P.J. Allen: Fighting for every breath
Deloris Watson will forever be grateful for the medical care given to her grandson P.J. Allen, one of the children inside the day-care center when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal...
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The Thompsons: One family’s disintegration
Michael Thompson, a claims representative for the Social Security Administration, was the center of his family's universe. When he perished in the Oklahoma City bombing, his family imploded into the...
Federal farm disaster aid warps system, critics say
Randy Floyd says 2004 was a good year for his struggling cotton farm, by which he means a hailstorm in October wiped out only part of his crop. For seven...
First-time voters flock to the polls
Michael Froelich didn't follow the presidential race much. He didn't even get around to registering to vote until Election Day. But the 20-year-old junior joined millions of other young people...
Bush leads in bellwether state
In Missouri, a bellwether state that almost exactly mirrors the demographic, economic and political makeup of the nation, voters were waiting to learn whether they had repeated the feat they...
Colorado vote reform could alter election
How's this for a cliffhanger scenario on election night? The popular vote for president is close across the country, the Electoral College tally is neck-and-neck, and all eyes turn to...
Agile `527′ groups lead well-funded hit-run war
In the time it took most Americans to plan their Labor Day picnics, Texans for Truth grew from a notion inside one Democratic activist's head to a full-fledged political advocacy...
Simple numbers, complex feelings
Bob Walls, a veteran of Korea and Vietnam, is certain about the right course in Iraq going forward even if, looking backward, he has some doubts. "I think we have...
Compelled to help, idealists pressed on despite danger
Fern Holland, Salwa Ourmaishi and Robert Zangas came from different walks of life, but they all were unabashed idealists drawn to Iraq by a heartfelt belief that they could make...
Enron’s No. 3 exec pleads guilty
Andrew Fastow, the financial wizard whose manipulations were crucial in perpetrating one of the largest corporate frauds in history, pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges Wednesday and agreed to tell...