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Pakistanis vote in landmark election

2013-05-11 19:52:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...

Obama urges new tack for Central America's drug war

2013-05-04 17:18:00

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Obama capped a three-day visit to Latin America on Saturday by urging the region's leaders to fight the drug war not with more guns or military aid but with greater investment in infrastructure, education and energy....

Obama, Central American presidents face a difficult agenda

2013-05-03 16:00:00

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Central American presidents will likely have a long list of gripes for their U.S. counterpart as they head into meetings with Barack Obama on Friday night. President Obama arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Friday...

David Petraeus, former CIA chief and military leader, joins USC

2013-05-02 00:10:00

David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who resigned as head of the Central Intelligence Agency last year after confessing to an extramarital affair, will teach part-time at USC and help mentor students who are veterans, officials are...

President Obama's Mexico visit comes with backdrop of uncertainty

2013-04-28 20:30:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama travels to Mexico this week amid signs that the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor's new government faces a new period of uncertainty after years of unprecedented closeness forged by the...

David Petraeus to teach at CUNY school in New York

2013-04-24 14:14:00

David Petraeus, the former four-star general who was forced out as head of the Central Intelligence Agency because he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a post as a visiting professor in New York. In a statement released Tuesday, Macaulay...

Colleges as country clubs

2013-04-21 00:00:00

My daughter is a junior in high school, so I've spent part of this spring making that upper-middle-class pilgrimage known as "the college tour." But as we were led across sweeping lawns by tour guides walking backward, I found myself thinking less about...

A new challenge for Palestinians

2013-04-18 00:00:00

The looming resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, announced last week, may be very bad news for the prospects of good governance in Palestine. But it has the potential to inject clarity and honesty into the problems of the much-too-...

The new reality at the border

2013-04-02 00:00:00

The image of illegal immigration in the minds of most Americans is of poor Mexicans streaming across the Southwest border. This is not entirely wrong, but it is outdated. As Congress debates immigration reform, it is worth taking a look at what's changed....

Joyce Carol Oates is at her gothic best in 'The Accursed'

2013-03-29 10:00:00

"The Accursed," an astonishing fever dream of a novel, sets loose specters from the beyond to prey on innocent and guilty alike. But are there any real innocents in the diseased society Oates so scathingly depicts? Making skillful use of gothic fiction'...

Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination

2013-03-07 11:21:00

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...

Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays

2013-03-07 02:00:00

Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...

Ace Parker was a multi-sport star - including track and field, football and baseball - at Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth.

2013-05-17 06:28:00

Jay Nanfito, 13, and eight grader are Woodrow Wilson Middle School, talks to Lawernce Elementary school students about the program.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

1914: Uncle Sam takes off his hat to honor moms the year President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first national Mother's Day. By Sidney Smith

2013-05-10 11:48:00