Ex-prosecutor: Gonzales owes apology to 7 others
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is on the defensive Wednesday, trying to fend off calls for him to resign after a mass firing of U.S. attorneys. Eight of them were pink-slipped -- seven on one day. Critics say it was a politically motivated move.
A top U.S. commander's view from the ground
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno returns to Baghdad with perhaps the most difficult job in the U.S. military -- to stop Iraq's brutal insurgency and help pave the way for Iraqi troops to take over their country's security.
A top U.S. commander's view from the ground
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno returns to Baghdad with perhaps the most difficult job in the U.S. military -- to stop Iraq's brutal insurgency and help pave the way for Iraqi troops to take over their country's security.
Toobin: Cruelty-free execution is difficult
After it took 34 minutes for an inmate in Florida to die by injection, Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a moratorium on all executions in the state. Meanwhile, a federal judge in California ruled Friday that lethal injection could be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment and stopped executions in that state.
Dr. Gupta on breast cancer decline: Hormone replacement therapy is key
The number of new breast cancer cases dropped by 7 percent in 2003, according to research presented at a breast cancer conference in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday. But some cancer experts wonder whether the decline will last. CNN's Soledad O'Brien discussed the new findings with Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Analyst on N. Korea: Arms race greater danger than terrorism
North Korea's purported test of a nuclear device has set off alarms around the world, sparking intense diplomatic efforts and concerns of a regional arms race and terrorism repercussions.
Kevin Lidle: 'I'm in some kind of state of shock'
New York Yankees' pitcher Cory Lidle was killed when his plane crashed into a residential high-rise on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday. His twin, Kevin Lidle, talked with CNN's Larry King by telephone from Lakeland, Florida, about his bond with his brother and his terrible loss.
Transcript: U.S. Northern Command commander
Though terrorism isn't suspected in the New York incident, U.S. Northern Command decided to scramble jets over several cities as a precautionary measure.
Professor: Gunman's motivation was slow to build
The man who killed five schoolgirls and himself Monday at an Amish schoolhouse told his wife shortly before the attack that he had molested two young relatives when he was 12 and was dreaming of molesting again, Pennsylvania state police told reporters Tuesday.
Former agent: No evidence Clinton OK'd specific plan to kill bin Laden
Amid rumors of Osama bin Laden's death from illness, former President Bill Clinton and the Bush administration argued this week over who did more to kill the al Qaeda leader before the September 11 attacks.
Ex-prosecutor: Gonzales owes apology to 7 others
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is on the defensive Wednesday, trying to fend off calls for him to resign after a mass firing of U.S. attorneys. Eight of them were pink-slipped -- seven on one day. Critics say it was a politically motivated move.
A top U.S. commander's view from the ground
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno returns to Baghdad with perhaps the most difficult job in the U.S. military -- to stop Iraq's brutal insurgency and help pave the way for Iraqi troops to take over their country's security.
A top U.S. commander's view from the ground
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno returns to Baghdad with perhaps the most difficult job in the U.S. military -- to stop Iraq's brutal insurgency and help pave the way for Iraqi troops to take over their country's security.
Toobin: Cruelty-free execution is difficult
After it took 34 minutes for an inmate in Florida to die by injection, Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a moratorium on all executions in the state. Meanwhile, a federal judge in California ruled Friday that lethal injection could be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment and stopped executions in that state.
Dr. Gupta on breast cancer decline: Hormone replacement therapy is key
The number of new breast cancer cases dropped by 7 percent in 2003, according to research presented at a breast cancer conference in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday. But some cancer experts wonder whether the decline will last. CNN's Soledad O'Brien discussed the new findings with Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Analyst on N. Korea: Arms race greater danger than terrorism
North Korea's purported test of a nuclear device has set off alarms around the world, sparking intense diplomatic efforts and concerns of a regional arms race and terrorism repercussions.
Kevin Lidle: 'I'm in some kind of state of shock'
New York Yankees' pitcher Cory Lidle was killed when his plane crashed into a residential high-rise on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday. His twin, Kevin Lidle, talked with CNN's Larry King by telephone from Lakeland, Florida, about his bond with his brother and his terrible loss.
Transcript: U.S. Northern Command commander
Though terrorism isn't suspected in the New York incident, U.S. Northern Command decided to scramble jets over several cities as a precautionary measure.
Professor: Gunman's motivation was slow to build
The man who killed five schoolgirls and himself Monday at an Amish schoolhouse told his wife shortly before the attack that he had molested two young relatives when he was 12 and was dreaming of molesting again, Pennsylvania state police told reporters Tuesday.
