Dec 21st, 2008 · Many of veterans injured by roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan were burned beyond recognition. The medical staff members who dress their wounds in the burn unit of Brooke Army Medical Center help ease their agonizing pain. But they also fight their own emotional battles.
Sep 19th, 2008 · Nebraska "safe haven" law permits caretakers to drop children off without fear of prosecution. The maximum age under safe haven laws in other states is one, but Nebraska didn't set an age limit. This Saturday, an 11-year-old and a 15-year-old were left off by relatives.
Jul 9th, 2008 · A genre-crossing songwriter who has toured the world in four different decades, the Texan showed off his country chops while covering The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in the town where they made their first records.
Jul 9th, 2008 · At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday, Democrats accused the attorney general of a reluctance to look backward at problems within the Justice Department. Instead, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said, Mukasey is content as a "caretaker."
Dec 14th, 2007 · Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to lift martial law this weekend. Opposition politician Imran Khan plans to boycott the upcoming elections unless and until Supreme Court judges are reinstated. He says the elections are being rigged, and the caretaker government is not neutral.
Nov 16th, 2007 · Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf swore in a caretaker government Friday to run the country until elections take place in January. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is visiting to try to convince Musharraf to end the state of emergency, free political prisoners and resign as army chief of staff.
Nov 16th, 2007 · Pakistan's president swears in a caretaker administration and ends the house arrest of opposition leader of Benazir Bhutto ahead of the visit of a senior U.S. envoy.
Nov 15th, 2007 · President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has set up a caretaker government to run Pakistan until the January elections, and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto continues to reach out to other parties. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte is due in Islamabad on Friday, but Musharraf isn't in the mood to take U.S. advice.