President Obama gives a speech at Laborfest. Facing dim economic headlines and a bleak forecast for the upcoming midterm elections, President Obama visited Laborfest Monday at the Summerfest grounds, where he rolled out a $50 billion program to rebuild roads, railways and runways.

The latest ETA ceasefire has the look of a Trojan horse. All previous truces have ended in a return to bloody violence by the Basque terrorist organisation.

Auditor blocked in expenses probe LINCOLN - When it comes to providing health insurance for its employees, the State of Nebraska might be one of the most generous states in the country.

Stem cell work targets eye disease Scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center hope they are homing in on a strategy to use adult stem cells to treat certain diseases that cause blindness.

Study finds people with drink or drug addictions have similar rates of violent crimes whether or not they have a mental illness A report says that substance abuse, not mental illness, causes violent crimes.

Sydney, Sep 6 : Pieter Wessels, president of the Commonwealth Journalists Association in Australia and a long-time member of the CJA international executive committee, is dead.