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  • The president did not follow Cheney's advice, and other top administration advisers thought it was a bad idea. Meanwhile, Cheney tells NBC that many in Washington aren't going to like what they read in his new memoir.
  • The 3-Point Volunteer Fire Department is no longer certified by the state to operate as a fire department, and efforts are underway by a group of 3-Point…
  • The billionaire is helping the ailing bank in much the same way he assisted Goldman Sachs during the 2008-09 financial crisis.
  • Alfred Francis Russell, a freed slave from Kentucky, became the 10th president of Liberia in 1883. He was a man who worked through very difficult…
  • Steve Jobs doesn't take with him the technical capabilities of Apple. His departure does, however, disturb the cultural position of Apple, which has helped it build a uniquely powerful relationship with its fans.
  • First lady Michelle Obama, who ranked No. 1 last year, is now at No. 8. The increasing importance of some, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, made for changes in the rankings.
  • Warren Buffett has given the country's biggest bank a $5 billion vote of confidence. Bank of America's share price had been sliding. But Buffett announced Thursday that his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is investing $5 billion and will receive 50,000 shares of preferred stock, and now the bank's shares are up about 12 percent. Three years ago, Buffet helped another bank in crisis when he put $5 billion into the Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs.
  • A Google vice president said he received an urgent call from Steve Jobs in 2008 about the shade of yellow in the second "O" of the Google logo. He said the call taught him a lesson about leadership and passion.
  • Autism isn't linked to childhood vaccines, according to a new review from the Institute of Medicine, but vaccines aren't free of risks. The committee found that most serious health problems were linked to two live vaccines, the ones for measles-mumps-rubella and chickenpox. Other vaccines causes allergic reactions in some people.
  • Jerry “Bucky” Deaton always liked a good ghost story. They sent shivers up his spine. And they brought back moments in time when life was entirely…
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