Two sons, brothers lost in Iraq, two views of war that took them
Last in a series COLUMBUS, Ohio - The vases of flowers on the dining room table are many days past their prime, the pink roses now hanging their heads. But...
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Families take stock of their lives as economy struggles to recover
Third in a series MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Douglas Konecny loved everything about manufacturing. He loved the roar of the machines and the hum of the factory walls. The vibrations. The...
Attitudes toward guns predict places in a divided electorate
Second in a series MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Sunday mornings, there is God. Sunday afternoons, guns. After sitting in the pews of their Lutheran church, the Montest family will load...
Same-sex marriage is new front in culture wars
First in a series ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Vicki Gordy, a young grandmother and self-described "rascal" who wears purple eye shadow, a gold ankle bracelet and a necklace spelling out...
Poles apart
WASHINGTON - One thing seems certain about the outcome of the presidential race: On Nov. 3, the day after Election Day, close to half of the voting public will wake...
Bush weighs release of abuse photos
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration faces a difficult decision about whether to publicly release hundreds of images of Iraqi prisoners being abused and sexually humiliated at the Abu Ghraib prison....
Bush calls for amendment to bar gay marriage
WASHINGTON - President Bush called yesterday for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, pushing an explosive cultural issue to the forefront of the 2004 presidential campaign. In a...
For candidate Dean, doctor is always in
WASHINGTON - There is no forgetting that Howard Dean once wore a white lab coat. Just as he did as governor of Vermont for 11 years, the Democratic presidential candidate...
With endorsement of union, Dean moves to mainstream
WASHINGTON - Howard Dean may have started his presidential campaign as an angry insurgent, an outsider from tiny Vermont with few resources beyond an anti-war message and a willingness to...
Iraq puts Cheney in harsh spotlight
WASHINGTON - Walking through the Capitol last week, Dick Cheney marched past the assembled journalists who hoped to question him, brushing them off in his inflection-less voice with a curt,...