Great Successor’ takes power in N Korea

The death of Kim Jong-il threw the Korean peninsula into fresh uncertainty on Monday as the North Korean regime..

Petraeus scandal: The rise and fall of an American hero

Gen. David Howell Petraeus has been discredited by the news that he had an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a married woman with two young children. Thirty-eight years of public service have been smeared with the news and have questioned the integrity of the "American Caesar" of our time. FULL STORY

Students safe after armed man reported at Colo. school

All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus.. FULL STORY