Cavalier & Assoc

None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial. ...

'For God's sake, this is too much'

Posted: Tue Feb 07 09:45:35 PST 2012

Pictures show children shredded by shrapnel. An injured man is rushed from a clinic after it's attacked. The United Nations estimates at least 6,000 people have died in the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. FULL STORY ...

Today's primaries about bragging rights

Posted: Tue Feb 07 09:28:06 PST 2012

It's the largest delegate haul yet in the GOP race for the White House. Colorado and Minnesota hold caucuses. Missouri holds a nonbinding primary. ...

Borger: Newt and Mitt have issues

Posted: Tue Feb 07 05:07:26 PST 2012

Gloria Borger says Mitt Romney doesn't seem comfortable talking to Americans about money, and Newt Gingrich can't control his anger ...

Komen exec quits over Parenthood flap

Posted: Tue Feb 07 10:19:27 PST 2012

Karen Handel, a vice president with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, resigned her position Tuesday following a controversy over funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the foundation said. ...

Obama to boost Alzheimer's funding

Posted: Tue Feb 07 09:17:34 PST 2012

The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer's research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. ...

Greece unions to strike

Posted: Tue Feb 07 06:13:18 PST 2012

Greek union members are expected to go on a daylong strike Tuesday to protest new austerity measures sought by foreign lenders as the country negotiates to keep its finances afloat. ...

Popular islands in chaos after mutiny

Posted: Tue Feb 07 04:38:01 PST 2012

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned Tuesday after members of the nation's police force revolted against his government. ...

Powell boys hit with hatchet before fire

Posted: Tue Feb 07 10:00:38 PST 2012

Two boys killed with their father in an apparent murder-suicide suffered hatchet wounds before a fire in their Washington state home, police say. ...

L.A. school replaces staff after abuse

Posted: Tue Feb 07 09:13:49 PST 2012

Students at Miramonte Elementary School will return to class later this week to a new staff because administrators do not want any more "surprises" at the Los Angeles school that is at the center of two child abuse cases. ...

LZ: Strip club law a no-brainer

Posted: Tue Feb 07 09:09:43 PST 2012

LZ Granderson encourages anybody against the "strip club" bill to walk into a manufacturing plant and ask workers how they feel about their tax dollars being spent on strippers -- by welfare recipients no less. ...