A time-tested rule of business is to under-promise and over-deliver, an approach politicians should use to manage expectations, too. ...more

May 22, 2008

France has had contacts with the leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas "for several months," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday. ...more

May 20, 2008

A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party's whip organization showed a two-to-one margin opposed to imposing a moratorium on earmarks. ...more

May 5, 2008

The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire. ...more

May 4, 2008

Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn't been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two Democratic House members sponsoring the legislation. ...more

April 15, 2008

Barack Obama is wearing a wristband in memory of a soldier killed in Iraq, given to him by a mother who said she wants the Democratic presidential candidate to keep others from dying. ...more

February 17, 2008

Duke's depth really took care of short-handed North Carolina, keeping the second-ranked Blue Devils alone atop the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...more

February 7, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was strongly supported by Hispanics and people seeking an experienced candidate, but Barack Obama was eating into her usual dominance of women and whites, in early national exit polls Tuesday. A coalition of black, young, white and higher-income voters were flocking to Obama. ...more

February 6, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Super Tuesday contests, aides said Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

The Florida Legislature's decision last spring to move the state's presidential primary to Jan. 29 has been wildly successful, in the opinions of almost everybody. ...more

January 20, 2008