Gov. Scott Walker sits serenely at the center of the storm

Gov. Scott Walker sits serenely at the center of the storm

Hitherto, when this university town and seat of state government applauded itself as “the Athens of the Midwest,” the sobriquet suggested kinship with the cultural glories of ancient Greece. Now Madison resembles contemporary Athens.

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Child's remains, artifacts in Alaska shed new light on earliest human residents of US Arctic

WASHINGTON - Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska.

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Gadhafi hold whittled away as Libya revolt spreads

The scope of Moammar Gadhafi's control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. In the east, now all but broken away, the opposition vowed to "liberate" Tripoli, where the Libyan leader is holed up with a force of militiamen roaming the streets and tanks guarding the outskirts.

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