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Question of foreign funding of U.S. elections unsettled
President Obama and other officials have disagreed about the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing corporations to spend money on campaigns. Experts say the jury’s out.
Reporting from Washington – [...]
Mix of Emotions Over 9/11 Trial Move
All the worrying about what a federal terrorism trial might mean to the city, or to New Yorkers themselves, is over.
So, too, is any meaningful debate on the social merits of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attack, and four other suspects in a civilian courtroom just [...]
Snow storm that covered South heads off to sea
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A winter storm that crossed in a nearly straight line dumping snow, sleet and ice this week from northern Texas to Washington was heading off the Atlantic coast early Sunday.
More than 5 inches of dry, fluffy snow was reported in Washington but it [...]
Miss Va. to Miss America
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation’s newest Miss America, emerging from a field of 53 contestants picked for their beauty, compassion and interview savvy.
Caressa Cameron, a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth [...]
US halts airlifts of Haiti patients
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent dispute over where seriously injured patients should be taken for treatment.
An American doctor treating victims in Port-au-Prince warned that at least 100 patients needed to [...]
