Two days after her rescue from the clutches of guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt shared some painful details of her long ordeal.

The former North Carolina senator had a courtly manner and mossy drawl and turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art.

A fast-moving fire north of Santa Barbara has forced 2,000 residents from their homes, one of 60 active fires across the state of California.

In its response to a proposal aimed at halting the countrys nuclear program, Iran failed to address whether it would stop uranium enrichment activities.

The only thing between Roger Federer and his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title is his rival, Rafael Nadal.

Private equity buyers apparently salvaged a record $52 billion deal for Bell Canada on Friday by postponing its closing date and canceling dividend payments.

Change in Iraq has posed a challenge for Barack Obama, who said he might �refine� his policies but later held a news conference to clarify his statement.

The Bush administrations effort to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now has two fast-moving subplots, and either one could soon write something of a final chapter.

The National Park Service sent out requests to study if the crown could be safely reopened, documents show.

Hired during an expansion in higher education, baby boomers are being replaced by a new generation.

One of the most remarkable of this years new college graduates, Beatrice Biira, credits her success to something utterly improbable: a goat.

Picnic foods need not be boring.

No matter how much you train in the heat, it will never be easy, athletes and researchers say.

Bush administration officials knew that an oil company with close ties to President Bush planned to sign an oil deal with the Kurdistan government, counter to U.

As the celebrations begin in Canada and the United States, the people of North America are heirs to two great ideas: Thomas Jeffersons " and Samuel de Champlains.

Kripalu, a New Age retreat, makes hard choices in finding the courses with the most appeal.

Red wine can be enjoyed at a temperature that refreshes, restores and revitalizes even the most exhausted soul.

Some of the most important decisions came on 5-to-4 votes " a stark reminder that the court is just one justice away from solidifying a far-right majority.

A change in home life, as much as in career, seems to appeal to a new breed of back-to-the-landers: former urban professionals.

Americans of all ages tend to both respect military service and ignore it when picking a president.

Done right, jerk is one of the great barbecue traditions of the world, up there with Texas brisket and Chinese char siu.

To reclaim productivity lost to responding to e-mail, an I.

Americans would come to regard the Statue of Liberty as a beacon for immigrants.

Bush is wildly unpopular.

Linda Dodwell, an intrepid motorcyclist, adventurer and artist, built a compound in California that was inspired by her solo ride across the Australian outback.

The Justice Department said lawyers should have known about a child-rape law relevant to a Supreme Court case.

A fire thats been burning for 11 days intensified, prompting a mandatory evacuation of the coastal retreat.

Daniel Mark Epsteins careful parsing of the Lincoln marriage interweaves the crisis-filled, mercurial career of Abraham Lincoln with an equally rocky tale of man and wife.

Leona Helmsley left instructions that a trust valued at $5 billion to $8 billion be used for the welfare of dogs.

Russias president said that America was in �essentially a depression,� and that Russia had a right to a larger role in the world economy.

The South African president has a history of denying the facts before him, and his own people and Zimbabweans have paid the price.