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Commentary: DeMint's views on Honduras prevail
The Obama administration appears to have adopted a more pragmatic approach to the overthrow of the government in Honduras, and Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., played a key role bringing that about. | 11/23/09 14:33:36 By -
Hydro power may drive 'green jobs' in Idaho
Renewable energy is one place the state could make job gains, said the Idaho Department of Commerce. | 11/23/09 14:27:27 By - Rocky Barker
North Carolina thieves took everything and the kitchen sink
Gastonia, N.C., police have a pair of strange theft cases to deal with. In one larceny, someone took everything, including the kitchen sink. In another case, someone stole a woman's upper and lower false teeth. The teeth were valued at $500, police say. | 11/23/09 14:27:37 By - Steve Lyttle
Commentary: McMasters, Bauer are abusing offices in 'I Believe' fiasco
The oneE saving grace in the "I Believe" fiasco is that it shouldn't cost taxpayers much money to pick up the tab for the busybodies who brought suit against the political panderers who wanted to emblazon license tags with a cross-emblazoned stained-glass window and the words "I Believe." | 11/23/09 14:18:17 By - Cindi Ross Scoppe
Flu-related absences provide challenges to businesses
U.S. employers are bracing for more flu cases this winter. Whether they’re prepared is another question. Many — particularly small and medium-size companies — don't have business continuity plans in place for dealing with significant flu-related absences, surveys indicate | 11/23/09 14:17:31 By - Scott Nishimura
Eight years later, who killed Melissa Motz still in dispute
Everyone agrees Melissa Huntley Motz was shot and killed in the passenger seat of her husband's blue Thunderbird eight years ago. But police, prosecutors and the woman's family still cannot agree on who pulled the trigger in the parking lot of the couple's Rock Hill apartment Feb. 16, 2001, barely an hour after the two had argued at a Charlotte strip club. | 11/23/09 14:07:25 By - Christy Mullins
Spare change: Salvation Army kettles now take credit cards
Bell ringers collecting spare change in red kettles have long been a holiday symbol. This year, however, they're taking MasterCard, Visa and American Express. The option means bigger donations: The Salvation Army chapter in Dallas-Fort Worth tested 12 cashless kettles last year and learned credit-card users gave an average of $14 versus the $2 given by cash donors. | 11/23/09 13:57:38 By - Mark Price
Commentary: Sanford's next move is likely in his own hands
Gov. Mark Sanford doesn't win any brownie points on transparency for agreeing to release an ethics report after he apparently learned that it doesn't contain any bombshells. | 11/23/09 13:47:25 By -
Commentary: Bush library aims to be 'a vital hub of critical thought'
The country's 13th presidential library operated by the National Archives and Records Administration is expected to be completed in 2013, and it will be in Texas — home to more such libraries than any other state. Plans for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, to be located on the Southern Methodist University campus, were unveiled in ceremonies last week. | 11/23/09 11:43:11 By -
Florida coalition fights pending federal pollution rules
Agriculture and business interests and their allies have formed a group to fight federal rules that would require Florida to clean up water pollution. | 11/23/09 11:22:02 By - Curtis Morgan
Commentary: So much for drug companies' promises
Is the support of the pharmaceutical industry needed for Congress to pass health care reform? Or is the price of that support too high for the people the reform package is trying to help? Those questions took on new urgency with the release of an AARP study finding that drug makers had raised the wholesale price of brand-name drugs by 9%, or $10 billion, in the past year. That's the biggest price increase in 17 years. | 11/23/09 11:12:02 By -
California to protect trees near streams for salmon
New logging rules in California call for protecting trees along potential salmon streams to help keep the water cool. The new rules say landowners must protect salmon and their habitat. | 11/23/09 11:12:00 By - Matt Weiser
Commentary: California should peek at Texas' playbook to find next governor
The race to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger already has begun, and I'm looking for a candidate who looks east to find the answers to our problems. | 11/23/09 11:07:06 By - Bill McEwen
Commentary: Obama promise could falter on eye, dental care
A major health care reform promise by President Barack Obama is in danger of going down the drain without so much as a whimper from the White House. | 11/23/09 10:25:29 By -
World awaits U.S. plan to help curb global warming
The outcome of the upcoming global climate negotiations in Denmark could hinge on whether the United States offers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade. | 11/23/09 01:16:41 By - Renee Schoof
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