In late August 2008, the Congolese army (FARDC) and the rebel group, the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), resumed heavy fighting in the most recent episode of more than a decade of war in eastern Congo. The Congolese army was ...

4 Dec 2008

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who campaigned strongly for Senator John McCain in his run for the White House against Barack Obama, hung up on the President-elect when he called her. The Florida Congresswoman didn't think that the phone call she received ...

4 Dec 2008

HIGH POINT – High Point firefighter Scott Stanley, who was hit by a car while responding to a car accident, said he wants to use his experience to call attention to North Carolina’s “Move Over Law.” The law requires drivers to move one lane ...

4 Dec 2008

DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- The declining market share of the Detroit auto makers is proving another hurdle in the companies' attempts to secure a federal bailout. In making the case that a $34 billion lifeline from the federal government will sustain the ...

4 Dec 2008

I can't take a lot of credit for it. My parents did a fantastic job. The way my father described it to me as a kid, being on television is a career choice. It's a way of working, and you want to do that with integrity, but everybody works. I think ...

4 Dec 2008

Legendary for her talent, family history—and messy personal life— Liza Minnelli returns to Broadway's Palace Theatre with a new one-woman show, "Liza's At the Palace!". She spoke with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: This show is ...

4 Dec 2008