Conservative political commentator Robert Novak on Monday announced his immediate retirement from the Chicago Sun-Times following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis that he described as `dire.`
Iraqi security forces launched a crackdown on Shiite militias in the southern city of Amara on Thursday, the latest drive in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki`s campaign to restore order to Iraq.
Flooding forces the evacuation of a hospital and leaves 400 city blocks underwater Friday in Iowa.
AP - Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes, officials said Saturday.