Washington

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces a crucial test with the proposed resumption of Middle East peace talks.

WASHINGTON - One of the financial backers of the proposed Ground Zero mosque has been sued for allegedly swindling nearly 1.8 million dollars from an insurance company.

WASHINGTON - Political forecaster James E. Campbell, a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, has predicted that the Democrats might lose 51 seats in the House of Representatives in the November election, producing a Republican majority.

WASHINGTON - Sara Palin's daughter Bristol has dismissed rumors that she's behaving like a diva during rehearsals for 'Dancing With the Stars'.

WASHINGTON - A study has found that the parent-teacher conference held usually to evaluate student performance is more often than not an evaluation of the parent and the teacher, by each other.