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The Alaska governor is set to speak about “looking toward the future” Thursday at the Republican Governors Association conference in Miami. She's also the only governor scheduled to hold a presser -- 20 minutes on Thursday morning.
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The main contenders for the White House will meet for their third and final debate Wednesday, with experts looking for Republican candidate John McCain to try an aggressive approach to reverse a recent slide in the polls. Meanwhile, Democratic contender Barack Obama will likely play defense, doing his best to avoid blunders and staying away from direct confrontation with his rival.
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The move fuels speculation that "The Soloist" doesn't measure up to Oscar expectations.
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While the Bruins have focused on fundamentals during a non-game week, the coaches will be out in full force over the weekend trying to build for the future. The UCLA football team spent this week focusing on basics such as blocking and tackling, but the weekend is reserved for something even more important.
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'Journey to the Center of the Earth': Both the DVD and Blu-Ray editions of the Brendan Fraser adventure vehicle wisely include the 3-D version (along with the necessary eyewear) because, well, audiences at home like putting on dorky-looking cardboard glasses and ducking flying objects. For those more interested in "Journey's" story—about a geologist who searches for a missing relative using clues found in Jules Verne's original novel—these discs do contain the 2-D version as well, along with featurettes, interactive games and commentary. (New Line)
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Don Reisinger thinks American politicians are ignoring technology. And according to Don, that could prove ruinous to the US.
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Microsoft focuses on a feature called "device stage" that makes it easier to tweak settings for add-ons. Also, company shows off support for sensors and touch.
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ABC News' David Chalian Reports: Gov. Sarah Palin is clearly not ready to relinquish the spotlight following her defeat with John McCain on the Republican presidential ticket last Tuesday. The Republican Governors Association has announced today that Gov. Palin will...img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AbcNews_PoliticalRadar/~4/VAVPZ_rWQQQ" height="1" width="1"/
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Heisman Hopefuls: Top contenders to win prize
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The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 0.8 percent. Of the major regional indexes, only the South Korean benchmark showed gains, after the central bank cut its key rate by one percentage point.
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Blagojevich case latest of prosecutor's high-profile, high-stakes prosecutions.
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Officials fear deflation because it brings a severe loss of confidence, which creates expectations that prices of goods, services and a range of assets will grow cheaper by the day.
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The deepening financial crisis is causing more businesses to lower their data center budgets for 2009, with spending on training and new hardware likely to feel the brunt of the cutbacks, according to a survey from Afcom, an association for data center workers.
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JFK's daughter explains why she's qualified to fill Clinton's Senate seat.
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The struggle for survival at Satyam, following revelations of massive fraud at the company, has prompted a debate over whether the government should intervene.
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Detroit center Dominic Raiola says he has no remorse for making an obscene gesture toward Lions fans because their heckling went too far.
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Whether you're too full to move, too busy juggling all those holiday activities or just didn't have the time to check out Canada Reads this week, here's a look back: A video of the live unveiling of the Canada Reads 2009 line-up Spotlight on Brian Francis and Fruit with audio interviews and readings Getting around: Brian Francis on the quirks of fate There's something about Mary: Brian Francis on pleather, diapers and the Virgin online Hot topics: moderator Angela on Fruit
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We talked mob money with writer Gay Talese at the screening of Gomorrah. After months of speculation, we got to the bottom of Marquee's temporary summer shutdown. We tallied gifts, drank absinthe, and chatted with godfather Michael Musto at nightlife heir Liam McMullan's 21st birthday party. Russell Crowe got a little testy at the Body of Lies premiere--par for the course, we suppose. We partied with Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Fern Mallis, Martha Stewart and Rory and Elie Tahari as the CFDA welcomed its newest members.
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Press invitation sends speculation into fever pitch, including analysis of invitations.
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University of Texas and hospital officials expect "significant" layoffs at the 12,000-person facility.
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The Due West Retirement Center, established in 1983, will celebrate its 25th anniversary today, with activities beginning at 11 a.m. Oct. 11.
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The downward spiral of financial events since the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers has eviscerated European business and consumer confidence.
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World financial leaders met to quell market stress and strengthen institutions.
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"Grand Prix No More" from Maryland explains how the 2009 Pontiac G8 allowed him to get over his love for the retired Grand Prix. Although he points out a few minor gripes, he maintains that the Pontiac G8 was a...
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A new look deep inside Comcast Center
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UPDATED — The U.S. stock market rode a turbulent wave Friday, rebounding from a nearly 700-point drop to close with far more modest losses, a wild end to a week that saw a 15 percent decline.
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Cloaked in the fear of a global recession, U.S. stocks limped to the end of a brutal week of trading yesterday, ending their worst week in history.
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BAGHDAD -- The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations.
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Some of the most striking images from around the world this week.
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Hardy Aimes, one of the tenants at Belfast's Victoria Square shopping centre, goes into administration.
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The crash in equity markets this week came as investors fled risky assets in panic. Co-ordinated rate cuts by leading central banks, and many other measures of support hastily adopted by governments, went ignored.
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Stocks finish an awful week with a wild day of trading that still leaves the Dow with a 128-point loss -- after falling nearly 700 points at the open. Industrial nations hope a new plan to get banks to lend to each other can restore investor and business confidence.
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CNN's Diana Magnay takes a look at the nightmare week for German investors.
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Wall Street ended one of its worst weeks ever trying to figure out whether to continue its freefall or take some tentative steps toward a possible recovery.
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Do you agree with Stephen Pile's view of the week's TV? Have your say in his online forum.
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The Royal Ballet's principal dancer Laura Morera talks to Alice Klein.
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Matthew Rye reviews the classical CD of the week - Alkan: Cello Sonata. Chopin: Cello Sonata.
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Adam Sweeting reviews the pop CD of the week, Keane's Perfect Symmetry.
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Sales dropped 0.5% at John Lewis last week an improvement on the 8.3 per cent fall a week earlier.
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It is unlikely to muster much sympathy from the public but the UK bank directors have lost more than £49m
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It started badly, got rapidly worse and then descended into utter misery as the sellers came out en masse and wreaked stock market havoc
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An epic battle looms when top mass choral groups perform for the first time on one stage.
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