KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait ? The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy’s exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq [...]
ARLINGTON, Texas ? Tony Romo doesn’t care about winning in style. He’s leading the Dallas Cowboys to victories, and that’s all that matters. Romo overcame a pair of early interceptions by throwing two touchdown passes to Laurent Robinson and rookie Dan Bailey made a 28-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Dallas Cowboys a [...]
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Why tie the knot? Idiom to tie the knot means to get married. The advice of the idiom is derived from the string tangled webs that are used as a bed of support before the metal sprung bed for the nodes are actually used in wedding ceremonies are still unconfirmed. In folklore, the nodes used [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The Senate on Thursday defeated competing payroll tax cut extension plans by Democrats and Republicans, clearing the way for negotiations on compromise legislation that could boost the economy next year. In late-night votes, the Senate, as expected, defeated a Democratic plan that would have extended and expanded the payroll tax cut that [...]
