A U.S. soldier found guilty in a plot to blow up troops from the nation's largest Army post fired his lawyers during a court hearing Thursday.
A national park ranger fell to his death on Mount Rainier Thursday afternoon while assisting in the rescue of four injured climbers.
A U.S. soldier charged with plotting to blow up troops from the nation's largest Army post has been found guilty of a battery of federal charges, prosecutors announced Thursday.
We're still a week away from officially knowing Robert Griffin III's fate in the NFL draft, but it sure doesn't feel that way, does it? In many ways, it seems like Griffin became a Redskin the minute Washington and St. Louis executed their blockbuster first-round trade on March 1, and the ensuing seven weeks has been an exercise in introducing fait to accompli.
By now, the name is so familiar, bordering on ubiquitous. Everybody knows the Robert Griffin story. We've scarcely been able to get enough of it in the months-long buildup to the 2012 NFL Draft.
A U.S. soldier charged with plotting to blow up fellow troops at the nation's largest Army post pleaded not guilty to federal charges Thursday.
WACO, Texas -- "Hey, how you doing? Good to see ya! You gettin' somethin' to eat? Great! Thanks for being here..."
Much-needed rain fell across drought-stricken Texas on Sunday, offering relief but no end to what's been one of the state's driest years on record.
A federal grand jury in Waco, Texas, on Tuesday indicted Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, the AWOL soldier accused of plotting an attack on Fort Hood soldiers, officials said.
Another day, another assault on the air conditioning systems of America.
A multitude of problems ensue when it gets hot, but not everyone begs for immediate relief. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
It's so hot that even the "It's so hot" jokes are getting overheated.
Mid-April marks the anniversaries of several horrendous attacks in recent U.S. history:
The FBI tries to convince Branch Davidian leader David Koresh to release the children from his Waco compound.
Branch Davidian leader David Koresh introduces his children in home video taken during the 1993 Waco standoff.
Nestled amid lush rolling green hills, the sacred grounds of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit are awash in pastoral tranquility. Here 40 Trappist monks who left the world they once knew -- on Wall Street, in academia and elsewhere -- dedicate their lives to prayer, reflection and the worship of God.
Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers will be one of the biggest names available when free agency begins on March 5. He'll have plenty of suitors, and will likely land a hefty contract. But that contract may not be quite as large as Peppers is hoping, at least not if teams see the same things from Peppers that I do.
The road to homeownership was hard for Valatisha Jacinto.
Did you purchase a home after Nov. 6? Don't expect your $8,000 homebuyer tax credit any time soon.
Manatee sanctuary officials say the animals are flocking to warmer waters to wait out the unusually cold weather.
The South emerged Saturday from another night of bone-rattling cold that has seen records fall and homeless shelters fill to capacity.
In good times the FSB 100 constitutes an elite group of small public companies: the best of the best, measured by revenue growth and stock performance over the past three years. But in this Great Recession, their performance is nothing short of miraculous.
A man sought in the slayings of a woman and her four young children in Oklahoma was arrested Tuesday night after a car chase in Texas, authorities said.
It took a couple of airline bankruptcies, a summer of staycations, a serious recession and the near-collapse of the world economy, but by golly, travelers are feeling loved right now.
A U.S. defense contractor has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman at an American base in Iraq, the FBI said Monday.
For the last two summers, Dwon Clifton coached the D-One Sports 17-and-under travel team, and saw the program's profile rise as his star point guard John Wall climbed the recruiting rankings to become the top player in the class of 2009.
A new felony sexual charge against Warren Jeffs and four associates ratchets up the pressure against the renegade Mormon sect
CNN's David Mattingly reveals polygamy sect's plan to vote out Texas adversaries
Children from a polygamist sect who one mother says are "hurting very badly" in state custody are likely to be returned to their parents, a CNN legal analyst says.
An elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.
Dear FSB: How do we go about getting insurance for our business? We own an office services company.
Hundreds of children who were taken from a polygamist ranch by Texas child welfare authorities will remain in state custody, a judge ruled Friday night.
Each week SI.com's Tom Bowles will evaluate and rank the 10 best drivers in NASCAR. (Send comments to siwriters@simail.com)
In round two of the state's complicated caucus system, Clinton and Obama forces maneuver for a crucial edge
Since the 19th century, damage surveys have included reports of tornadoes moving entire houses while keeping them intact, driving pieces of straw into tree trunks in high-speed winds, and tearing asphalt pavement away from the road like an orange peel. The following facts can help distinguish between myth and reality concerning tornadoes.
Scott Drew was four months into his job as men's basketball coach at Baylor when he tried a well-worn motivational ploy. Soon after his undermanned squad lost 72-67 to Division II BYU-Hawaii in the Surf 'n' Slam tournament on Oahu in December 2003, he sent out a manager to buy a boxed set of The Rocky Collection. For much of the next four years, as his depleted team struggled to emerge from the wreckage of one of the worst scandals in college basketball history, Drew showed his players the Rocky movies, as well as Seabiscuit, Hoosiers, Cinderella Man, Miracle, Remember the Titans -- all classics of the David-versus-Goliath genre, which happens to be Drew's favorite.
Tell me, does it get sweeter than this? The big handsome kid gliding to the glass in warmup drills, that's your son. He's the best high school player in the city. One look at the visitors, who've come from 40 miles away, tells you all you need to know: He's the best player in the house tonight.
Flags in Finland were flying at half-staff Thursday and government workers observed three minutes of silence a day after a teenager opened fire at his high school, killing eight people before fatally turning the gun on himself.
An 18-year-old authorities say shot eight people inside his high school in southern Finland, before turning the gun on himself, has died, police said.
Stunning coincidence. The verdict in the long-running trial of Saddam Hussein in Iraq is now due two days before our congressional elections in November. Astounding. How ineffable.
Weyerhaeuser Co. on Friday unveiled further closures in a string of factory shutdowns and said more changes lie ahead.
Since the 19th century, damage surveys have included reports of tornadoes moving entire houses while keeping them intact, driving pieces of straw into tree trunks in high-speed winds, and tearing asphalt pavement away from the road like an orange peel. The following facts can help distinguish between myth and reality concerning tornadoes.
The mother of a slain soldier who has camped outside President Bush's ranch for nearly two weeks to protest the war in Iraq left Thursday to tend to her ill mother.
The cow confirmed last week to be infected with mad cow disease was 12 years old and lived its entire life in Texas, according to John Clifford, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief veterinarian.
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You've opted to stay home to care for the kids. But you wouldn't mind making some extra income during those hours between sending your charges off to school and picking them up again.
University of Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins says he will do whatever it takes to get his job back.
Timothy McVeigh identified Oklahoma City's federal building as the target of his bomb plot in December 1994 and said he planned to destroy it "to get people's attention," the prosecution's key witness against co-conspirator Terry Nichols testified Tuesday.
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