"American Wife," by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $26) ...more

November 23, 2008

This has been a hellish vacation for Larry and Diana Moyer of Beaver Dam, Wis. ...more

November 19, 2008

LAKEVILLE, Minn. - The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." ...more

October 10, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama outspent Republican John McCain by more than 3-1 on TV advertisements in Florida last week, with Tampa representing his second-busiest target market for ads nationally, a study shows. ...more

October 9, 2008

The House today defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the staggering financial industry. ...more

September 29, 2008

Sen. John McCain struck a sharply more critical tone about the proposed federal bailout of the financial sector on Monday, calling for greater oversight of how the Treasury secretary administers the program because "when we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, 'trust me' just isn't good enough." ...more

September 23, 2008

No. 1 Southern Cal def. Ohio State 35-3 No. 2 Georgia def. South Carolina 14-7 ...more

September 14, 2008

A Florida soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Hood, the third soldier to die at the Army post in two weeks. ...more

August 16, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former Nature Coast Technical Shark Billy Hughes, an all-conference punter at Lakeland College in Sheboygan Wis., has a chance to become the starting quarterback. ...more

August 14, 2008

Dear Abby: I work for a major lending company and have cleaned out foreclosed homes. Too many times, I find animals who have died from exposure or starved to death. ...more

August 10, 2008