CHRIS HENRY AGAIN?" the black-and-orange message flashed along a busy interstate. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

She became an organizer, she said, because she had struggled as a single mother and wanted to share the benefits she had gained from joining a union.

The universal gesture for No. 1.

At the first table, with a U.S. pair North-South, the bidding went as shown. The Belgian East-West disrupted the bidding somewhat, but the Americans (Bobby Goldman and Paul Soloway) reached the excellent six-club contract anyway.

Red-light cameras are a whole different story.

The episode is often fondly quoted as a relic of a long-lost Israel where the public's innocence needed protecting.

America is transitioning to a knowledge-based economy. The good news is this plays to a distinct advantage of the American workforce compared to the rest of the world. And highly skilled jobs usually pay above-average wages.

That is when coach Lane Kiffin confirmed that if the Raiders try to live by the pass, they are going to die a slow, certain death.

Dale Shawn Hausner, 35, will finally get a chance to tell his story in court when his trial opens Wednesday with jury selection. Hausner has pleaded not guilty in eight killings and 20 other attacks that were part of the

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney scrapped plans to address the convention tonight, and McCain's aides chartered a jet to fly delegates back to their hurricane-threatened states along the Gulf Coast. Campaign manager Rick Davis said the first-night program

The supporters include entrepreneur Elling Halvorson of Washington and a group of Italian investors who once backed the 1,000-plus-room hotel complex called Canyon Forest Village, which was defeated by voters. This group proposes to donate about 40 acres to a

It was the 10th time the Canadian has had at least a share of the 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour, but he has only one victory when leading going into the final round.

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Arizona traded Class A pitcher Chad Beck to the Toronto Blue Jays to obtain Eckstein on Sunday, hoping he will add more offensive punch to its lineup during the stretch run of the National League West race.

Teenage alcohol use is a huge problem, and lowering the drinking age will make it worse. Almost 45 percent of kids who start drinking by age 13 will become alcoholics, compared with only 10 percent of those who wait until

I respectfully disagree with those who say that political conventions are not important. I sometimes wonder why some of my colleagues in the media are shooting themselves in the foot by questioning the validity of the conventions as they are

An army of fans wearing pink cowboy hats and boas waited nearly two hours for Madonna's concert to get under way, erupting into screams at the first song — "Candy Shop" — from her new "Hard Candy" album.

Kino Rotary Club helps three schools