John McCain has spent much of the general election campaign speaking of how irresponsible and dangerous it is to meet with tyrannical rulers of foreign nations unconditionally. There appears to be a time however, when he apparently thought it to be okay.

The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet has called for an emergency summit of South American leaders in the wake of deadly clashes in Bolivia.

A researcher at the Institute of Geophysics has made the incredible assertion of an Ice Age not Global Warming as the next planetary weather event,

Rafael Nadal was crowned in China with a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and will also overtake Roger Federer as No.1 in world tennis rankings.

After her 9-year-old daughter refused to complete her reading assignment, a mother lost her temper and beat her child to death.

Although the recent rescue of kidnap victims from Colombia is cause for celebration, perhaps the time has come to re-examine free-trade negotiations. Drug trafficking, kidnapping, and an inability to combat crime must also be weighed in the equation.