Knight Ridder Newspapers

January 10, 2006 at 12:00 am

Cubans who landed on piling sent back

Fifteen Cubans who fled their homeland and landed on an abandoned bridge piling in the Florida Keys were returned to their homeland Monday...

• Nation & World

January 7, 2006 at 12:00 am

Mortgage firm gets Courtney Love’s house

Courtney Love's historic bungalow now belongs to a mortgage company after no one bid on the property Friday during a foreclosure auction...

• Local News

January 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Football Notebook: Weis puts fight back in Irish

He practically had them at hello. Those who wonder how coach Charlie Weis restored the aura of Notre Dame football in one season merely...

• Sports

December 31, 2005 at 12:00 am

Lay down the law with your carpet installer

New carpeting can bring a fresh feel to a home. But the process requires careful oversight, from the purchase of the carpet to after it's...

• Life
• Lifestyle

December 27, 2005 at 12:00 am

You could get lucky this year

Well, it's nearly New Year's Day, time to amass some good luck for the coming year. But what if you're not a big fan of...

• News

December 13, 2005 at 12:00 am

Hung jury in Texas ends latest trial against Vioxx

Merck's latest Vioxx trial ended in mistrial with a hung jury Monday, a potential setback in the drug-maker's plan to avoid billions of...

• Nation & World

December 8, 2005 at 12:00 am

Rice speech in Ukraine appears to signal major shift on detainee policy

In what appears to be a major shift in U.S. policy on detainees, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that U.S. forces operating overseas...

• Nation & World

December 7, 2005 at 12:00 am

Illegal migrants had jobs back in Mexico, survey finds

Most illegal immigrants from Mexico had jobs there before they entered the United States, according to a report released Tuesday. That conclusion undercuts a...

• Nation & World

November 19, 2005 at 12:00 am

Bipartisan group deals blow to extension of Patriot Act

Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., joined a bipartisan group of critics Friday to reject a proposed agreement to extend the...

• Nation & World

November 19, 2005 at 12:00 am

50,000 lobotomies performed in U.S. from ’30s to ’70s

The lobotomy was introduced in 1936 by a Portuguese physician, Dr. Egas Moniz. Some 50,000 lobotomies were performed in the United States...

• Nation & World