Five things to watch in South Dakota
June 3, 2008
This final contest stands out for what’s missing: A foregone conclusion. See also: Five things to watch in Montana
Cheney’s WVa joke crashes & burns
June 3, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney threw a verbal insult at West Virginians on Monday, but quickly apologized.
Talking about his family roots and how he’s distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the vice president noted that he had Cheneys on both sides of his family.
“And we don’t even live in West Virginia,” Cheney quipped.
Kennedy recovering from brain surgery
June 3, 2008
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday at Duke University Medical Center, a day after undergoing risky surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his brain tumor and give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work.
The 76-year-old senator was expected to stay at the North Carolina facility for about a week before returning home to Massachusetts for further treatment.
Is the end finally in sight?
June 3, 2008
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhaustive Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure shot but became one of long odds.
And although Tuesday’s primary-season ending contests in South Dakota and Montana won’t decide the Democratic nomination, the closing of the polls could open the floodgates to dozens of superdelegates — members of Congress and other party leaders — long anxious to throw their support to Obama.
That could decide the nomination in a matter of days.
So many pardons, so little time
June 3, 2008
President Bush has not been shy about exercising the powers of the presidency, even claiming some that don’t exist, but there is one presidential prerogative of which he has been unusually chary — the power to pardon.
McCain Sharpens His Foreign Policy Attacks on Obama
June 3, 2008
Senator John McCain said that Senator Barack Obama’s policies toward Iraq and Iran would create chaos and endanger the United States and Israel.
Cheney Discloses His Lighter Side
June 3, 2008
There were signs that Vice President Dick Cheney is contemplating life after the White House in his talk Monday at the National Press Club in Washington.
Mars Lander Is Poised to Begin Digging for Ice
June 3, 2008
The scoop at the end of Phoenix’s 7.7-foot-long robotic arm will look for ice and hints of past liquid water on Mars.
Justices Narrow Money-Laundering Law
June 3, 2008
The Supreme Court narrowed the application of the federal money-laundering statute, ruling for criminal defendants in two cases.
National Briefing | South: Florida: Phys Ed Is Mandated
June 3, 2008
Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill requiring the state’s elementary schools to provide 30 minutes of continuous exercise daily for their students.