BERLIN — Germany sought Friday to downplay a diplomatic incident involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the debate over his campaign to clear out illegal migrant camps reverberated across the European Union.
Sarkozy's attempts to defend his nation's policy against international complaints that France is being racist and unfairly targeting Gypsies threw a European Union summit [...]
WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans could have had comprehensive health care coverage decades ago if Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hadn't blocked a plan Carter had proposed.
Carter revisited the old spat in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" to be aired Sunday. Portions of the interview, prompted by the publication of his [...]
Three years ago this week, heavily armed Blackwater security contractors working for the State Department went on an unprovoked shooting spree in a Baghdad square, killing 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounding 24.
The five hired guns were acting with impunity -- literally. A 2004 U.S. order, issued a day before Iraq was ostensibly [...]
Suri Cruise may wear $635 dresses, fierce designer shoes and chic floral headbands but at home, she gets treated like any other kid and has to help her mom, Katie Holmes, do stuff around the house. And the 4-year-old is very conscientious about doing the right thing. “If she doesn’t get her chores done, [...]
NEW YORK — Elated by a major court victory, gay-rights activists are stepping up pressure on Congress to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy this month. They want to avoid potentially lengthy appeals and fear their chances for a legislative fix will fade after Election Day.
The House voted in May to repeal [...]
BFFs — are you going to be there the minute stores open to buy the Eclipse DVD? We know we are! Get excited Twilight fans! In less than three months, the Eclipse DVD will hit shelves in multiple editions. Though it’s not official, rumor has it that Eclipse will be available [...]
Do you really think Scott will reveal Kardashian secrets just so he can make an extra buck? If he does, he could lose Kourtney Kardashian forever!
Scott Disick wants revenge! Kourtney Kardashian’s boyfriend and baby daddy to their son Mason is so sick of the Kardashian clan always giving him a hard time about [...]
Find out if Nina is more into Paul’s Stefan or Ian’s Damon — plus check out these cute new photos of her! We’re practically counting down the SECONDS until The Vampire Diaries returns for its second season Sept. 9 on The CW — and we’ve got a new set of photos [...]
On Labor Day we honor work and workers. But what happens when the job market is in such turmoil that the very idea of stable, sustaining employment begins to evaporate before our eyes? What happens when the degradation of the contemporary workplace makes a mockery of the idea of "honoring" work? What happens when we [...]
Do YOU think Lindsay deserves a second chance? In her a brand-new interview conducted a week before she went to jail, Lindsay Lohan finally addresses the tabloid circus that has been her life for the past few years, placing most of the blame on her father Michael Lohan. “I think my [...]