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Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.
Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
Organizers of the Bakersfield Business Conference announce that Republican Strategist Karl Rove, Award-Winning Journalist Eleanor Clift, and Democratic Strategist Bob Beckel will address the Business Conference on October 9, 2010.
Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
We are worried, here in the newspaper business (motto: "What, YOU never make misstakes?"). We're hearing that you readers have lost your faith in us.
Fact or fiction: Thanksgiving is held on the final Thursday of November each year.
AUSTIN -- His voice has a drone-like quality, and he admits he's not the most television-friendly politician in Texas. Even his name is bland: Bill White.
AUSTIN, Texas - Barack Obama has erased his Republican predecessor's political inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the Democratic president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio -- With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- When Senator Lindsey Graham joined forces last month with Senator John Kerry on a compromise to the climate change legislation known as cap and trade, it was the last straw for the Charleston County Republican Party.
SPANISH FORK (AP) — The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.
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So about this flag thing, I must admit to joining the party late. By the time I'd wrapped my head around the news, any story I wrote would be a story about the story, and that's not what this story needs.
CLEVELAND — Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen.
Zarian show to host prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted the Manson clan and went on to be a best-selling author with “Helter Skelter,” is scheduled to appear live Thursday on “The Larry Zarian Show” to discuss his literary works.
FORT HOOD - Leaders of a task force, formed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to review weaknesses in Pentagon policies in the wake of a shooting that killed 13 and wounded dozens, were on the ground at Fort Hood on Tuesday.
If this was Golden Tate's last game at Notre Dame, the junior receiver again added his name to the record book. Tate, who may declare early for the NFL draft, tied Jeff Samardzija's school record for eight consecutive games with a touchdown catch at 8:56 of the first quarter on a five-yard catch. It was Tate's 11th consecutive game with at least one touchdown of any kind. ... Freshman Theo ...
Otto von Bismarck at one point called the prospect of Germany waging preventive war against other European powers "committing suicide out of fear of death."
WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of the only U.S. Navy pilot shot down in an aerial battle in the 1991 Gulf War.
Senate report says Al Qaeda leader was in Tora Bora when military leaders decided not to pursue him with force • Obama Faces Tough Task in Outlining Afghan Strategy • U.S. Tries New Tack Against Taliban
Report Prepared by Sen. John Kerry's Committee Says Qaeda Leader Was Most Vulnerable in December 2001
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