Illegal immigration foe Rep. Tom Tancredo retires
When Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, went to Congress a decade ago, he promised he wouldn't disappear in Washington. He sure didn't.
Chicago beating case still clouds police image
More than a year after he last wore a badge and months after his boss said he wanted him fired, a policeman videotaped beating a female bartender remains the best-known officer in the Chicago Police Department.
Year after attack, Colo. church guard has new goal
After a year of accolades that followed her shooting of a gunman who killed two teenage sisters at her church, security guard Jeanne Assam remains "low key" and says she thinks of the family of gunman Matthew Murray.
Scientists back brain drugs for healthy people
NEW YORK - Healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired older folks, several scientists contend in a provocative commentary.
Lawsuit accuses woman of pilfering poetry program
It's all there in black and white: a poet's pain, her suffering, her emotional distress. Turn the page and find secrecy, shock and disappointment. But don't expect passionate verse. These are lawsuits, not poems.
At Pearl Harbor, US response to raid is acclaimed
While smoke still billowed from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took off from its Oregon base to search for Japanese ships or submarines along the West Coast.
Democrats pick up a House seat in central Ohio
Democrats will hold at least 256 seats in the House when the 111th Congress is sworn in next month, after a county commissioner came from behind to win an open seat in central Ohio.
1st Vietnamese-American elected to US Congress
The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress took advantage of dissatisfaction with a longtime incumbent dogged by corruption allegations and reflects the changing nature of New Orleans politics since Hurricane Katrina.
White House: Auto deal is 'very likely'
The White House and a top Democratic lawmaker said they were likely to reach agreement Monday to help failing U.S. automakers, as congressional drafters put the finishing touches on a bill.
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When Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, went to Congress a decade ago, he promised he wouldn't disappear in Washington. He sure didn't.
Chicago beating case still clouds police image
More than a year after he last wore a badge and months after his boss said he wanted him fired, a policeman videotaped beating a female bartender remains the best-known officer in the Chicago Police Department.
Year after attack, Colo. church guard has new goal
After a year of accolades that followed her shooting of a gunman who killed two teenage sisters at her church, security guard Jeanne Assam remains "low key" and says she thinks of the family of gunman Matthew Murray.
Scientists back brain drugs for healthy people
NEW YORK - Healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired older folks, several scientists contend in a provocative commentary.
Lawsuit accuses woman of pilfering poetry program
It's all there in black and white: a poet's pain, her suffering, her emotional distress. Turn the page and find secrecy, shock and disappointment. But don't expect passionate verse. These are lawsuits, not poems.
At Pearl Harbor, US response to raid is acclaimed
While smoke still billowed from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took off from its Oregon base to search for Japanese ships or submarines along the West Coast.
Democrats pick up a House seat in central Ohio
Democrats will hold at least 256 seats in the House when the 111th Congress is sworn in next month, after a county commissioner came from behind to win an open seat in central Ohio.
1st Vietnamese-American elected to US Congress
The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress took advantage of dissatisfaction with a longtime incumbent dogged by corruption allegations and reflects the changing nature of New Orleans politics since Hurricane Katrina.
White House: Auto deal is 'very likely'
The White House and a top Democratic lawmaker said they were likely to reach agreement Monday to help failing U.S. automakers, as congressional drafters put the finishing touches on a bill.
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