Former agent: No evidence Clinton OK'd specific plan to kill bin Laden
Amid rumors of Osama bin Laden's death from illness, former President Bill Clinton and the Bush administration argued this week over who did more to kill the al Qaeda leader before the September 11 attacks.
Former terror suspect: 'I was beaten with a cable'
U.S. officials detained Maher Arar in 2002 at a New York airport as he was trying to return home to Canada from a vacation in Tunisia. Canada had placed Arar, a Syrian native, on a terrorism watch list. He says the U.S. arrested him and eventually sent him to Syria, where he allegedly was tortured and held for 10 months.
Ahmadinejad: Why is U.S. so pro-Israel?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is surprised American politicians are so pro-Israel, and he again expressed doubt that the Holocaust is a historically established fact.
Bush: 'We're fighting for our way of life'
President Bush on Wednesday for the first time acknowledged the use of secret CIA prisons outside U.S. borders to hold top suspects captured in the war on terrorism. Bush also announced that he wants 14 detainees, including the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to stand before a military tribunal.
Cousteau: Irwin 'a remarkable individual'
Philippe Cousteau, grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, was working with Steve Irwin on a Discovery Channel project called "Ocean's Deadliest" when the popular TV naturalist died this week in a stingray attack.
Khatami: Fight against terror has sparked extremism
The United States has accused Iran of fueling the conflict in Iraq, and arming Hezbollah with rockets and guns in its war with Israel.
Cancer researcher: 'This is just a start'
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health are fighting cancer by using the immune system to attack tumors. This new approach has had limited success so far, but experts say there is much promise for the future.
Rice: 'Arms cannot operate again' in south Lebanon
As the U.N. Security Council was preparing to vote Friday on a draft resolution aimed at ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. and Israel voiced their support for the proposal.
Israeli envoy: Fire will cease when fire's put out
Israeli warplanes attacked Beirut's southern suburbs early Friday and bombed major routes out of the capital to the north.
UNICEF official: War 'hitting kids the hardest'
Children make up nearly half of about 1 million Lebanese civilians displaced by the fighting in the Middle East, the United Nations says.
Schumer: 'Intelligence was on the ball'
The FBI has uncovered a terrorist plot to attack New York City, including an idea to blow up tunnels in the hope of flooding lower Manhattan, intelligence sources say.
Professor: Mexicans 'tired of politics'
Conservative Felipe Calderon won by a narrow margin Thursday in Mexico's presidential election, but leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed there were irregularities and vowed to fight the results in court.
Kay: North Korea tests a 'desperate play'
North Korea test-fired a long-range missile and five shorter-range rockets early Wednesday, but the closely watched long-range test failed within a minute, U.S. officials said.
Why one NASCAR champion loves dirt tracks
When 83-year-old Earl Baltes retired in 2004, he found the perfect person to buy his dirt track.
Ramsey Clark: Impossible to prepare a defense for Hussein
Saddam Hussein's trial for crimes against humanity is coming to a close. In August the former Iraqi leader faces a separate genocide trail. One of his attorneys, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, says Hussein has no more chance of getting a fair trial in August than he did in the current trial in Baghdad.
Analyst: Homegrown terrorists a very big threat
A federal indictment unveiled Friday alleges seven men in Miami were engaged in a terrorist plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, and other U.S. government buildings in Miami, Florida.
Cheney: Iraq pullout would 'validate and encourage the terrorists '
Vice President Dick Cheney sat down Thursday morning with CNN's John King.
Dead soldier's uncle: Family found out on TV
Remains thought to be of two American soldiers who went missing after an ambush on an Iraqi checkpoint were expected back in the United States on Wednesday for formal identification.
Islamist leader: Somalia can solve its own troubles
Militia fighters in Somalia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union are taking power from clan-based secular warlords. The warlords are blamed for dragging the war-torn nation into a state of lawlessness that has lasted nearly 16 years.
Ex-Gitmo detainee: Wrong place, wrong time
Shafiq Rasul, a British citizen, says he and two friends were on a humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 2001 when they were taken prisoner and sent to the detention center in the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Byrd: Last chapter isn't written yet
U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Monday became the longest serving senator in history, passing the record held by the late Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
Beheaded man's father: Revenge breeds revenge
The U.S.-led coalition's No. 1 wanted man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- who conducted a campaign of insurgency bombings, beheadings and killings of Americans and Iraqi civilians -- was killed in a U.S. airstrike.
