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U.S. releases details in case against Padilla

August 21, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

The Justice Department on Tuesday offered new details of its case against accused Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla as a top official vigorously defended Bush administration policies permitting detention without...

Rare admission, then tough scrutiny

August 19, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

An extraordinary public mea culpa in the news pages of The New York Times prompted debate Wednesday over the role that the media played in helping the Bush administration make...

Governor getting heat on 2 fronts

August 19, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich found himself waging wars on two fronts Thursday as his administration struggled to defend his ambitious borrowing programs and a band of rank-and-file Illinois House Democrats sought...

Hastert deals blow to Indian casino bid

August 19, 2021 at 1:21 p.m.

An American Indian tribe's plan to build a massive casino complex in Lynwood hit its first major snag Thursday when U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicated he is unlikely to...

13 on fugitive list still at large

August 19, 2021 at 8:20 p.m.

With the capture of Saddam Hussein, 41 of the 55 fugitives on the military's most wanted list of former Iraqi leaders have either been killed or captured. Some of the...

Despite outrage, Iraqis express hope

August 19, 2021 at 8:07 p.m.

On a day that brought the largest death toll in the capital since the end of major combat, Iraqis who have endured war and months of instability reacted with anger...

So much for playing it coy

August 21, 2021 at 12:27 a.m.

Here's something a lot less novel than the Cubs making the playoffs: a politician trying to have it both ways. Park Ridge native Hillary Clinton, a childhood Cubs fan who...

Powell in Baghdad: Too soon for self-rule

August 19, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, meeting with Iraqi officials and praising their progress while pressing the Bush administration's desire to remain firmly in charge of...

Scale of outage jolts nation

August 21, 2021 at 2:30 a.m.

As a large swath of the nation struggled to recover from the largest blackout in the country's history, the cause remained elusive but experts agreed on one thing: They were...

Power flows in Northeast

August 19, 2021 at 7:47 p.m.

Electric service was restored to New York and much of the rest of the Northeast on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were warned that the...

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