Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was “above my pay grade” to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights.
Source:Obama says he regrets abortion answer
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat and have even needed liver transplants.
Source:Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage
Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan’s second-largest city Sunday, killing six policemen, officials said.
Source:Bombs explode at Afghan police HQ
A series of roadside bombs wounded at least 14 people Sunday in eastern Baghdad, police said, in a sign of the ongoing security threats despite a sharp reduction of violence in the Iraqi capital.
Source:Iraqi police: Bombs wound 14 in Baghdad
The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan’s militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto’s widower to take over as president.
Source:Pakistan suicide blast death toll reaches 35
President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday the war with Georgia has shown the world that “Russia is a nation to be reckoned with” — his most aggressive comments to date on the conflict with Russia’s southern neighbor.
Source:Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with'
Hundreds of people fled Gonaives, Haiti, on Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm.
Source:Haitians fear next round of heavy rain
Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm’s whipping winds and rain in the Southeast.
Source:Hanna roars ashore; Ike looms
Walters: It was a humbling ‘07 for Notre Dame’s No. 7, but a stronger and healthier Jimmy Clausen is ready to help the Irish say good riddance to the misery of last season.
Source:Opinion: Clausen leads revitalized Notre Dame offense
The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan after winning a landslide victory in Saturday’s election.
Source:Bhutto widower elected in Pakistan
