Former Czech President Vaclav Havel is calling for deeper European integration and saying the EU should be made more democratic.
Speaking to European Parliament lawmakers Wednesday, Havel said Europe must learn the lessons of its war-torn past and connect better with its citizens.
He said the …
WASHINGTON Democrats on Tuesday blocked consideration of aconstitutional amendment to limit terms of members of Congress to 12years, scuttling the measure for the rest of the year despite pollsshowing the issue is enormously popular with voters.
Republicans immediately vowed to take the issue to the countryin November's elections and raise it again in the next Congress.
The amendment was blocked after Republicans squelched aDemocratic move to force a vote on broadening it to bar re-electionof lawmakers who already have served at least 12 years. Thatamendment would have threatened the careers of nearly half theSenate's members.Democrats argued the Republicans' …
SHAW ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Coast Guard says two people were flown to a hospital with injuries after a crab boat carrying seven ran aground near Shaw Island in the San Juan Islands, about 70 miles northwest of Seattle.
Petty Officer Jacob Mansga in Seattle says the two were crew members. They suffered broken bones and hypothermia.
The Coast Guard was notified of the grounding …
After achieving notable success in dealing with the worst economic crisis in decades, major countries are now struggling to manage the global recovery.
Leaders of the Group of 20 rich industrial and major developing countries were wrapping up their summit by agreeing to pursue separate strategies to sustain the fledgling economic comeback.
The United States continued to insist that stimulus spending is needed to bolster the rebound. But a growing list of countries, worried about a Greek-style debt crisis, prefer to cut government spending and raise taxes to attack ballooning deficits.
The G-20 conference was scheduled to conclude with a final …
Coach Dave Wannstedt remained mum Thursday regarding who willstart Saturday's preseason home opener against the Arizona Cardinals.Wannstedt said only that the starters will play three quarters, withboth Erik Kramer and Rick Mirer getting work with the first unit.
"No decision has been made on who is going to …
Federal preemption is taking another dimension through Illinois-based State Farm Bank. The Office of Thrift Supervision has issued a 17-page legal ruling sought by State Farm that state licensing and registration requirements that do not apply to a federal savings association also do not apply to the agents as long as they act exclusively on behalf of a particular thrift, undergo training by that thrift, and are subject to the thrift's supervision and control.
"Subjecting the association, through its agents, to state licensing and registration requirements impermissibly interferes with and burdens the association's deposit and lending operations. Such requirements are tantamount to …
The New Jersey Devils signed Brian Rolston to quarterback the power play. The move is paying off now.
Back up to speed after an ankle injury, Rolston scored a power-play goal 1:43 into overtime to give the Devils a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.
Rolston's winner came on a slap shot from about 40 feet with Senators defenseman Brian Lee and Devils forward Brian Gionta standing in front of goalie Alex Auld.
"It's been a bit of a struggle coming back from my ankle," Rolston said. "It was just a 4-on-3 situation and I just pulled it to the middle. Gio had a good screen in front and I got off a good shot. There wasn't …