Ex-JAG attorney: Iraq investigations face obstacles
The Pentagon is investigating the deaths of more than two dozen Iraqi civilians, including women and children, by U.S. troops.
Sumaidaie: Marines shot my cousin
President Bush welcomed the new Iraqi ambassador to the United States at a White House credentialing ceremony Tuesday, saying, "The United States stands ready to help the Iraqi democracy succeed."
Carter to Israel: Talk with Abbas
Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that he opposes the House's version of immigration legislation, and he encouraged Israel to negotiate directly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Convict: Stealing your identity was easy fun
Jason Michael Carpenter, a convicted identity thief who is serving 17-and-a-half years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and fraud in connection with access devices, says stealing identities was fun and "incredibly easy."
Gen. Blum: Not every guardsman on border 'will be armed'
President Bush announced this week that 6,000 National Guardsmen would be sent to the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border to assist Border Patrol with surveillance and intelligence duties.
Expert: Good medicine meets bad behavior
A new study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America warns that prescription drug abuse among teens is increasingly common. About 1 in 5 teens has tried a prescription painkiller such as Vicodin or Oxycontin to get high, the study found, and many parents aren't picking up on the warning signs.
Celeb blogger: Publicists, schmublicists
Celebrity gossip blogger Mark Lisanti, who has scorched many a celebrity on his "Defamer" site, says his job is to dissect the Hollywood culture and "make fun" of it.
In defense of paparazzi
Frank Griffin, a photographer and co-owner of the paparazzi agency Bauer-Griffin, says he strives to be as "professional as I can" in his line of work.
Why paparazzi are wrong
Ken Sunshine, a publicist who represents Hollywood stars Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Leonardo DiCaprio, says the paparazzi obsession with his clients is out of control and "It's got to stop."
Reporter: NSA collects lists of numbers Americans call
USA Today reported Thursday that the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting records of the phone calls of ordinary Americans.
'Fat Man Walking': Journey 'profoundly changed me'
Steve Vaught, the self-proclaimed "Fat Man Walking," arrived in New York on Tuesday after a nearly 3,000-mile walk across the country to lose weight and find happiness.
McLaughlin: Goss had 'rocky start'
Central Intelligence Agency Director Porter Goss has resigned, President Bush said Friday. No reason was given for Goss' resignation.
Elizabeth Smart: Ready for college and moving on after kidnapping
Three years ago Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her suburban Salt Lake City bedroom and held captive for nine months. Brian Mitchell, a self-described "minister of the Lord," and his wife, Wanda Ilene Barzee, were charged in the girl's disappearance.
Islander on quake: 'The bed started shaking'
The small island of Niue, just 100 square miles in size [260 square kilometers], was one of the islands rocked by a powerful magnitude 7.9 undersea earthquake in the South Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
Ex-CIA analyst: Rumsfeld 'should have owned up'
Hecklers repeatedly interrupted a speech Thursday in Atlanta by Donald Rumsfeld, and a former CIA analyst in a question-and-answer session accused the defense secretary of lying about Iraq prewar intelligence.
Clinton on AIDS: 'It bothers me to see people die'
Former President Clinton says the world must make a "real commitment" in fighting the AIDS epidemic by getting medication to the most urgent areas and by promoting health care, awareness and prevention of the disease.
Univision anchor: Protests are about unity
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and supporters took part in rallies and boycotts across the nation Monday to protest congressional attempts to toughen immigration laws.
Ex-FEMA official: Agency better when independent
A Senate panel chastised the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday, saying the disaster response organization needs to be scrapped.
Essence reporter: Alleged rape victim running scared
Kristal Brent Zook has probably spent more time with the family of the alleged rape victim in the Duke lacrosse case than any other reporter. The Essence magazine contributor and adjunct faculty member at Columbia University told CNN on Tuesday that the 27-year-old alleged victim's parents have seen little of her.
Retired Maj. General: 'We need a new secretary of defense'
Retired Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack Jr. is the second general who served in Iraq under Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to call for Rumsfeld's resignation.
Ex-U.S. Iraq general: Rumsfeld should quit
Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the Army's 1st Infantry Division in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, is calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, joining three other retired U.S. generals who've recently made similar public calls.
Hersh: U.S. mulls nuclear option for Iran
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, in an article in the April 17 edition of The New Yorker magazine, writes that President Bush wants regime change in Iran.
Resigning DeLay: 'I'm in God's hands'
Embattled former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday that he will quit Congress and drop his bid for re-election.
Mexico's Fox: We have 'obligation to opportunity'
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that he expects an immigration bill to be passed by week's end, but comments from other U.S. lawmakers left it difficult to predict what kind of legislation might ultimately win passage.
