
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not "race-blind" and "we shouldn't deceive ourselves that we're race-blind," but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history. Complete Story...

Freshman Willie Warren scored a career-high 31 points, Blake Griffin added 27 points and 11 rebounds and No. 4 Oklahoma overcame turnovers and bad shooting to beat Rice 70-58 on Monday night.

President George W. Bush's foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars last year. While Bush himself didn't fare nearly as well, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raked in at least $316,000 in gem-encrusted baubles from the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia alone, making her one of top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and government and their aides in 2007.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the sting of international sanctions is forcing at least some Iranian leaders to second-guess the regime's rebuff of world demands that it roll back its disputed nuclear program.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at a farewell U.N. appearance Monday that Israel and the Palestinians have moved much further along the path to peace since President George W. Bush brought their leaders together a year ago — though they won't clinch an agreement by the end of the year.

Western Hemisphere nations agreed Wednesday to review labor and environmental practices in an effort to make sure that trade helps rather than hurts their countries.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Latin American nations Wednesday to continue fighting poverty and avoid the temptation of closing off trade as they are buffeted by the world financial crisis.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and designated successor Hillary Rodham Clinton have met and broken bread for the first time since the former first lady was tapped to become America's next top diplomat.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Panama for meetings aimed at finding ways for the hemisphere's poor to share in the benefits of free-trade agreements signed by nations of the region.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that it is "well past time" for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office as evidenced by the nation's calamitous cholera epidemic and health care crisis.

On a trip that was probably her last firefighter's dash into the world's flare-ups, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's emergency diplomacy in South Asia ended without concrete accomplishments.

Pakistan's leaders know what's at stake after the terror attack in Mumbai and have acknowledged their duty to evict terrorists and prevent future attacks, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday.
Susan Rice, the first African-American woman named as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, brings to the job a lifetime's work on international issues, an insider's knowledge of the White House and State Department, and close ties to President-elect Barack Obama.
Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way.

The Bush administration stopped short of blaming last week's terror rampage in India on Pakistani extremists Monday, but said the new civilian government in Pakistan must cooperate fully and hide nothing.

Justin Mason scored 14 points and No. 6 Texas shook off any lingering jet lag from a holiday tournament in Hawaii with a 77-56 win over Rice on Sunday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an Iraqi proposal to hold a national referendum next year on a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement does not necessarily mean the pact will be put off.

Rachel Allison scored 16 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, leading 10th-ranked Baylor to an 83-58 win over Rice.
Boston College senior point guard Tyrese Rice, the Atlantic Coast Conference's second-leading scorer last season, was suspended for the season opener against Central Connecticut for violating team rules.
In the second round of the NFL draft, Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome decided to take out an insurance policy.

An emotional Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reveled Wednesday in Barack Obama's election, calling it an "extraordinary step forward" for the nation.

It's Halloween, and Anne Rice has a new book — a memoir in fact — that's climbing best-seller lists. Everything is normal, then.
Chase Clement passed for two touchdowns and ran for two as Rice routed Tulane 42-17 on Saturday.

