Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, intends to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the White House in a timely slap at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate.
Kerry planned to deliver his endorsement in South Carolina at a time,...
Budget seeks to end Calif. 'binge and purge' budget process
January 9, 2008
Saying ''the wolf is back'' at the door, Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger proposed a constitutional amendment in his State of the State address Tuesday that would force automatic cuts to the state budget to avoid large deficits like the one he is now facing.
The governor wants cuts triggered when state finances...
A man facing prison for kidnapping his estranged wife apparently abducted her again and shot the woman to death before killing himself in a Whittier motel room.
Monica Thomas-Harris and Curtis ''Keno'' Harris were found dead Saturday in a Whittier Inn Motel room. The 37-year-old woman...
Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation's most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
More than half the total votes in California's Feb. 5 primary...
California braces as floods cause mudslides, power failure
January 4, 2008
Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million people and threatening mudslides in fire-scarred areas.
Flights were grounded in Northern California as gusts reached 80 mph during the second wave of an...
Homeowners still struggling to rebuild their lives after last fall's wildfires are preparing for downpours that could bring more than a foot of rain to some mudslide-prone mountain canyons.
A trio of rainstorms -- possibly the most rain the region has seen in three years -- is expected to hit Southern...
Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival.
The U.S. and Europe pushed for reconciliation, but said a ''made-in-Kenya solution'' is needed to end...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Presidential candidates are making a final plea to Iowans: turn out for tomorrow's caucuses. Democrat Barack Obama says the ''only thing that counts'' is showing up. And Republican Mike Huckabee is urging followers to ''rent a van'' or even ''hijack your church's bus'' to get...
Kenya's opposition leader rejected a presidential invitation for talks, saying Tuesday that the proposal would undermine international attempts to end an election standoff that has left more than 500 people dead. The president named his Cabinet, undeterred by accusations he stole the vote.
The developments...
NEW YORK - New Year's Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight to take advantage of a new law allowing civil unions. Pedestrians started crowding the Times Square area even before the...
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan - Hundreds of thousands of mourners thronged the mausoleum of Pakistan's most famous political dynasty on Friday in an outpouring of emotion for Benazir Bhutto. The government said al-Qaida and the Taliban were responsible for her death, claiming it intercepted an al-Qaida...
CALANG, Indonesia (AP) -- Survivors prayed at mass graves and mosques Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami, while warning sirens sent hundreds fleeing beaches during a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.
The waves on the morning of Dec. 26, 2004,...
