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Tracks run downhill in skeleton racing, which seems appropriate given the direction of U.S. results since Jim Shea and Tristan Gale swept gold medals when the sport returned to the Olympic program at Salt Lake City in 2002.
As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?
Chinese police have detained an American automotive engineer for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets — the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.
Intelligence officials say five American Muslims held in Pakistan on allegations of seeking to join militant groups have been taken to a facility for terror suspects in the eastern city of Lahore.
At first glance, there was little spectacular about American biathlon results at the Turin Olympics. The United States had failed yet again to win any medals, and none of its athletes even cracked the top five.
As President Barack Obama visits China seeking to balance a seesawing relationship, Chinese-Americans embody the challenges facing the giants of East and West.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is again calling on Iran to release three Americans as a senior Iranian prosecutor said they have been accused of espionage.
A senior Iranian prosecutor says three Americans detained on the border with Iraq have been accused of espionage.
President Barack Obama is re-creating a federal panel to address concerns of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders and to work on improving their health, education and economic status.
Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi will run this year's New York City Marathon.
Leaders of U.S. Muslim groups who met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad say they are "guardedly optimistic" that three American hikers held there would be released soon.
The Serbian war crimes court acquitted two former Serb policemen Tuesday of collaborating in the execution-style slaying of three Albanian-American brothers in 1999.
The families of three American hikers detained in Iran said Wednesday they were hopeful the three would be released and return home soon after Iran' president said he would ask the country's judiciary to be lenient in their case.
A U.S. official says American, French, and Mexican citizens were among the passengers aboard a hijacked plane in Mexico.
The official poverty rate for Americans 65 years and older has long been 10 percent, the lowest among age groups. The true rate could be nearly twice that high, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula that is gaining credibility for adding medical costs, geographic variations in cost of living and other factors.
The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living.
Family members of three Americans who were detained in Iran a month ago called for their safe return Monday, saying the backpackers' unauthorized entry into the Middle Eastern country was a "regrettable mistake."
Three American hikers detained in Iran are "totally harmless" travelers who carefully planned a trip in Iraq but apparently accidentally ended up crossing the border, their relatives said Thursday.
Statement from the families of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal regarding their detention in Iran:
Three American hikers detained in Iran for nearly two weeks entered the country by mistake and their families are hoping for a quick resolution that will reunite them with their children, the families said in a statement Tuesday.
The Iraqi foreign minister said Sunday that he was hopeful that three Americans detained in Iran after crossing the border from northern Iraq will be released soon
Shon Meckfessel says three of his friends being detained in Iran made a simple, regrettable mistake by crossing into that country while hiking in Iraq.
Young, adventurous and versed in the tools of an Internet age, a brave new generation of journalists is spreading out across the globe to tell the stories they care about from an often personal perspective.
Iran has arrested three Americans for illegally entering the country from neighboring Iraq and a prominent Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday that authorities were investigating whether to charge them with spying.
The White House says Iran has confirmed it has three American hikers in custody.
Cerberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their BillionsWall Street Vampires: Lately, a lot of Americans, myself included, have used the blood-sucking monsters as a metaphor to describe the Wall Street billionaires who rule us, and who are ruining us.
If you haven't stop spending your hard earned dollars with corporations that outsource jobs, then you're giving them an "atta boy"! Americans can bring corporations to their knees simply by buying products from the Ma and Pa stores a/k/a small businesses.
Democratic Support Dips Below Majority Level in 2009PRINCETON, NJ -- The year 2009 marked the end of a three-year run of majority Democratic support among U.S. adults. Last year, an average of 49.0% of Americans identified as Democrats or said they leaned Democratic, the party's first yearly average below 50% since 2005.
The Detroit bombing shows that with humans in charge, security can't be foolproof As Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab demonstrated in Detroit, airline security is only as strong as the people who run it.
With record deficit's, highest unemployment in decades, with the current White House - Congress, administration proving to us all that the government should be running everything for the citizens, Socialism extreme.
