Jamaica struggles to cut ties between government, gangs
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Before Jamaican security forces stormed into his poor West Kingston neighborhood, George Green got jobs and help with food bills from a fugitive slum boss. Garbage trucks left the cracked streets spotless. Today, the walls of the Tivoli Gardens housing project are pockmarked with bullets and trash is strewn about after fighting between security forces and gunmen loyal to reputed drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke that left more than 70 people dead. More »
Ala. Rep. Davis through with politics after loss
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - U.S. Rep. Artur Davis said last Thursday he's through with politics after losing his bid to become Alabama's first black governor, a stinging defeat that he blamed on his own inability to court African American voters. Davis, 42, also said he has no interest in an appointed government job, including the U.S. attorney's post in his hometown of Montgomery. More »
Overtreated: Too much medical treatment is making many Americans sicker
WASHINGTON - "Why did they cut you?" The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation. He didn't know what to believe. Two other surgeons had urged more operations, different ones. More »
Obama promises to stand with Gulf Coast residents
GRAND ISLE, La. - President Barack Obama promised Saturday to stand with the people of the Gulf Coast "until they are made whole" from the oil spill catastrophe. Obama recorded his weekly radio and Internet address from this barrier island town he visited Friday on his third trip to the Gulf since an April 20 drilling rig explosion unleashed a gusher of crude into the waters there. More »
