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Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned 39 years ago today, Oct. 10, 1973, the only U.S. veep to step down voluntarily because of criminal charges. But he is hardly the only vice president to leave the office under a cloud of embarrassment, disappointment or controversy. So, on the eve of this week's vice presidential debate, here are some vice presidents who came up short one way or another.
Military wives across the country are stripping down for their soldier husbands to draw attention to what they see as the rampant problem of post traumatic stress disorder, with the hope that the U.S. military will take notice and address the deadly issue. Read more: Battling Bare: Military Wives Stripping Down to Battle PTSD
An appeals court in Moscow has suspended the sentence for one member of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. Two other members of the group had their sentences upheld. The three women were sentenced to two years...
An appeals court in Moscow has suspended the sentence for one member of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. Two other members of the group had their sentences upheld. The three women were sentenced to two years...
The battle against obesity seems to have turned largely into a war on soda. All across the nation there are calls for taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks and limitations on where they can be sold. The most well-publicized salvo is New York City’s ban on large...Read more: Soda Makers Plan Calorie-Counting Vending Machines
A couple in Hong Kong are suing a Boston-area education consultant for the $2 million they say they paid him to get their two sons into top schools leading up to an Ivy League university admission, an example of an "arms race" in education.Read more: Parents Sue Consultant After Sons Don't Get Into Harvard
Read more: Official: 'Inappropriately Low' Security in Benghazi
With 40 years of debating experience under his belt, Vice President Joe Biden hunkered down for several days of intensive preparation in his hometown of Wilmington, Del. this week ahead of his duel with Rep. Paul Ryan in Danville, Ky., this Thursday. The vice president...
Now a known quantity, Ann Romney’s popularity is surging, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. Romney’s favorability ratings jumped 12 percentage points between April and October, bringing her near the popularity of first lady Michelle Obama. The new poll comes on the heels of...
A Boston-bound man wearing body armor, flame retardant leggings and knee pads under his trench coat arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Customs and Border Protection officer found a smoke grenade and several weapons in his checked luggage is facing a federal charge for transporting hazardous material on an airplane.Page 918 of 1571
AP Source: Suspect in fatal slashing of Red Bulls youth coach in NYC flees to Mexico
Georgia, Kansas, Indiana and Tennessee have strict photo ID requirements in addition to laws that require sex reassignment surgery before birth certificates or licenses can be updated.
Jane Horton, reached by telephone Monday night, began crying on the other end of the phone when she learned that Mitt Romney had been using the story of her husband, Chris Horton, who was killed in Afghanistan, as a part of his stump speech.