PRESIDENT Kerry, in a landslide. SENATE For the second time in 12 years, Illinois elected a black U.S. senator. Democrat Barack Obama easily bested Republican Alan Keyes in race for seat of retiring GOP Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Keyes moved from ...

OMAHA — Lincoln offered 37 days of live horse racing in 2008, Grand Island 35 and Columbus 24. Omaha’s 10-year-old Horsemen’s Park featured four days. But all the betters with their eyes glued to 600 television screens Thursday show how ...

Held: Council skirts real issue Palin attracts 1,000s to Omaha rally Doris Chromy Dean Struebing Runner to share story at cancer walk How can Nebraska possibly vote Republican? (99) Where now for the Huskers? (36) Palin attracts 1,000s to Omaha rally ...

Lottery Glance Palin's visit to Omaha draws thousands One Jackpot Winner Man accused of stealing from church product makers Officials respond to trailer explosion Officials say fatal fire was intentionally set Officials respond to trailer explosion ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about." Obama has denounced the radical ...

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally at the Home Depot Center on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in the Los Angeles area community of Carson, Calif. A Harris County resident, a U.S. citizen 18 or older by ...

OMAHA, Neb. : Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about." Obama has denounced the radical ...

As far back as the penny-saving Ben Franklin and the conquistadores chasing their dreams of golden cities, this has been a country of mixed minds about how to get rich. We extol the conservative Warren Buffett model: selling 4 cent Cokes for a nickel ...

Boo hoo, billionaires. The Wall Street meltdown has been so bad that even the super rich are suffering - except for Warren Buffett . The Oracle of Omaha somehow managed to make an additional $8 billion despite the crisis - raising his fortune to $58 ...

A blacktip shark in a March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. A blacktip shark in a March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. RICHMOND, Va. — Scientists have confirmed the second ...