A recent graduate of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake where she was News Editor for the university's newspaper, Rachel has a degree in media studies. She reports on news everyone in the Omaha area needs to know.
The president spoke to students across the country on the importance of "personal accountability, working hard and staying in school." In an effort to defuse the controversy, Obama released the text of the address. "...
The specific details of the tests are not yet known. County officials said there is no record of any complaints filed over health code violations at the Garrido home on Walnut Avenue in unincorporated Antioch, California. Code officials...
Under pressure to "seize the initiative on the biggest legislative proposal of his young administration," Obama is expected to explain his vision in more detail to lawmakers when they return from their August recess. ...
As we begin to learn more about the way Dugard and her daughters were forced to live, it is hard to imagine how a person can go about getting a normal life back. Garrido kept them in "a...
"'Senator Kennedy had a tremendous impact on the most important legislative battles in Washington, and the current health care debate is no exception,'" said Israel Kline, a former top aide to Senator Chcuk Schumer (D-N.Y...
Kennedy was one of the most influential Senators in the country, and the political high and low points of him and his two brothers captivated the nation for decades. His family announced his death in an early Wednesday...
"The documents, a pair of search warrants and affidavits filed by the police in July to search the Houston office and storage unit of Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's private doctor, provide the most detailed evidence against Dr...
The Justice Department's ethics office has recommended that prosecutors investigate nearly a dozen prisoner abuse cases, reversing the Bush administration and potentially exposing CIA officials for brutal treatment of detainees. "'Well, as the president has said...
Here is what could happen when Congress returns to work on September 8. Wait for Republicans. Obama and Democratic leaders would like to gain Republican support, but this has not happened so far. No Republicans have...
Hurricane Bill's projected path shows it moving north toward New England and then Canada. According to forecasters, Cape Cod is located in the National Hurricane Center's area of uncertainty and is at risk for a Sunday...