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Osama bin Laden was within the grasp of American soldiers in Afghainstan soon after the 9/11 attacks but was left free to escape by military blunders, according to a damning Senate report. The failure to capture the world's most wanted...

Did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? Believe it! Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pronounced forty-nine million Americans do not have dependable access to adequate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new Senate reports says Osama Bin Laden was within military reach when the Bush administration allowed him to vanish into the mountains of Afghanistan rather than pursue him with massive military force, three months after the...

*Why are we so not surprised. The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says. The executive, who spoke on condition of...

The countdown to handing back Helmand province to Afghan control began yesterday when Gordon Brown announced a detailed exit timetable. In a surprise move, the Prime Minister said two key districts of Helmand, where more than 200 British troops have...

The seeds represent "probably the most revolutionary event in grain crops over the last 30 years," said Geno Lowe, a Salisbury, Md., soybean farmer. But for farmers such as Lowe, prices of the Monsanto-patented seeds have steadily increased, roughly doubling...

Western Pennsylvania is home to 479 companies that provide medical devices to patients in their homes. Officials of those companies are keenly interested in how health care reform turns out, but there is a more immediate -- and, in their...

The couple who gatecrashed Barack Obama 's first state dinner last week have begun touting around their story to TV networks in reported search of a six-figure sum. Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the socialites who gave the secret service its...

Gerald Wallace 's 14 points led Charlotte past Washington 90-78 Saturday for the Bobcats' first road victory of the season. Wallace also grabbed 14 rebounds in the Bobcats' fourth consecutive win. Caron Butler scored 19 points for the Wizards, who...

Jake Locker threw for 196 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 94 yards and a score, and Washington posted its first shutout of rival Washington State in 45 years with a 30-0 Apple Cup victory over the Cougars...