A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Rebuilding the House?
Early on Nov. 8, long after one presidential candidate has gone to bed a winner, Dennis Hastert and Richard Gephardt may still be wondering which of them will wield the Speaker's gavel.
Photo finish?
Money is important in the presidential contest-but in a race down to the wire, campaign operatives are counting waking hours rather than dollars and cents
Managing to hang on
House impeachment "managers" who took on Clinton are surviving the campaign to oust them at the ballot box
Make up my mind for me
Risk-averse legislatures increasingly are leaving controversial issues to a vote of the people.
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Culture
Looking for a few good ninjas
All is not well in America's military, as nearly every soldier, sailor, or airman will tell you. The problem is not just funding-the bad pay, the lack of spare parts, the outdated equipment-though...
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Video Rentals
1 Rules of engagement $7.76 million 1 week in release $7.76 million to dat...
Dispatches
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The Buzz
Violence continues in Israel as Palestinian leaders shun negotiations Middle East street brawl At a Madrid peace summit in 1991, then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir warned that any pe...
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No Comment Zone
PBS, which prides itself on carrying high-minded programming, is now jumping on the reality TV bandwagon. It grabbed a show called American High that originally ran on the Fox network but was canc...
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QuickTakes
The federal government posted a record surplus for the budget year that ended in September, collecting $237 billion more from taxpayers than it needed to pay its expenses. It is the third straight...