Most drivers figure that a short trip on a toll road shouldn't cost much more than spare change. The loose quarters in your cup holder ought to cover it. But some motorists who have been slow to pay up are

You wouldn't build a boat, launch it, then anchor it out in the harbor where no one could walk aboard. Not if you wanted passengers. Some DART rail stations have presented similar logistical nightmares to riders who depend on their

One of the toughest decisions a law enforcement officer has to make in the heat of the moment is whether pursuing an escaping motorist is worth the risk. Twice this week, Dallas County constables decided to pursue drivers who fled

Jack Johnson deserves a pardon Jack Johnson of Galveston became the first black heavyweight champion in 1908, but breaking barriers then was not celebrated as it is today. Instead, boxing fans searched for a "great white hope" to defeat him,

Will Big D mean Big Draw on the Fourth of July? The city's official Independence Day celebration is making strides toward becoming a must-attend event. Taking nothing away from the great festivals that draw together suburban communities, Dallas needs to

THIS is proof that the surge has started. The blitz into southern Helmand is Nato is flexing its newly arrived US muscles.

FAMILY law experts said yesterday the Radmacher case will have little impact on the way Scotland's courts view pre-nuptial agreements, arguing that the ruling shows Englan

CONSIDER the case of two iconic drinks brands and the conglomerate that owns them - Guinness and Johnnie Walker, both made by Diageo.

THE Scottish Government published a report on 20 June about the state of the Scots language and announced it was setting up a working party under culture minister Michael Ru

ONE flicker of hope in the darkest hour for Scotland's banks earlier this year was that a new era and a new culture would emerge from the ruins.

SCOTTISH ministers were accused yesterday of "taking their eye off the ball" over the expected closure of the Johnnie Walker plant whisky plant with the loss of 700 jo

WESTMINSTER'S sleaze watchdog is to investigate a complaint that shadow chancellor George Osborne overclaimed on his MP's allowances for his constituency home.

BIRDS of prey have been brought in to scare away pigeons that have plagued the Scottish Parliament.

AN AGREEMENT to be signed within weeks will help ensure defence work for the Clyde for the next 15 years, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy has claimed.

A SENIOR Cabinet minister yesterday denied Gordon Brown's administration was losing the authority to govern after a series of reverses over the Royal Mail, ID cards and t

DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett is running for Illinois attorney general.

The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the

Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) on Thursday accused the private operators of the complained that the city's parking meter operators were being "deceptive," after she was charged $32.50 at a two-hour parking meter that charged her for parking overnight.

Protests are popping up all over Illinois. Thousands facing layoffs because of the state budget stalemate in Springfield are on the march. Working parents and day care workers demonstrated in Logan Square Thursday. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.

With joblessness rising, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was"deeply concerned" about unemployment and conceded that too manyfamilies are worried about "whether they will be next" to suffereconomically.