Lessons in life and leadership from Nelson Mandela Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 15 April 2010 TIME magazine editor Richard Stengel came to know Nelson Mandela as a leader, a freedom fighter and a man. Richard Stengel considers Nelson Mandela anti-a...
woman began wrapping tobacco leaves into cigars when she was 16. In her prime, she could produce 400 hand-rolled cigars a day. If cigars are your thing, you need to check out the city of Tampa, on Florida's west coast, along the Gulf of Mexico. Tampa...
The grassroots cause known as the Tea Party movement has brought its demands for lower taxes and smaller government to Washington. The Tea Party rally in Washington was the final stop on a nearly three-week national tour. After stops in 48 cities in...
Veteran NASA astronauts gathered in Chicago to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. Despite a catastrophic explosion in 1970, Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert safely returned to Earth. The Adler Planetarium's anniver...
President Barack Obama on Thursday set out his plan for the future of the U.S. space agency NASA. His vision includes an eventual manned flight to Mars, although not as soon as many Americans had hoped. The president went to Florida's Kennedy Space C...
Analysts say this is the closest election in Britain in decades, so television viewers might be watching not only for who wins the debates, but also for leaders who can work together in a possible coalition government. Jennifer Glasse | London 15 Apr...
Icelands Eyjafjallaj?kull Volcano sent a plume of ash and steam across the North Atlantic, 15 Apr 2010 A slowly spreading cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland is covering parts of Europe, shutting down air travel and stranding tens of thousands of pass...
Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, right, and Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou speak to the media during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential palace in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, 12 Apr 2010 This weekend Tu...
Peter Fedynsky | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 15 April 2010 Last week's revolt in Kyrgyzstan against the regime of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev sparked a wave of looting that has shaken businesses and undermined investor confidence. Armed criminal gangs were a...
Laurel Bowman | US General: Civilian Casualties Hurt US, NATO Mission in Afghanistan 15 April 2010 Bullet holes in window of a civilian bus The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, General David Petraeus, says civilian casual...
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Gen. James Cartwright, center, and Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washin...
President Barack Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, 13 Apr 2010 President Barack Obama says the nuclear security summit in Washington earlier this week represented a day of great progress and part of a larger effort to rid the world...
April 15 deadline looms Adam Phillips | New York 14 April 2010 Americans fill out forms at an Internal Revenue Service office in 1920, seven years after the personal income tax was introduced. Related Links NYU Stern School of Business Professor Rich...
Hollywood shapes many perceptions of medical professionals but that's a problem for real-life nurses Faiza Elmasry | Baltimore, Maryland 14 April 2010 Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' is one TV drama that a nurse advocacy group feels presents an accurate im...
Documentaries explore lives in a warmer world Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 14 April 2010 This man ponders his fate as he looks out to Huene, an island in the Carteret bisected by the sea 20 years ago. Related Links Pulitzer Center for Crisis Repo...