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It was exciting – for a half. The United States soccer, which has spent more than 30 years promising to become an international force, was leading Brazil, 2-0, in the final of the Confederations Cup, which, the soccer mavens kept telling me, is a big deal despite the fact that most Americans had probably never heard of it. Complete Story...
Benny Feilhaber was in the United States' starting lineup in place of key midfielder Michael Bradley, who was suspended for Sunday's Confederations Cup final against Brazil after drawing a red card in the final minutes of the Americans' semifinal upset of Spain.
Next year's World Cup just got a little more interesting.
The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday.
President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a government office Monday.
Clay Stanley needed some time off following his professional club season, which came on the heels of his MVP performance in the U.S. men's volleyball run to the Olympic gold medal last August.
Michael Rodgers has won the men's 100-meter United States championship by defeating Darvis Patton by one-hundredth of a second.
The White House is considering whether to issue an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, concerned that Congress might otherwise stymie its plans to quickly close the naval prison in Cuba.
Being in Africa is an entirely new experience for most soccer players. For United States teammates Oguchi Onyewu and Freddy Adu, the continent is a second home.
The United States should aim to have manufacturing jobs comprise at least 20 percent of total employment, about twice what it is now, General Electric Co. Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Friday.
President Barack Obama says European nations have moved faster than the United States on global warming and that he'd like to see America play a greater leadership role.
The Europe Union wants a U.S. climate change bill to succeed so the United States can move swiftly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday.
Sometimes, paying three times the price for the same merchandise can be a good deal. That's the American calculation behind quiet negotiations that will allow the United States to hang onto a Central Asian air base crucial to the expanding war in Afghanistan.
President Hugo Chavez says a U.S. general shouldn't be raising concerns that Venezuela is buying arms, and the American commander is wrong to argue there isn't a "conventional military threat in the region."
Witnesses in Iran say police have clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north Tehran.
The United States gets another chance at Brazil. And this time, there's a nice, shiny trophy at stake.
A State Department official says the weaponry and military training that the United States has been supplying to the government of Somalia in recent weeks is valued at less than $10 million.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called his tour of Europe and the United States a success Thursday, though he won few commitments of aid amid new U.N. warnings of food shortages in his country.
An Afghan citizen was flown to the United States on Wednesday and arraigned on drug charges.
Some have been faster than him, others more flamboyant.
Venezuela and the United States said Wednesday they will restore their ambassadors more than nine months after President Hugo Chavez expelled the U.S. envoy in his final diplomatic bout with the Bush administration.
A Canadian man who tried to drive nearly 200 pounds of the drug Ecstasy, worth an estimated $6.5 million, into the United States has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison.
The United States and Venezuela are working to send ambassadors back to each other's capitals.
Billionaire Warren Buffett says the United States has a good team leading the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve as it fights what he's called an economic war.
July 4, 2009: Hold the Fireworks?Before we party hardy, I would like us to take a few minutes to examine the state of our nation. I truly hate to break into the revelry with sobering thoughts about the dismantling of the country created by the first "revelers" of 1776, but as a loving citizen, I must.
Air Force test fires missile from Calif coast"The Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean."
Britain to continue Poppy Eradication in Afghanistan Despite US ReversalGreat Britain plans to continue to destroy opium poppies in Afghanistan even though the United States is changing its strategy.
5 Pathetic Groups That People Think Rule the WorldOh, look, they made another Dan Brown movie at some point.
Obama officials say talks with Iran still possibleThe Obama administration will leave open the door for discussions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions even as questions linger about f President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.
Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop” is the musical mega icon who opened the door for African-Americans to conquer the popular culture scene.
Oklahoma City woman trades sex for case of chipsA woman pleaded no contest last week to prostitution charges, accused of agreeing to be paid for services with a box of chips by a man who said he was a Frito-Lay employee.
It looks like the Clean Energy Act did clear the House. It is good to see that happening. There is still a way to go. It is essential for moving to clean energy. The appalling pollution from the coal was doing a lot of damage.
Navy Vet Joseph Rocha Was Forced to Simulate Gay Sex. Then He Was Kicked OutTwenty-three-year-old Navy vet Joseph Christopher Rocha, who served in the Middle East, says rumors about him being gay led to humiliation and abuse, from being duct-taped and locked in a dog kennel to being forced to simulate oral sex with other men — where he was then critici …
America's Secret War With IranIs the U.S. already at war with Iran? In "America's Secret War in Iran," Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech on June 14 that could have serious implications on the peace process but few people noticed because of the Iranian election and the aftermath of the protests, government crackdown, etc.
U.S. Soccer heads to big dance with Brazil in Confederations Cup final"The U.S. men's national team today finds itself only 90 minutes from making history and winning its first major international soccer tournament in the FIFA Confederations Cup final in Johannesburg. The Americans have to beat mighty Brazil to do so"
Barack Obama vs International Law - "Settlements" are not IllegalObama has called settlements "illegitimate." And he has said that Israel "has obligations under the road map," while referring disparagingly to "settlements that, in past agreements, have been categorized as illegal." ...
U.S. and Russia Differ on a Treaty for CyberspaceThe United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and the Internet.
Woman held captive for three daysA woman held captive since Sunday by an ex-boyfriend was set free Wednesday morning after a chance visit from a debt collector, officials said.
Amazon cuts relationships with NC affiliatesOnline retailer Amazon.com carried through with threats to end its relationship with online businesses based in North Carolina Friday, raising the stakes in a game of chicken over online sales taxes.
Leading demonstrators must be executed, Ayatollah Khatami demands A hardline cleric close to the Iranian regime demanded the execution of leading demonstrators yesterday as the opposition ended the week in disarray. In a televised sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called on the judiciary to "punish leading rioters f …
Genocide or Massacre, US Repeating Mistakes of the PastReports coming out of Iran, limited though they are, state that a massacre took place on June 24, 2009, in Tehran's Baharestan Square. Iranian basij, club-wielding militiamen, savagely attacked pro-freedom protesters, throwing some of them off a pedestrian bridge.
Tron Guy sells Tron planeTimes are tough for everyone, including Jay Maynard, aka Tron Guy. He is now selling his two-seater sports plane on eBay.
MTA Sells Naming Rights to Brooklyn Subway StationSelling the name of a subway station has been a goal of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for nearly five years. But interest has been low, even for a piece of real estate so recognizable to the public.
OK folks, this one is being written off of the cuff so I apologize in advance for any poor writing of editing errors which might show up in this. Later, if I am not physically ill, I might spend some time on it... then again, maybe not.
Michael Jackson dead: reportsPop legend Michael Jackson is reported to have died of a heart attack after he was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles.
Charlie's Angel Fawcett dies aged 62Actress Farrah Fawcett, the Charlie's Angels television star whose big smile and feathered blond mane made her one of the reigning sex symbols of the 1970s, has died of cancer. She was 62.
Neda: An Angel of FreedomLike millions of people around the world, the tragic death of Neda Soltan has affected me tremendously. I felt a temptation to scream and run to the end of the world and say my prayers with unusual earnestness and a heavy heart.
Uncle Sam's HajjIs President Obama correct in his claim that America is now one of the world's leading Islamic countries with a population of 7 million Muslims? Ibrahim Hooper, president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), believes this figure is correct.
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