Search results for

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi poked fun at GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry when she responded to his challenge to debate her next Monday. Pelosi said she had three other engagements that day — but forgot the third. In response, Perry's campaign referenced a recent 60 Minutes piece, tweeting that perhaps she had forgotten about ongoing insider trading.

The number of children adopted from abroad has dropped by 60 percent over the past few years. Concerns about corruption are causing many countries to limit or abolish programs that have allowed needy children to be adopted by Americans.

The Occupy Movement is purposely fractured and protesters take pride in the kind of decentralized governance they have created.

Demonstrations popped up from coast to coast Thursday to mark the movement's birth in a lower Manhattan park. At least 177 people were arrested in New York, many for blocking streets near the New York Stock Exchange; hundreds of protesters marched in the financial district in Los Angeles.

Facing the prospect of insolvency, Mayor Dave Bing is looking to save about $14 million with the cuts.

Occupy Big Food says it wants "to take our food back and out of the hands of just a few large corporations." A food politics expert says the group should focus on learning about the farm bill.

"If true, individuals who were in a position to monitor and act upon learning of potential abuses appear to have been acting starkly contrary to the values of higher education, as well as the NCAA," association President Mark Emmert says.

A judge issued the sentence saying James Arthur Ray was extremely negligent. Three people died in a sweat lodge ceremony run by Ray.

There's nobody named Peggy Sue — or even a Margaret or a Susan, for that matter — in the British folk-rock band. But there is a young trio comfortable with plugging in and evoking macabre moods. Singers Rosa Slade and Katy Young explain.

The lead singer of Aventura, the hottest band on the Latin charts, has a solo album and a TV show.