The President made his first appearance this morning at the United Nations. His speech outlined four pillars of U.S. international policy -- nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the pursuit of p

For a look at some really great family values, paste the link into your browser and get a good chuckle as the President's daughters and Bo greet him upon his latest return home.   http://www.hu

Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd this morning. A neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside hi

The United States Census Bureau reported on yesterday that one in three adults in Harris County lacked health insurance in 2008 and that the state of Texas continued to have the highest rate of uninsu

Experts say "popping" kids can do more harm than good. A new study of more than 2,500 toddlers from low-income families found that spanking may have detrimental effects on behavior and mental developm

President Obama made five appears on various Sunday news talk shows and answered questions from health care and the economy to Afghanistan to ACORN to race.  On each of the shows, the pondits dis

Former POTUS Jimmy Carter during a NBC Nightly News interview: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a

Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, unveiled a summary of his long-awaited health care reform bill on this morning. The bill would cost $856 billion over 10 years and mandate ins

During a CNBC interview on Monday, President Obama called Kanye West a "jackass" in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted -- and then deleted -- by ABC News reporter Terry Moran.

Caster Semenya, a 18 year old South African runner, finds herself in the center of a controversy about gender identification. After posting impressive wins in both the 800 and 1500 meter races duri