Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon announced on Monday she will run for governor of New York, challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination. It follows the announcement last month that Clueless actress Stacey...

  Map of Thailand locating Bangkok's two airports. Explosions early Sunday at sites occupied by anti-government protesters injured at least 51 people, further raising tensions as police struggle to ...

Stranded passengers line up to check-in for their flights at a makeshift airline terminal in Bangkok December 1, 2008. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) on Monday opened check-in counters in Ba...

Airplanes from Thai Airlines parking on the tarmac prepare for take off at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on Dec. 1, 2008. Some 30 planes had been flown out starting Sunday and an additional 50 were to be moved lat...

People are seen on the platforms (月台)of the Churchgate train station in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Mumbai returned to normal Monday to some degree, with many shopkeepers opening their doors for the first time since the attac...

People participate in a vigil (守夜，值夜) organized by the Jewish community in solidarity(团结) with victims of the attacks in Mumbai*, India, near the Indian Mission in New York, Monday Dec. 1, 2...

People participate in a vigil organized by the Jewish community in solidarity with victims of the attacks in Mumbai*, India, near the Indian Mission in New York, Monday Dec. 1, 2008. At leas...

Posted at 12:16 AM/ET, November 06, 2008 USA TODAY How did America get to this point? Some 220 years ago, it adopted a Constitution that counted blacks as just three-fifths of a person. President Theodore Roosevelt was widely condemned 113 yea...