Recent Posts

Katie Couric's Newscast Drops to Third Place on Monday

NEW YORK – Katie Couric led the “CBS Evening News” to its first weekly ratings win in more than five years but her honeymoon may be short — she slipped to third place on Monday. Couric’s first evening-news broadcast last Tuesday brought in nearly 13.6 million curious viewers. The numbers …

Read More »

U.N. Expert: U.S. Has Failed to Wipe Out Poverty

GENEVA – The U.S. government has failed to eradicate the most abject forms of poverty in the United States, which disproportionately plague blacks and Hispanics, a U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday. Arjun Sengupta, an Indian professor and U.N. expert on extreme poverty, said the United States could reduce the …

Read More »

Reports: Kremlin-Backed Chechen President Proposes Renaming Region

MOSCOW – Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed president proposed renaming the war-torn region in southern Russia, saying its current name has a negative connotation and is actually a foreign term, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Alu Alkhanov said he had instructed the region’s information and press minister to begin meeting with experts and …

Read More »

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news

news