January 28, 2009

Endowed with a journalist’s eye and a poet’s gift for metaphor, John Updike was an all-around man of letters.

The number of possible Ponzi schemes being reported to authorities has doubled since last year.

President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward President Hamid Karzai and focus more on waging war.

A debate has arisen in a New York courthouse over whether a portrait of a disgraced judge should continue to be displayed or thrown in a closet.

Schools, universities and child care centers would receive $150 billion in new spending in the stimulus package scheduled for a vote in Congress.