On the second day of his visit to the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the need for harmony and unity between Christians and Muslims.
In Jordan, pope stresses Christian-Muslim harmony
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Top 10 Web tools for editing digital pictures
Digital cameras are now as common and affordable to the average family as the Polaroid of the ’60s. Best thing about ’em You don’t even have to take your film in to the corner drugstore to get developed — because digital cameras don’t rely on film to make their pictures “stick.” Thanks to technology, the entire process, from clicking the shutter to printing the pictures, is now entirely within the power of the consumer
A Cold Case Gets Hot: Is This L.A.’s Westside Rapist?
Bob Kistner had given up hope of ever finding his great-aunt’s killer. The retired police sergeant was just a rookie at the Long Beach Police Department when Maybelle Hudson, 80, was beaten, raped and strangled in her Inglewood garage after returning home from choir practice one day in April 1976.
Pirates’ former hostage favors more government protection
Richard Phillips, the cargo-ship captain whose capture by pirates triggered a dramatic U.S.
Analysis: What’s ahead for Obama in the next 100 days
After passing the 100 days benchmark, President Obama pushes on with a daunting task ahead of him: Tackling foreign and domestic issues while dealing with a Republican Party opposed to nearly all his major economic initiatives.
Obama: Uptick in Iraq violence won’t affect withdrawal plans
President Obama said Wednesday that a recent uptick in violence in Iraq won’t affect his plan for a phased military withdrawal.
Specter colleagues, political elites react to defection
Reaction on Tuesday to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party ranged from barely concealed glee to dismay among Senate colleagues and elites from both parties.
Can Alabama Spark a Democratic Revival in the South?
Late on a recent Monday afternoon, Artur Davis, the Alabama congressman, stood before a racially diverse crowd of casually dressed men and women in the vast main hall of Rainbow City’s community center. The talk centered on how to bring jobs to Alabama’s economically depressed northeastern corner, bolstering parental responsibility, making college more affordable, and, simply, hope
Why Michelle Obama inspires women around the globe
Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a "curse." (CNN) — Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a “curse.” The women she meets in the squalid streets where “Slumdog Millionaire” was filmed are often treated with contempt, she says.
WHO raises pandemic alert level; more swine flu cases feared
The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level Monday in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico, as the global count of confirmed cases increased and governments initiated various steps to try to stem the spread.