Pat Dollard

Live Science: Veiled beneath the Persian Gulf, a once-fertile landmass may have supported some of the earliest humans outside Africa some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new review of research suggests. At its peak, the floodplain now below the Gulf would have been about the size of Great Britain, and then shrank as water [...]

To be clear, the fact that I consider Richard Holbrooke’s activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan to be not only useless but detrimental, does not in any way mean I wish him ill-will regarding his health and life. The comment is only a reflection on his misguided interference with the military mission in those countries, not [...]

(AP) – The White House says President Barack Obama will discuss ideas for creating jobs and making the U.S. more competitive when he hosts about 20 CEOs on Wednesday. The White House isn’t saying yet who’s on the invitation list for the event at Blair House. White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki (SAH’-kee) says the session [...]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Potential 2012 US presidential candidate Sarah Palin began a weekend tour of Haiti on Saturday against the backdrop of deadly political unrest whipped up by disputed elections. Stepping off a yellow helicopter, Palin visited a community where Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse provides shelter for victims of an earthquake in January [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A powerful snowstorm socked the upper Midwest on Saturday with as much as 20 inches of snow, forcing authorities to close roads across five states as heavy winds made for treacherous driving conditions. The snowstorm was expected to be followed by dangerous cold. North Dakota experienced wind chills of 20 degrees below [...]

Volunteers from across the U.S placed some 24,000 wreaths on graves of military personnel at Arlington National Cemetery. It’s the 19th year that wreaths from Worcester Wreath Co. in Maine were used to pay tribute to the nation’s veterans. (Dec. 11)