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The chief justice of the United States, William Rehnquist, has died after 33 years on the U.S. Supreme Court.9.3

President Bush's decision to put thousands of active-duty soldiers and Marines on Hurricane Katrina relief duty adds a new dimension to the enormous strain on the military ...5.6

Possible replacements include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and federal courts of appeals judges J. Michael Luttig, Edith Clement, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Michael ...5.6

North Korea still wants to develop a nuclear power program, to which the U.S. Congress objects, said Jim Leach, a Republican and chairman of the congressional Subcommittee ...3.1

President Bush's margin last year over Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, 2.4 percentage points, was the smallest of any victorious presidential incumbent in history.2.7

RICHMOND - An already heated race for governor shifts into a new gear this week, with three candidates primed for the traditional Labor Day start of the fall campaign.2.7

NASHVILLE - Knoxville's Rep. Bill Dunn, who earlier backed away from seeking election as House Republican leader, has changed his mind and now appears positioned to win the ...2.7

A federal appeals court in Atlanta has ruled that jailers in Habersham County in northeast Georgia violated the Constitution when they conducted blanket strip-searches of ...3.1

Capt. Ken Hall, chief of Laughlin Air Force Base public affairs office, departed at 2 a.m. today for a possible four-month deployment at the heavily damaged Keesler Air ...2.7

If young people can't make a difference, no one ever told Shawn McCoy. Five months ago, two of McCoy's friends contacted him about an organization called Students for Saving ...2.7

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nicole Hernandez arrived at Syracuse University recently for freshman orientation, but she already knew the place well.2.9

Elizabeth City businesses have mobilized their resources to organize an evening of free food, drinks and music to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.2.7

The American Reporter Vol. 11, No. 2,716W - September 4, 2005 Vol. 11, No. 2,716W - The American Reporter - September 4, 2005 Campaign Trail by Joe Shea American Reporter ...2.7

Japan votes next Sunday in an election called as a referendum on privatizing the massive post office but which both main contenders are billing as a historic choice on the ...2.9

Don't tell Michael Ott he's too young to serve on City Council. The 27-year-old Elizabeth City State University senior is an avid watcher of city government, and believes he ...2.7

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The only lights Saturday night on Bourbon Street were the flashing blues of police vehicles on patrol, the headlights of rumbling military trucks and an occasional ...3.2

Farmers near the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina are dumping their milk because they've run out of room to store it, even as thousands of people go hungry in the New ...2.7

With more than 220,000 hurricane refugees camped out in Texas and more coming, Gov.3.1

Tory activists are ready to defy party chiefs and bring the election of their party leader to a halt, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.2.7

Officials closed a shelter Saturday because more than 20 people there fell ill, and doctors believe the patients may have contracted dysentery from tainted water.2.7

THERE could not have been more of a contrast on the campaign trail last week. Hosni Mubarak, who after four terms is facing his first multi-candidate presidential election, ...2.7

Angela Merkel is a genius who gets mistaken for a village idiot. Unless she suffers some completely unexpected disaster, she will in two weeks' time become the most powerful ...2.7

Today is Sunday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2005. There are 118 days left in the year.3.1

Protesters said they were asking Venezuelan prosecutors to get involved. Marchers held signs with images of Robertson, including one calling him an "enemy of Venezuela." The ...4

FRENCH president Jacques Chirac was being treated in hospital last night after a "small vascular incident" affecting his eye, his prime minister said.2.7

Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh will appear in Danny Boyle's new sci-fi thriller "Sunshine," a magazine reports.2.7

The last 300 refugees in the Superdome climbed aboard buses Saturday bound for new temporary shelter, leaving behind a darkened and stinking arena strewn with trash.4.8

Kentucky Soldier Dies In Iraq Posted: 9/3/2005 2:53:00 PM Updated: 9/3/2005 6:07:48 PM Specialist Jason Ames, 21, died on Wednesday, just weeks before he was to come home.2.7

He was a libertine and intellectual, a seducer, spy and seminarian, an adventurer and fugitive from justice.2.7

The man with the gavel, Arlen Specter, 75, of Pennsylvania, Republican chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, is, depending on who's talking, a contradiction, a ...5.2

"In the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other large-scale emergency, the Department of Homeland Security will assume primary responsibility on March 1st for ...2.7

With his Proposition 76 spending control plan trailing badly in the polls, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning voters he might be forced to reverse his stance and raise ...2.7

Kazi Anwarul Masud The Iraqi draft constitution, to be placed for referendum in mid-October over the rejection by the minority Sunni Arabs, raises some troubling questions.2.7

Enjoying a cold beer is getting a little easier in Pennsylvania this holiday weekend, but only a little.4.2

Elton John played the piano and delighted hundreds of thousands of fans with old hits such as "Daniel" at a concert outside the Colosseum on Saturday night.2.7