These are all situations writer and director Tom McGrath tackled in 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,' which escaped into theaters this past weekend.

Some 43 years since the U.S. Constitution was amended to guarantee black Americans the unlimited right to vote through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Democratic presidential-elect Barack Obama overwhelmingly swept the Electoral College to win the Presidential race.

Campus Calm is a Web site for high school and college students, who in their eagerness to achieve good grades, cannot manage stress, causing depression, anxiety or insomnia in their lives.

Thanks to the holiday program Sub For Santa, a United-Way endeavor, many families who would not otherwise have a Christmas are provided with the means to do so.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4 -- A small plane crashed in a wealthy Mexico City neighborhood Tuesday, killing the nation's interior secretary and at least seven others, and setting dozens of cars ablaze, officials said.

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 5:35 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines will impose a $15 fee to check a first bag, becoming the last of the major carriers to impose such a fee.

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 6:15 PM ET WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor University is investigating incidents the day Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president -- including...

WORCESTER, Mass. -- A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated forests and

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 6:05 PM ET AUSTIN (AP) - State officials have almost finished stabilizing the fire-damaged Texas Governor's Mansion and hope to start restoration by early...

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 6:45 PM ET SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - The owner of a halal slaughterhouse has pleaded guilty in Texas to obtaining loans and credit under false pretenses in...

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 1:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The family of Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science fantasies as "Jurassic Park,"...

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 2:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A Russian masterpiece expected to sell for up to $3 million at a New York auction didn't find a buyer - in yet another sign that...

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 1:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Takei (tuh-KAY') doesn't feel defeated by the apparent passage of a ban on gay marriage in California, he says he's...

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 3:13 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The Public Theater's Central Park production of "Hair" is going indoors - Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Associated Press - November 5, 2008 6:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles judge has signed off on the amicable end to Danny Bonaduce's nearly 18-year marriage.

TEHRAN, Nov. 4 -- Iran's parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impeach a cabinet minister who has been a close ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a political setback that reflects growing opposition among lawmakers to the president's policies.

Omar Osama bin Laden, a son of the al-Qaeda leader, sought political asylum in Spain on Tuesday after landing at Madrid's Barajas airport.

HARTLAND, N.Y. -- A house fire overnight killed three young brothers and critically injured their grandmother, who was overcome with smoke when she apparently tried to rescue them, authorities said Tuesday.

· A listing in today's Food section, which was printed in advance, misstates the date of Capital Food Fight 2008. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.