She was just a teenager walking briskly down the garden path when a few feet in from her something clunked on a flagstone, sending a small shower of sparks. She was to discover a few hours later that she was narrowly missed by a dagger-shaped piece of shrapnel. ...more

November 28, 2009

A suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of foreign troops exploded about 200 yards outside the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least four Afghan bystanders as people entered the compound for a Thanksgiving Day race. ...more

November 28, 2008

Tim Russert, a fixture in American homes on Sunday mornings and election nights since becoming moderator of "Meet the Press" nearly 17 years ago, died Friday of a heart attack after collapsing at the Washington bureau of NBC News. He was 58. ...more

June 14, 2008

It should not be difficult to understand the shock wave that reverberated through the Democratic universe when the Republicans gained complete control of the 105{+t}{+h} Congress (1995-97). Republicans remained in majority until the end of the Clinton presidency. (But they never had a bullet proof majority in the Senate.) ...more

February 16, 2008

TAMPA - It was to be America's answer to the Soviets - and proof that we could counter their hardest punch. ...more

September 30, 2007