Mexican envoy: U.S. economy a magnet
With President Bush in Cancun, Mexico, for talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, the Senate on Thursday began the first full day of debate on a controversial immigration bill.
Gohel: 'What is going on in Moussaoui's mind?'
Zacarias Moussaoui put himself in the middle of the September 11, 2001, plot on Monday, claiming that he planned to hijack a plane and fly it into the White House and that shoe bomber Richard Reid would have been his accomplice.
Forensic psychologist: Arsonist may hold grudge
Authorities are scrambling to find out who set churches on fire in rural Alabama. Nine fires appear to be linked: Investigators ruled five Baptist churchs near Birmingham found burning on Friday were deliberately set, and four Baptist church blazes on Tuesday were suspiciously similar to those.
Expert: Botnets No. 1 emerging Internet threat
A "botnet" is a network of zombie computers -- thousands surreptitiously are infected with code that allows an unauthorized user to control them via the Internet. The computers can be used to spread spam, launch denial-of-service attacks against Web sites and conduct fraudulent activities.
Reporters: Life more dangerous for journalists
Both Time magazine's Michael Ware and CNN's Nic Robertson have spent many days in war zones and know the danger of reporting from Iraq.
AAA: Stronger laws, parental supervision needed for teen drivers
Fatal accidents involving teen drivers leave almost two times as many non-drivers dead as teens who were behind the wheel, according to a new report.
Laura Bush: U.S. will have female president in 'the next few terms'
First lady Laura Bush spoke Friday with CNN anchor Zain Verjee before leaving for Liberia to attend the inauguration of the first female president in Africa. Laura Bush is going be leading a U.S. delegation to the inauguration ceremonies. They take place Monday in the capital, Monrovia.
Sen. Schumer: Alito would vote to overturn Roe
During a break in the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Judge Samuel Alito, CNN's Wolf Blitzer asks Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, whether Democrats intend to block Alito's nomination.
Robbery victim: 'He came flying over the top'
In a robbery of a check-cashing business caught on surveillance camera, a clerk in Orem, Utah, resisted her attacker, then helped police identify the suspect.
George Mitchell: Netanyahu likely to benefit
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday. Whatever his fate, it is bound to reverberate through Israeli politics. Sharon's illness comes just months before a crucial election in March. In that vote, the fate of Sharon's newly formed centrist political party, Kadima, hangs in the balance.
Risks facing miners, rescuers
Twelve miners were trapped more than a mile underground after a coal mine explosion in West Virginia, officials said Monday.
Mother: 'He's a very determined 16-year-old'
Farris Hassan, a 16-year-old high school student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, skipped school and traveled on his own to Iraq. He's now on his way home.
Senator: 'Lot of red tape' in bringing Iraqi girl to U.S.
Saving an Iraqi baby girl with spina bifida has become the mission of Georgia National Guardsmen who found the child during a raid in December. Surgeons in Atlanta are prepared to perform surgery that could save the girl's life.
Murtha on Iraq: 'Staying the course is not a plan'
Senate leaders reached agreement Wednesday night to extend provisions of the Patriot Act for six months. Final passage of the bill has been stalled, at least in part, by Democratic and Republican senators' questions about President Bush's authorizations of secret eavesdropping on Americans as part of the war on terror.
Gonzales: Speed an issue in secretive wiretaps
Since 2001, the National Security Agency has been given the power to conduct wiretaps within the United States without first getting a court-issued warrant. President Bush has been criticized for ordering the practice, which he says is necessary for the war on terror.
Analyst: 'Damage done' to Israeli politics
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken to a hospital Sunday after suffering what doctors said was a mild stroke.
Are U.S. workers unskilled?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States has lost 3 million manufacturing jobs in the course of the past five years, but the National Association of Manufacturers says manufacturing jobs in the country are going unfilled because U.S. workers are unskilled.
Security analyst: Terrorism threat 'will never go away'
The former 9/11 commission issued a report Monday that faulted the government's progress in implementing the reforms the panel suggested last year.
9/11 panel co-chair: Urgents steps needed on security
The former 9/11 commission on Monday gave poor grades to the federal government in a report card on its progress in implementing reforms the panel recommended last year.
Negroponte: 'We've got ample authority'
John Negroponte has had a busy first 10 months since being appointed as the nation's director of intelligence, working to revamp a system under fire after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the Iraq war.
Ex-girlfriend: Suspect talked of doing 'something stupid'
The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of going on a shooting spree at a Tacoma, Washington, mall Sunday said he called and sent her a text message before the rampage.
