York, taking part in the Nuclear...
New book chronicles love and partnership with Texas search-and-rescue dog Adam Phillips | New York 03 May 2010 Puzzle with her special search and rescue team coat. Related Links Scent of the Missing website Mark-9 Search and Rescue In almost any Amer...
In the 1930s the era of streamliner trains, planes, and automobiles a travel trailer with a shiny aluminum skin made its debut. Its very name Airstream suggested smooth, aerodynamic travel. Many people who bought these shiny little trailers loved to...
In the early 1950s a worldwide epidemic of polio was in full swing. In the United States alone, 58,000 cases of this highly infectious and crippling disease were reported in 1952. Vaccines - which can prevent, but not cure polio - halted its spread i...
British voters go to the polls May 6 after a political campaign that has seen domestic issues in the forefront. But there is a new element to this election that has a decidedly foreign angle -- non-British citizens living in Afghanistan, Ghana, and B...
Palestinian girls walk near a billboard with a picture of US President Barack Obama, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 3 May 2010. The US Mideast envoy George Mitchell returned to the region on Monday to wrap up preparations for the resumption of in...
India's Special Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, center, speaks to reporters as he holds a report following the verdict outside the special court set up for the trial of Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, accused of being the sole surviving gunman in the...
