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Out on the trail, once unknown Palin - now greeted by 'Sarah! Sarah!' - gains celebrity status

A former Novato school district bus driver and Cub Scout den leader has pleaded guilty to a federal child-pornography charge. Remsen McGinnis Benedict entered a guilty plea Thursday to receipt child pornography. Benedict admitted that in 2006 and 2007, he...

Ferocious Hurricane Ike blasts along possible path to threaten US Gulf Coast late this week

Tropical Storm Hanna drenches Eastern seaboard; strengthening Hurricane Ike looms at sea

Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, Robert Novak has lost partial vision and undergone surgery to remove a tumor, the political commentator wrote in a column published Saturday.

Hurricane Ike roared across the Turks and Caicos on Sunday as a ferocious Category 4 storm, as people sought refuge from its howling winds in emergency shelters or in their homes.

Hurricane Ike struck the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4 storm late Saturday night with winds near 135 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. The powerful storm's path was expected to take it by the southeastern Bahamas early Sunday and near eastern Cuba Sunday night or early Monday.

A political standoff in Bangkok between the government and protesters determined to bring it down threatens the future of Thailand's young democracy

Cuba declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and sale of food and other materials.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces will begin three days of war games on Monday involving anti-aircraft defense systems, Iranian media said on Sunday.