DANVILLE -- Today is the final day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 presidential election. Those who sign up before the deadline at 4 p.m. today will be joining a number of new voters in this year's election, said Theresa Woodruff, chief voter registrar

>Commentary: Why should I be a Christian? >Aug. 21, 2008 NOTE: A photograph is available at http://umns.umc.org . A UMNS Commentary By Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker* If someone were to ask you "Why should I be a Christian?" what would you say?

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited , or Shanda, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, will announce its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 after the close of U.S. mar

In his world travels for the Toronto Sun, Rob Longley has covered a variety of big events including the past nine Super Bowls, a dozen Kentucky Derbys and soccer's World Cup. These are his second Olympics and his goal is simple: To avoid what colleagues

PARIS -- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globe-trotting French author of books exploring indigenous and nomadic cultures in Latin America, Africa and Asia, on Thursday won the Nobel prize for literature.