Vietnam War service lifts Kerry’s run
If Sen. John Kerry's surprising success so far in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination could be summed up in a single word, it might well be Vietnam. Though...
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There she was, Drew Barrymore, standing in the scrum of newspaper reporters and television videographers on Main Street in downtown Nashua, N.H. The actress, of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Riding...
Infected cow’s offspring in herd U.S. will destroy
As part of an ongoing effort to reassure American consumers and foreign trading partners, U.S. agriculture officials announced Monday that they would destroy an entire herd of calves on a...
Hangers-on look to resurrect town bought by company
Now there are 18 people, give or take a couple, just enough to create a crowd around the Formica-topped tables at Deanie's Pizza. That is all that's left of the...
Gaps dog U.S. efforts on security
Ralph Trussell is the Lone Ranger of Meigs County, the only officer left in the old red brick sheriff's office that's open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Among...
Climate allowed California’s government seat to cultivate a diverse and towering garden of trees, an idea more deeply rooted than `recall,’ the Tribune’s Tim Jones finds.
SHADY STUFF OK IN THIS CAPITAL Ulysses Grant was president when the planting began on a 40-acre plot surrounding California's still-under-construction state Capitol. That was 1870, when a war-torn nation...
Red ink colors state budgets
The California Legislature meets in special session Monday to tackle what many members view as an impossible task: finding a way to cut the state budget to close a deficit...
Ventura sideshow readies to depart the political midway
Gathering around the Thanksgiving turkey might be a poignant affair for political reporters and columnists in Minnesota because they know that in a few weeks their four-year feast, the cornucopia...
Eyes of world on New York
Commemorations of the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks unfolded in time zones around the globe Wednesday, but the eyes of the world focused on ground zero. Ringed...
With grief and resolve, U.S. pauses to remember
Commemorations of the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks unfolded in time zones around the globe Wednesday, but the eyes of the world focused on ground zero. Ringed...