US citizens killed in Afghanistan Eight Americans have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in south-eastern Afghanistan, US officials say. Reports said the attack happened at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost Province and that the the suicide bomber was wearing an explosive vest.
The US: Favouring Freedom or Fuelling Feuds After 9/11?Americans - one way or the other - have always been influencing the world, may that be economically, politically, from human rights point of view or making peace or war.
Fidelity: Generation Y Saving More and Spending LessAmong the positive results of the current economic situation is that those of my generation seem to be acting more fiscally responsible. Please share this information, as this year draws to a close.
Why are Americans filled with so much hate and intolerance when hate and intolerance breeds fear and violence? After reading Marcia Muller's Pennies On A Dead Woman's Eyes and the character Sharon McCone making the above statements in addition to:
More bickering In a different time and a different context, the escalating accusations and counter-accusations between the US and Pakistan could perhaps have been the source of some mirth.
Was Copenhagen a success?The Post asked experts whether the Copenhagen climate conference was a success. Below are contributions from Elliot Diringer, Kenneth Green, Fred Krupp, Christine Todd Whitman, Robert Shrum, John Kerry, Jim Inhofe and Douglas E. Schoen.
US absurditiesTHE US can be counted on to do almost anything to keep Pakistan under pressure.
Colleges aren't preparing students for jobs...If our college graduates can't find their way around a supermarket, how are they to compete in the globalized economy? And if this is to be another American century, we don't just need excellent workers. We also need an educated body of citizens.
More than 45 million Americans now lack health insuranceIn the first six months of this year, 45.4 million Americans of all ages — or 15.1% of the population — had no health insurance, according to new National Health Interview Survey statistics released Wednesday.
Ed Schultz Brings on Markos Moulitsas to Respond to Matthews Netroots InsultWow. This is unusual. Ed Schultz does something you rarely see, criticize someone from his own network. Ed brings in Markos Moulitsas to respond to Chris Matthews insult of the netroots yesterday where he said we're not real Democrats and back-seat @!$%#ers.
Republicans threaten to slow down Health care reform 70% of Americans doesn't wantSo what was it Ben the Democrats promised you under good cop bad cop pressure in order for you to cave into their plan to make all Americans dependent upon the Gov, that fails to do anything correct not to mention the banking fiasco they blame on banks but in fact created themsel …
Canada's a joke at climate talks - thestar.comYou know you're in trouble when they're laughing at you.
The U.S. economy has turned the cornerFinancial markets have eased, the economy is in recovery, and job losses are shrinking. Economic policy now has two challenges: ensuring strong job growth and securing durable economic growth. These goals are intertwined.
Blackwater is involved in bombings in Pakistan: Gen. DurraniFormer chief of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Mohammad Asad Durrani sits down with Press TV and talks about the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan. The following is the transcript of the interview:
Howard Dean: Health Care Bill 'Bigger Bailout for Insurance Industry Than AIG'President Obama said he likes the Senate health care compromise and wants it passed by Christmas, but he faces a revolt from liberals who say the health care bill has been gutted to appease insurance companies.
Kill The Bill? Some Progressives Say Nothing Is Better Than Senate Health Care BillTea baggers my ass
Americans arrested in Pakistan had bright futures - CNN.comFive Americans arrested this week in Pakistan were "wholesome," devout young men who participated in a youth program at a community mosque in suburban Virginia, representatives of the congregation said Friday.
DAWN.COM | World | Detained Americans in Pakistan facing deportationISLAMABAD: Five young American Muslims detained over alleged terrorist links in Pakistan are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said Friday.
FOXNews.com - Obama Urges Congress to Act on New Jobs With Bank Bailout CashFacing resistance over his administration's plan to mine unspent cash from the extended bank bailout program on job creation, President Obama urged Congress Wednesday to pass proposals that he says will put Americans back to work.
How to Mend Fences With Pakistan NOW that President Obama has recommitted the United States to stand with Pakistan and Afghanistan in our common fight against terrorism, extremism and fanaticism, it would be useful for Americans and Pakistanis to consider what has brought us to this point — and what the confli …
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