Two sons, brothers lost in Iraq, two views of war that took them
Last in a series COLUMBUS, Ohio - The vases of flowers on the dining room table are many days past their prime, the pink roses now hanging their heads. But...
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Families take stock of their lives as economy struggles to recover
Third in a series MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Douglas Konecny loved everything about manufacturing. He loved the roar of the machines and the hum of the factory walls. The vibrations. The...
Attitudes toward guns predict places in a divided electorate
Second in a series MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Sunday mornings, there is God. Sunday afternoons, guns. After sitting in the pews of their Lutheran church, the Montest family will load...
Poles apart
WASHINGTON - One thing seems certain about the outcome of the presidential race: On Nov. 3, the day after Election Day, close to half of the voting public will wake...
Same-sex marriage is new front in culture wars
First in a series ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Vicki Gordy, a young grandmother and self-described "rascal" who wears purple eye shadow, a gold ankle bracelet and a necklace spelling out...
Bush weighs release of abuse photos
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration faces a difficult decision about whether to publicly release hundreds of images of Iraqi prisoners being abused and sexually humiliated at the Abu Ghraib prison....
Bush calls for amendment to bar gay marriage
WASHINGTON - President Bush called yesterday for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, pushing an explosive cultural issue to the forefront of the 2004 presidential campaign. In a...
Columbia's legacy will be seen in space program, Cheney says
WASHINGTON - As a hazy sun lighted the National Cathedral's stained-glass windows, including one that depicts man's first mission to the moon, Vice President Dick Cheney told hundreds of mourning...
2 cases challenge beliefs on who may get anthrax
Federal health officials said yesterday that they are investigating the possibility of the anthrax threat spreading to homes, because of disturbing questions raised by infections in a New York hospital...
Hopkins doctor takes on bioterrorism
WASHINGTON - The Johns Hopkins doctor who decades ago led the worldwide effort to wipe out smallpox is wasting no time trying to inoculate the nation against a bioterrorist attack....