The university football team has immense symbolism for American Catholics but it hasn't won a national title in 21 years. The travails of the Church may be at the heart of the crisis

Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich. and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally Nov.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy will discuss health care in his first public appearance since saying that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop instructed him to stop receiving Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights.

In my previous post on Climategate I blithely said that nothing in the climate science email dump surprised me much.The closed-mindedness of these supposed men of science, their willingness to go to any lengths to defend a preconceived message, is

The latest property rights battle before the U.S. Supreme Court started where the Gulf of Mexico laps at the crystalline white beaches of this seaside resort.The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday over whether a nearly seven-mile stretch of beach

A man in Ohio said he had to do some running of his own while watching football on TV when a deer came crashing in through a window.

Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids.

A television executive says the couple that crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner is offering to talk to broadcast networks about it for a payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

John Marcotte, a Sacramento, CA web designer, is attempting to put a measure on the ballot next year that would ban divorce in California.

Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, launching the much-awaited rollout of his new Afghan war strategy by informing top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul and telephoning key allies around the

Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are planning a wedding. Their daughter Chelsea Clinton, 29, has announced plans to wed her longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, 31.

We know it's a fiction but politics is supposed to stop at the water's edge and all that. So as the chairman of the United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, John Kerry has to try to play the part

As Democrats renew their push to create jobs, they are at odds over the timing, cost and scope of additional measures, with the White House's concern about high budget deficits pitted against the eagerness of many in Congress to spur

Florida's beaches - the blindingly white shores of the Panhandle, the bikini-dotted sands of South Beach - are the state's signature attraction.

A decade after the 'Battle in Seattle', the United States, China and other top commercial powers gathered once again Monday with tear gas lingering in the streets to assess what role trade can play in spearheading global economic growth.

The Treasury Department is expected to meet with lenders on Monday to press them to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans, a source familiar with the Treasury's thinking said.

What shopping fatigue? With their Thanksgiving weekend discounts in the bag, millions of Americans are expected to troll online Monday for more bargains. Not satisfied with your holiday weekend shopping? Don't worry, it's Cyber Monday.It is the day that e-tailers

In the waning weeks of 2009, planeloads of scientists, politicians, and assorted climate wonks from 192 countries will blow through a few million tons of CO2 to jet to Copenhagen, one of the world's most carbon-conscious cities.

Washington World's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden had written his will as US troops closed in on his hideout in Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan in December 2001, but walked out 'unmolested' after American military leaders decided not to

Saints dominate New England and lift their season record to 11-0