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It's odd to present yourself as a maverick to the most partisan audience imaginable, as john mccain did Thursday night.

McCain vows to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor."

Southeastern states brace for Hanna as planners cast wary eye to strengthening Hurricane Ike

In criticism aimed primarily at the United States, Japan and the European Union, a U.N. report said Thursday that rich nations haven't delivered on promises to help the world's poorest nations.

A san francisco woman who was shot and wounded by police after she allegedly threatened a social worker and lunged at officers with a knife has been ordered to stand trial. Teresa Sheehan, 56, has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer,...

A major goal of the Paralympic Games starting this weekend in China is to change traditional attitudes about physical disabilities.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Thursday, "Sometimes standing strong means stepping down."

LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of risk aversion hit financial markets on Friday, pushing world stocks to their lowest in more than two years, and knocking European currencies and oil as fears about the slowing global economy intensified.

KIEV (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney discusses the Georgia crisis on Friday with Ukrainian leaders, whose country is deeply divided over NATO membership and distracted by a domestic political crisis.

John mccain summed up his personal virtues, but TIME's political columnist thinks the acceptance speech felt flat