Holding on, letting go
The Vietnam War was a searing conflict that cost 58,000 American lives. Thirty years later, for many Americans the war still echoes in college classrooms, within families and in the...
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Some wounds of war have healed—many others won’t go away
At one end of the National Mall, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is walking into the Capitol for a vote, with students on the steps instantly recognizing him and calling out...
Franken says he won’t run in 2006
Minnesota apparently will not get another talk show host to run for statewide office--at least not next year. The brief but furious speculation over comedian Al Franken running for the...
Bush rejects imports of prescription drugs
The Bush administration dug in its heels Tuesday against importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries, questioning the cost savings and safety of such purchases. Confronting the growing...
Vote ordeal for Ohio begins, ends in the dark
The fate of Ohio's 20 electoral votes remained uncertain Wednesday morning as vote counting continued in the Cleveland area, the industrial region where the national election could ultimately be decided....
Vote ordeal for Ohio begins, ends in the dark
The fate of Ohio's 20 electoral votes remained uncertain Wednesday morning as vote counting continued in the Cleveland area, the industrial region where the national election could ultimately be decided....
Bush, Kerry bombard Ohio
Here's what puts the "battle" in the battleground of Ohio. First, the campaigns bomb people senseless from the air, hitting them for months with tens of thousands of mostly negative...
Economy hurting, but not sole issue
The fluorescent lights at the Video Castle will flicker out for the last time Friday night, ending the 16-year run for the family-owned movie rental store on Main Street and...
Feeling of safety blankets discussion
After sitting quietly through the presidential debate Thursday night, Mary O'Rourke heard what she had waited nearly 90 minutes for: assurance from President Bush in his closing statement that the...
Anguish over Iraq war resonates in Missouri
Carroll Meierer was all for getting rid of Saddam Hussein. "We had to do something," she said. But 18 months of war and more than 1,000 American fatalities later, the...