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• A low-voltage encounter for presidential rivals
And if you were not a student of history, or a political junkie, you probably had trouble with McCain’s abbreviated, telegraphic manner of speaking: He refers to long-ago events (President Reagan deploying Marines to Lebanon) and seems to assume ...
• Iraq pressured on future of U.S. troops
... the Iraqi government to approve the security deal," Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of staff at the Iranian armed forces, said in a statement. "Undoubtedly, the Iraqi leaders are careful of any mischief in this regard and won't allow Iraqi history ...
• After bailout, AIG sent executives to the spa
You have cost my constituents and the taxpayers of this country $85 billion and run into the ground one of the most respected insurance companies in the history of our country," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. "You were just gambling billions ...
• Divers reach 'Titanic of New England'
BOSTON - Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human ...
• McCain's last chance, or a chance to shine?
The answer to the first question, given his history, has to be yes. McCain is like that trick birthday candle: you keep blowing it out but it keeps springing back to life. I think I know the reason why this is so. There is something about what McCain ...