WASHINGTON -- On a snowy Thursday shortly before her weekly meeting with President Obama last month, Hillary Rodham Clinton got a distressing phone call: her husband, Bill Clinton, was in a hospital with chest pains and needed an urgent heart procedure. [read more]

According to TennisReporters.net , the once-promising tennis career of Nicole Vaidisova is now over. The website has learned that the former 10 singles player has decided to retire and she will get married to longtime boyfriend Radek Stepanek. [read more]

There are a few days remaining before the opportunity presents itself Wednesday to join in Irish-related activities regardless of any St. Patrick heritage via birthday or wedding anniversary. [read more]

Wellington-booted feet planted deep into the riverbed, the current strong, and the nasty wind whipping around her ears, Daisy Thurkettle-Roper looks up and smiles. Oddly, the smile seems genuine, because despite the cold – and it is bloody freezing today – the woman appears to be enjoying herself. "Oh, but I am," she merrily insists. "It really is one of the most exciting things you can do, you ... [read more]

Billy Idol will debut a new powerhouse band when he hits the road this summer with performances at major music festivals throughout Europe, with North American dates set to follow. [read more]

Paris-Nice Update After just a Prologue and one stage on the open road, the overall Paris-Nice is already starting to take shape. Both stages were marked by wild and crazy winds along with bitterly cold temperatures. In short, they've been pretty average days for Paris-Nice. [read more]

A COUPLE who raised £35,500 by taking more than 100 teddy bears to the Arctic Circle are to hold a reunion event. [read more]

Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed violent criminal record in Germany will be investigated further, officials said Saturday. [read more]

The man chosen to be the fresh face of good Afghan governance in a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany — a revelation NATO said Saturday would not dim support for a man "doing good work" in southern Afghanistan. [read more]

In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo released by the United States Agency for International Development, Abdul Zahir speaks to locals during a shura, or meeting, in Marjah, Afghanistan. [read more]