Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in Sunday comics pages after nearly 30 years because he wants to save his strip's main character, Opus, from being dragged down in the current political climate. ...more

October 19, 2008

Iraq's political leaders on Friday began studying a draft agreement to extend the U.S. military presence here beyond 2008, but some lawmakers predicted the proposal would face a tough fight in parliament. ...more

October 18, 2008

Excerpts from recent newspaper endorsements of the presidential candidates. ...more

October 17, 2008

John McCain, a senior member of the Senate committee that oversees the telecom industry, now has cell phone coverage at the family's ranch near Sedona, Ariz., following a request from his wife, Cindy, early in 2007. ...more

October 16, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain, a senior member of the Senate committee that oversees the telecom industry, now has cell phone coverage at the family's ranch near Sedona, Ariz., following a request from his wife, Cindy, early in 2007. ...more

October 15, 2008

"Rendition." "Redacted." "The Kingdom." "In the Valley of Elah." "Lions for Lambs." ...more

October 10, 2008

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into reports that a crowd member yelled,"Kill him!" while Gov. Sarah Palin was talking about Sen. Barack Obama during her Clearwater rally Monday. ...more

October 10, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. ...more

October 8, 2008

UserNameCheck.com When you think up that perfect new handle for storming social networks and other registration-only sites across the Web, run it through UserNameCheck.com first. The application's purpose is simple: to tell you whether that name is already in use at a pretty impressive list of sites, from Delicious and Digg to eBay and Xbox Live. The list of checks can take some time, so grab a cup of coffee. ...more

October 6, 2008

John McCain is on course to lose the presidential election to Barack Obama. Can he turn it around, and surge to victory? ...more

September 30, 2008