Thick, smelly crude oil washed up on an 11-mile stretch of scenic coastline Saturday, blackening seagulls and threatening fish farms as South Korea's Coast Guard struggled to contain the country's largest oil spill. ...more

December 9, 2007

The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries - China and Russia - that over the past decade have supplied the most children to U.S. families. ...more

December 7, 2007

The number of international students attending American colleges and universities has nearly rebounded from a slump that after the Sept. 11 attacks, which triggered tough new visa restrictions and closer monitoring of foreign scholars. ...more

December 6, 2007

The Democrats' flagship proposal on Iraq is aimed at bringing most troops home. Yet, if enacted, the law would still allow for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to stay deployed for years to come. ...more

November 23, 2007

Art Sicard of Port Richey says enough of war, which is horrible. ...more

November 7, 2007

CITRUS PARK - On Sept. 15, 1950, at the Battle of Inchon, 24-year-old Marine Lt. Baldomero Lopez led his men over a seawall near Seoul, South Korea. ...more

November 6, 2007

Vietnam's preference for boys over girls is further tipping the balance between the sexes in Asia, already skewed by a strong bias for boys among Chinese and Indians. The trend could lead to increased trafficking of women and social unrest, a report by the United Nations said. ...more

November 4, 2007

On a remote stretch of land 100 miles from the border that separates democratic South Korea from the communist North, and surrounded by the Yellow Sea and rice paddies, the daughter of a Town 'N Country couple is helping keep a fragile peace. ...more

October 31, 2007

The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them. ...more

October 31, 2007

The Bush administration announced Tuesday that it plans to negotiate a trade agreement with major countries to bolster the fight against counterfeit products. ...more

October 24, 2007