It's not that long ago that former President George W. Bush was being characterized as a dimwit. In truth, because he was not a smooth talker, he often came across as less than a deep thinker.

Under threat of lengthy jail time, his former chief of staff agreed on Wednesday to be a prosecution witness.

Vulnerability tests conducted at a number of federal facilities met with abysmal results, according to a report to the US Congress by the Government Accountability Office.

Are the antitax protests bigger than reported? It's not easy to tell, but a retired fisherman is keeping count.

Most historians agree famed explorer Meriwether Lewis killed himself in October 1809, but his descendants are not so sure.

As college athletic departments struggle financially in tough economic times, they must keep Title IX requirements in mind when making decisions.

President Obama and leaders of seven other world economic powers agreed Wednesday to broad goals for reducing global warming, but they stopped well short of measures that environmentalists call critical to stopping the problem and also failed to get developing

In less than 48 hours, Lance Armstrong will have answered the last unresolved question about his capacity to win an eighth Tour de France...

It's a four-times-a-year ritual: A company reports how much money it made in the quarter that has just ended. Investors check whether the profit per share was higher or lower than predicted by stock analysts who follow the company. But

If a small group of Madrona homeowners don't agree to whack back an unusually large and soothing urban canopy, a pair of nearly 100-year-old Craftsman homes might be demolished — possibly sending around 100 trees' worth of lumber to a

Tough months and "difficult fighting will be necessary" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the months ahead, Gen. David Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command, told a Seattle audience Wednesday night.

Taking the Amtrak to Portland is a great weekend getaway for Puget Sound families.

Microsoft appointed Steven Sinofsky head of the Windows division on Wednesday, ending the triumvirate that ran the company's core business.

Conner Homes of Bellevue has lost one new housing development to foreclosure, and is close to losing another property. Other King County developers may be in trouble as well.

West Seattle residents worry the city will add new parking pay stations — and end the days of free parking.

Michael Jackson's dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but had never given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use.

Even as top U.S. officials and their Iraqi counterparts said that the downtrend in violence was positive over the last week, insurgents Wednesday set off six bombs in the northern city of Mosul, killing 14 and wounding 44.

A few steps past the shattered glass, warped metal and other remains of a Muslim Uighur restaurant, Ye Erkeng and his family are in hiding...

Prospective students and their families are invited to an informational session about the Arizona Western College Massage Therapy Program on Thursday, July 30, at 6:00pm, on the main campus in room ES112. Faculty and part-time faculty will answer questions about

The Yuma County Sheriff's Office received a report of a disturbance at a residence located at 2750 W. 5th Street. Deputies arrived to find a female suspect being detained by a male witness. The female suspect, and an unknown accomplice