WASHINGTON – The latest international trade agreement to hit Capitol Hill faces an uncertain future, as proponents say market openings in Central America will boost exports and help the U.S compete with China while critics charge that previous trade agreements have only resulted in job losses at home. Deputy Secretary …

Here comes the would-be bride: that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Many Americans were deeply concerned when 32-year-old Jennifer Wilbanks (search) disappeared last week in Georgia. We felt for her fiance, her family, and her friends who had traveled to the hometown for her wedding. After …

And now the most intriguing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Nuclear Revelations The revelation that North Korea has a nuclear weapons program comes only days after the Nobel Prize was awarded to former President Jimmy Carter in no small part …

Michael Jackson|Whitney and Mariah|Steven Spielberg Jacko Wantsa New Kids Charity Michael Jackson issued a statement to the children of Germany last week. It’s on his fan Web site. He wants to start a new children’s charity. This is what he said: “I look forward to the new year, to working …

CONCORD, N.C. – With its restaurants and retail stores, The Village Shopping Center looks more like a mall than a church. But it is both. The nearby First Assembly Church purchased the 250,000-square-foot mall in March 2001. Since then, familiar commercial businesses, such as Big Lots, Hallmark and Subway operate …

And now the most intriguing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Have to Pay to PlayCBS News now says it, too, paid for the Al Qaeda training tapes it has been airing, which appear to be drawn from the same material …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Persistent PoliticianFormer Clinton administration grandee Rahm Emmanuel seems poised to become a congressman from Chicago in the November elections, but not all Chicago land Democrats are rolling out the welcome mat for him. Emanuel has made …

The Bush administration is making one big mistake but standing up strong on another important issue. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Long before this Enron mess unfolded, Congress was asking Vice President Cheney for a list of those who advised him about energy policy. The thinking …

Could I ask you a personal question? What do you look for in a friend? When men and women are polled on this subject, the No. 1 quality that comes through time and time again is a sense of humor. I kid you not. Someone who’ll make you chuckle, or …

NEW YORK – A terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant and the panic that would ensue is a nightmarethat has keptmany Americans up at night since Sept. 11. Particularly concerned are those who live near the plants, fearing they would be trapped in close proximity of a radioactive leak …