McCain's veep choice is historic and hardly known
JUNEAU, Alaska - In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now -- making history -- to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Sarah Palin Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-08-29
Georgia men claim hairy, frozen corpse is Bigfoot
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Bigfoot or big fat lie? Whenever someone reports sighting the hairy beast of yore (details always fuzzy) or capturing the hirsute humanoid on film (images always grainy), it scares up a dubious debate of international proportions. Friday was just the latest episode in the Sasquatch show, as unreal as it may be.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-15
Ted Stevens indicted, longest-serving GOP senator
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor that lobbied him for government aid.
Nations:U.S. Pakistan Russia People:Arlen Specter John Warner Harry Reid Ted Stevens Source:(AP)
2008-07-29
New York Rep. Fossella faces calls for his resignation
Embattled and embarrassed by the confession he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, New York Rep. Vito Fossella is facing public calls for his resignation. Secluded with his family, he must decide if he wants to keep his job badly enough to grapple with the lingering questions and fallout from the scandal.
Nations:U.S. People:John Boehner Rudolph Giuliani Activities:2008 Fossella Affair Scandal
2008-05-10
Former follower: Sect leader wanted to sleep with teenagers
For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Texas Polygamy Case
2008-05-03
Many states appear to be in recession as deficits grow
The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a recession, regardless of whether that's true for the nation as a whole, a survey of all 50 state fiscal directors concludes.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2008-04-25
Scandal puts Spitzer's career in danger
Gov. Elliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal came just over a year since he stormed into the governor's office, vowing to root out corruption in New York government.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Spitzer Sex Scandal
2008-03-11
Obama wins in Wyoming, adds 7 delegates
Sen. Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, seizing a bit of momentum in the close, hard-fought race with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's presidential nomination.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-03-09
US soldier convicted of killing Iraqi
A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. War Atrocities in Iraq
2008-02-10
Clinton, Obama draw; McCain ahead
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced a protracted battle while John McCain took charge of the Republican race after the "Super Tuesday" presidential nominating contests in 24 U.S. states.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney Activities:US Election 2008
2008-02-06
Divided spoils in Democratic race
John McCain earned himself a super Wednesday, a day to savor coast-to-coast primary victories that ratified him as the Republican front-runner, while Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama dug in after a night of divided spoils in a Democratic presidential contest that could stretch to the spring.
Nations:U.S. People:Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney Barack Obama John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-02-06
Candidates making Super Tuesday push
Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.
Nations:U.S. People:Hillary Clinton Fred Thompson Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney Edward Kennedy Rush Limbaugh Activities:US Election 2008
2008-02-03
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