Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations ...
Today in History - Nov. 4 Today is Wednesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2009. There are 57 days left in the ...
Ex-president Carter: Obama deserves his Nobel Peace Prize, based on his achievement, promise Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that President Barack Obama deserves his Nobel Peace Prize based on his achievements and the promise of an aggressive agenda that he's still ...
Ga. airport renamed in honor of Jimmy Carter; debate had stirred small town close to Plains An airport about 20 miles from Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains has been named after the 39th president despite some people opposing the change. Souther Field ...
Town abuzz: Plan to name airport in honor of Jimmy Carter stirs up controversy in S. Ga. town Former President Jimmy Carter is no stranger to global conflicts; now he's the flashpoint in a small-town argument. The airport in Americus, Ga., near ...
Carter helps broker effort on Hispaniola to wipe out mosquito-borne illnesses in Caribbean The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed Thursday to cooperate in a campaign aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of malaria from the islands of the Caribbean ...
Ex-President Carter seeks to boost campaign to rid Hispaniola of malaria Former President Jimmy Carter traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to meet political leaders, health workers and malaria victims Wednesday in hopes of jump-starting efforts to eradicate the disease in ...
A replica of Jimmy Carter's Oval Office is shown Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta. The museum is scheduled to reopen Sept. 30 after a $10 million redesign. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Copyright 2009 AP Features
Plains, Ga., celebrates 2 favorite exports: Peanuts and a peanut farmer turned president The small southwestern Georgia town of Plains has two famous exports: peanuts and peanut farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter. Both were feted Saturday with a parade and a celebration of the ...
Former President and peanut farmer Jimmy Carter waves to participants in the the Peanut Festival parade in Plains, Ga., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. . (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Copyright 2009 AP News
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's oldest son defended his father against a claim by former President Jimmy Carter that the congressman's outburst during a speech by President Barack Obama was "based on racism." Responding to an audience question at a town hall at ...
On May 18th, 1980 at approximately 8:32 in the morning, Mount St. Helen’s erupted in one of the largest volcanic events to ever occur in North America. The explosion, which registered a 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (out of 7), destroyed ...
