Little town now defined by Flight 93
Eight small American flags form a ragged semicircle around Mayor Ernest Stull's front porch, and a large one flies from a 20-foot flagpole in his front yard. Seven tiny flags...
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Ridge discusses security concerns
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Wednesday that the nation's defense against terrorism is a work in progress that will require better communication among law-enforcement agencies and local governments. The...
Shoppers’ attention elsewhere
For consumers and Wall Street traders alike, Kmart Corp.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Tuesday sparked a search for bargains. Although Kmart shares dived sharply in New York Stock Exchange...
Reluctant cops stall queries of Arabs
Nearly two weeks after Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft announced plans to interview 5,000 men of Middle Eastern descent in the U.S. on temporary visas as part of a broad and...
Taliban waves white flag
The besieged Taliban militia agreed Thursday to surrender its last bastion of Kandahar, but the deal was shrouded in uncertainty over the fate and the whereabouts of the regime's spiritual...
Rebel fighters enter Kabul
Leaders of the rebel Northern Alliance prepared to enter Kabul early Tuesday, hours after the ruling Taliban government apparently deserted the Afghanistan capital. According to witnesses, a rebel advance force...
Wealth, media savvy help cinch win
For a city in crisis, it was an extraordinary choice: a billionaire and political novice over a career Democrat in a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1....
Local elections getting lost in wake of attacks
The last time voters in this old Ohio River city went to the polls, two jetliners plowed into New York's World Trade Center towers. All of a sudden the furious...
U.S. inserts troops to aid rebels
Frustrated by balky communication with opposition forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Tuesday that it has inserted small numbers of ground troops to coordinate air strikes and open lines of...
U.S. inserts troops to aid rebels
Frustrated by balky communication with opposition forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Tuesday that it has inserted small numbers of ground troops to coordinate air strikes and open lines of...