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While there has been some U.S. military success in Iraq, a "substantial drawdown" of American forces is needed this year, Bill Clinton says. U.S. troops are so stretched that it would be difficult for them to respond to a national security emergency, the former president says.

Searchers say they have found no sign of Steve Fossett after his single-engine plane disappeared in the rugged mountains and sagebrush-filled desert of western Nevada.

The newest generation of workers seem to be at the top of managers' worry list these days. These 20-somethings, known as the Millennial Generation, are eager to bounce up the corporate ladder without putting in the time on the lower rungs.

Climate change is not only having an impact on wildlife at the top of the world — it's affecting the economy and the region's business.

Republican Sen. John Warner says he will retire after more than 30 years in the U.S. Senate, concluding his fifth term in 2009. In a brief news conference, he thanked his state for granting him a have "a magnificent and very rewarding career."

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto hopes a deal with the country's military ruler can restore her family's name to center stage in the political arena.

Exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says he will challenge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in elections this fall, even as Musharraf considers a power-sharing agreement with another rival that would have him stepping down as head of the army.

When people ask me, "What was it like to grow up on Long Island?" I give them a copy of Alice McDermott's novel That Night. "Read this," I say.

Recent polls show that health care concerns and associated economic anxiety are approaching the war in terms of importance as a campaign issue. What positions are the presidential candidates staking out?

Two years after Hurricane Katrina emptied New Orleans, more than 90,000 evacuees live in Houston, permanently it seems. Life for all of them has been difficult, and their stories are a mix of sadness, loneliness and triumphant hope.