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Inside Politics
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for him to attend his approaching criminal trial over misuse of campaign finances and is asking for it to be delayed. Published December 22, 2011
Tuning in to TV
Think holiday traditions and mistletoe, eggnog and caroling come to mind. David Letterman's Christmas includes target practice at a giant meatball, the Lone Ranger and singer Darlene Love. Published December 22, 2011
American Scene
A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" rule on Wednesday when two female sailors became the first to share the coveted "first kiss" on the pier after one of them returned from 80 days at sea. Published December 21, 2011
EDITORIAL: Of God and Grinches
Along with the Christmas season comes the annual uprising of atheistic Grinches determined to spoil it. They might get some satisfaction out of wrecking a few nativity scenes, but their long-range goal of expunging religion from American society isn't going to happen: The search for God is innate. Published December 21, 2011
EDITORIAL: Gen. Washington’s Christmas Hail Mary
Long before there was Tim Tebow, there was George Washington. It is well documented that the act of Te-bowing (i.e., kneeling in prayer) was done by our nation's first president. Painter Arnold Friberg's "Prayer at Valley Forge" immortalized Gen. Washington in the snow-covered woods, bent down on one knee and praying for God's assistance. In the grim days of America's War for Independence, with weary soldiers up against long odds, the nation needed a come-from-behind fourth-quarter victory. Published December 21, 2011
EDITORIAL: Hatey holidays
The holiday season brings out the best in people: kindness, generosity and hope for the new year. Unfortunately, for a small but strident group of malcontents, it is the season to engage in public displays of anti-religious bigotry that borders on hate speech. Published December 21, 2011
American Scene
A Massachusetts man was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to help al Qaeda and plotting to kill U.S. troops in Iraq. Published December 20, 2011
EDITORIAL: Biden’s Taliban buddies
Vice President Joe Biden said the Taliban are not our enemy. If so, it makes one wonder what all the killing is about. Published December 20, 2011
Sports Briefs
Authorities are investigating a report that New York Giants linebacker Michael Boley physically abused his 5-year-old son in Gadsden, Ala., his hometown .Boley is in the third year of a five-year contract worth about $25 million. Published December 20, 2011
Sports Briefs
Free agent Nick Young signed a one-year contract to return to the Washington Wizards. Young's contract was announced Monday, a day before Washington's second and last exhibition game, at the Philadelphia 76ers. Published December 19, 2011
EDITORIAL: Navy blue goes green
The $1 trillion budget bill before Congress includes a provision that would resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, but don't expect its passage to open a flood of black gold and wash away Uncle Sam's infatuation with all things green. Even as the scientific validation of global-warming theory crumbles, adherents in Washington have dragooned the U.S. military into leading the charge toward renewable energy. Published December 19, 2011
EDITORIAL: The Pyongyang spring?
The death of North Korea's longtime ruler, Kim Jong-il, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to settle the conflict on the Korean Peninsula and bring North Korea into the community of nations. Published December 19, 2011
American Scene
Investigators said Monday that a woman in the small farming community of Emington fatally shot her three children and live-in boyfriend before killing herself. Published December 19, 2011
American Scene
A coalition of environmentalists and wild-horse activists is suing the government to block its implementation of a precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada. Published December 18, 2011
Economy Briefs
As the first signs of an economic recovery make the news, many of the nation's nonprofit organizations are digging in for another three to four years of financial distress, according to researchers who keep an eye on the charitable world. Published December 18, 2011
EDITORIAL: Pastor Yousef: Convert or die
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian cleric facing death for the crime of apostasy against an Islamic faith he never held, has been given a temporary stay of execution. Iran's top judge, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, instructed presiding Judge Ghazi Kashani to delay carrying out capital punishment for a year in order to give time for Mr. Nadarkhani to recant Christianity and become a Muslim. Published December 16, 2011
Inside Politics
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has little choice but to rely on momentum to carry him to victory in the Iowa caucuses. Published December 15, 2011
EDITORIAL: Victory in Iraq
A ceremony Thursday in Baghdad marked the final end of the Iraq war. The conflict lasted almost nine years, cost $800 billion, took about 4,500 American lives and wounded 32,000. In the end, it was a success. Published December 15, 2011
EDITORIAL: Smacking down TSA
Frequent travelers know better than anyone that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) needs serious reform. The agency spends $7.7 billion in taxpayer money every year, and it hasn't nabbed a single terrorist. Published December 15, 2011
Tuning in to TV
The Golden Globes admire broadcast network comedies but the respect is absent when it comes to drama. Published December 15, 2011