Adrian Smith

Headlines for Friday,  May  24,  2013     SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Midwest ranchers have never been enamored with environmental regulators, but they really began to complain after learning federal inspectors were flying over their land to look for problems. The Environmental Protection Agency flies...

by Michael Muskal President Obama today accepted the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson, who interrupted the president's speech to Congress to accuse him of lying about whether illegal immigrants would be covered under proposed changes in health-care policies....

One of the odder, more complicated moments in the history of architectural symbolism will arrive Monday with the formal opening of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. At about 2,600 feet high -- the official figure is still being kept secret by......

by Mark Silva With the opening today of the Burj Dubai, at 160 stories the world's tallest tower, we are reminded of regional promises unfulfilled. The crown jewel of the United Arab Emirates, a high-rise that surpasses all high-rises in......

-- Big and tall: Downtown L.A. welcomes its first new skyscraper since the early 1990s, the Ritz-Carlton hotel-condo tower. (Los Angeles Times) -- Presidential support: The Obamas have personally donated $10,000 to Detroit's Mosaic Youth Theatre. (Detroit...

by Matthew Hay Brown House Minority Leader John Boehner and 10 fellow GOP congressmen left Washington this morning for Alaska, where they plan to spend the weekend highlighting the domestic energy production potential at settings such as the Arctic...

by Mark Silva Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria, the youngest member of Congress -- and the "hottest freshman,'' according to the readers of The Huffington Post -- says he is honored. "It's about time politicians from Illinois were known for......