Omaha

by Laura Olson Sen. Hillary Clinton's appearance Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. (or "Obamaha", as several news organizations dubbed it in primary election headlines), is a reminder that even a lone electoral vote in a traditionally blood-red state could be...

Hell's Kitchen begins with a montage of scenes from the past four seasons of the show. Man, that Chef Gordon Ramsay knows how to stick it to those contestants. I can’t wait to see how he insults, and humiliates the......

When the Soviet Union took on Afghanistan, its troops found themselves crawling, terrified, through a vast network of mountain caves studded with knives and booby traps, pursuing moujahedeen fighters who seemed to melt into mountainsides like the night...

Peering at the 60-foot-high faces of four of America's most famous presidents, the dozen robed and bearded Afghans drew little attention at the base of Mt. Rushmore in July 1999. Only bullet and shrapnel scars beneath their heavy attire would be clues...

Results are listed in alphabetical order. Times listed indicate when runners crossed the finish line, not their elapsed time. The timing chip is not activated until the runners reach the starting line. Some hometowns were not available. Information...

Changes in passports, here and abroad, are coming: By 2008, under a federal law passed last year, Americans will need passports for travel to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The purpose is to tighten security on reentry to the U.S., said Maura...

For two nights, the skies above a remote and nearly treeless campground in north-central Nebraska produced only disappointment for the 350 eager stargazers gathered there for the ninth annual Nebraska Star Party. Sunday evening was socked in by clouds....

The annual airline quality ratings, according to the University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute and the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University. The ratings are based on 15 elements considered important to consumers. 1....

Friday May 31, 1996      Dan Mirvish's "Omaha (The Movie)" is a jaunty, good-humored little movie about a young Omahan (Hughston Walkinshaw) who holds a degree in engineering but takes off for Nepal on a spiritual odyssey. A year later he returns,...