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Supporters of the Georgian opposition attend a rally in front of the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, late Thursday, April 9, 2009. Tens of thousands of protesters throng the streets in front ...

» MORE PHOTOS Chadwick's boys volleyball team wasn't looking for a moral victory, but that's about all it came away with Friday. The host Dolphins kept their match close, but were never able to ...

The Easter Bunny will leave colorful eggs and candy for children to hunt at various locations today and Sunday. Many of the egg hunt sites will have other activities to keep participants in a spring f...

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have told the nation's largest banks to keep the government's stress tests of their books private over fears investors could punish companies with nothing to brag abou...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Officials say an eastern Iowa man suffered from a medical condition and fell out of his tractor, which then kept going for miles. The empty John Deere tractor and disk cut through fie...

Burleigh County may thread through at least one more round of flooding early next week from Apple Creek, two water bodies feeding it and its overland melt.Allen Schlag, hydrologist for the Bismarck of...

It appears that First Baptist [Church] could request the Sheriff's Office to investigate any person it chooses and have the investigation carried out. The state attorney's office is also cooperative in obtaining the identity of the scoundrels. This is an unethical use of police power and that detective should be disciplined, certainly not defended by, his superiors.Keep eyes on pastorread more

When Linda Morrow's son Mark told her he was being deployed to Iraq, she felt confused and helpless, she said."I never thought either one of my kids would serve in the war," Morrow said. "My husband tried to comfort me. He is emotionally strong, but he had his moments, too. He tried to keep up a...

New york -- Despite waterways crowded with thousands of ships operated by international shipping companies, only a handful are U.S.-flagged vessels. The main reason? Dollars and cents.The recently pi...

Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES ? Falling apartment rents across Southern California reflect the current recession as unemployed tenants move away or double up with friends or family while the affordability of foreclosed homes turns some renters into buyers. It's a trend that will continue this year, according to the latest survey of apartment markets in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties conducted by the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast at the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real Estate. 'In LA County alone, 41,000 people moved out of apartments last year - compared to the 29,000 who moved in over the past five years,' said Delores Conway, Ph.D., director of the Casden forecast. 'The dramatic changes in the economy are taking their toll on landlords, who are lowering rents or giving concessions just to keep their units occupied.' She added, 'Occupancy numbers dropped sharply, forced down by a record number of new apartments that ca