Kerry: I'd have us in a 'different place'
A top House Democrat called for a swift U.S. withdrawal from Iraq on Thursday amid a White House counteroffensive against allegations that the Bush administration misled the country over prewar intelligence.
Weldon on Able Danger
Congressman Curt Weldon, R-Pennsylvania, says a military intelligence unit called Able Danger identified four September 11 hijackers in 2000, more than a year before those attacks.
Expert: Terror tactics 'show desperation'
An Iraqi woman detained Sunday by Jordan said she tried to blow herself up with her husband in an Amman hotel last week, in one of three attacks that killed 57 bystanders.
Journalist: Jordan attacks 'inevitable'
Dozens of people were killed and more than 150 wounded in three suspected suicide blasts Wednesday night in or near downtown hotels, all of which were part of U.S.-based chains, officials said.
Expert: Window exists to prepare for pandemic
President Bush on Tuesday outlined his plan to prepare the country for a possible pandemic of avian flu. Though he noted that no pandemic in people exists anywhere in the world, "there is reason to be concerned."
New Orleans doctor recalls dire scene at hospital
The Louisiana attorney general's office is investigating allegations that three days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, staff at Memorial Medical Center discussed euthanizing patients they thought might not survive. The attorney general has requested that autopsies be performed on all 45 bodies taken from the hospital.
Space tourist calls flight 'awe-inspiring'
American millionaire Gregory Olsen recently became the third civilian to visit space -- taking a trip this month to the international space station on board a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Atlanta mayor: In resettling evacuees, FEMA no help
The federal government has not yet delivered promised financial aid to some cities that welcomed, fed and resettled Hurricane Katrina evacuees, leaving those cities struggling to pay the bills on their own.
Lawmaker to Bush: Help cut Katrina red tape
President Bush toured ravaged parts of Louisiana on Tuesday, six weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast.
Miller: Went to jail for 'the public's right to know'
"New York Times" reporter Judith Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, spent 85 days in jail protecting her confidential source in the White House CIA leak case. She was also fighting for the right to provide narrow testimony before a federal grand jury investigating that leak.
Encouraging results for cervical cancer vaccine
Researchers with Merck & Co. report they have been successful at blocking viruses that cause cervical cancer and lesions that become cancerous. About 20 million Americans are living with the virus.
Iranian president: No 'nuclear apartheid'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told delegates Saturday at the United Nations General Assembly that his country had a right to pursue nuclear power.
Web site hopes to reunite Katrina kids with parents
When Hurricane Katrina ripped through the U.S. Gulf Coast region last week, she did more than take lives and destroy property. The storm, flooding and the chaos that followed separated families -- in many cases parents from their children.
New Orleans mayor: Trying to get everybody in synch
Conditions worsened Wednesday in New Orleans from still-rising floodwater, looting and rapidly deteriorating conditions in the Superdome, where up to 30,000 people sought shelter.
Resident: 'All I found was a shoe'
Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast Monday.
DA: Final BTK episode 'pathetic'
The judge in the BTK case on Thursday sentenced Dennis Rader, 60, to a minimum of 175 years in prison for the 10 murders to which he has confessed.
Glenn: 'Accomplish the mission' before grounding shuttle
The space shuttle Discovery touched down at California's Edwards Air Force Base on Tuesday, completing the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Ex-NASA engineer: Waiving safety margins 'crazy'
A piece of insulating foam broke off the external fuel tank during Discovery's liftoff this week, casting a shadow over the space shuttle's return to flight 2 1/2 years after the Columbia disaster.
Ex-astronaut: Shuttle debris not unusual
NASA said it would know by Sunday whether debris that fell off the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during this week's launch damaged the spacecraft as it blasted into orbit.
Hiker on rescuer: 'He's a great kid'
Hiker Gilbert Dewey Gaedcke's trip to paradise included a brush with death after he lost his way on a lava field near Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano.
Meteorologist: Dust cloud makes spectacular sunrises, sunsets
An enormous cloud of dust is blowing toward the United States from the Sahara Desert in Africa, potentially creating spectacular sunrises and sunsets in Florida.
Giuliani: 'Have to be relentlessly prepared'
Police shot a man dead at a London subway station Friday, one day after four attempted bombings in the city, and about two weeks after terror attacks killed more than 50 people at three subway stations and on a bus.
Terror expert: Incidents similar to earlier London blasts
Two weeks after the London terror attacks that killed more than 50 people, apparent explosions occurred Thursday at three subway stations and on a bus in the British capital.
