More than 35,000 fugitives across the United States were arrested in June as part of an annual sweep that teams the U.S. Marshals Service with local law enforcement in a summer push to clean up the streets, U.S
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Americans beaten, shot to death in Mexico
A multiagency search is under way for the killers of two U.S.
How Sarah Palin Mastered Politics
They called themselves the elite six — and the name was meant to be ironic. This was Wasilla, Alaska, 30 miles north of Anchorage, in the early 1990s — when the sagging economy meant, as a local recalls, “everyone had dust on their ass.” There was nothing élite about this little town on the stretch of highway along the railroad.
Towns Create Local Currencies
With local economies flailing, communities across the U.S.
Why Obama’s Afghan War is Different
So far, so good in the first major offensive of President Barack Obama’s war in Afghanistan. For the past four days, 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan soldiers have been fighting their way into the southern reaches of Afghanistan’s Helmand River Valley, hoping to clear out insurgents there
Marines targeting Taliban in Afghan push
U.S. Marines on Friday continued to lead a major push against militants in southern Afghanistan in an attempt to rout the Taliban from their stronghold in Helmand province, Marine Capt. William Pelletier said
Why Marriage Matters
Around the time of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, I turned to my father at the dinner table one night and said, “It’s amazing, Dad — 50 years, and you never once had an affair. How do you account for that?” He replied simply, “I can’t drive.” Watching the governor of South Carolina cry like a little girl because his sexy e-mails got forwarded to his local newspaper, the State, made me wonder whether the real secret to a lasting marriage lies in limiting your means of escape
Harrington learns from Happy Gilmore
A number of filmmakers have looked to golf for inspiration for their movies — but it is not often a professional golfer does the reverse. Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has broken the mould after experimenting with a devastating ice-hockey swing as used in the cult U.S
Bismarck: The Town the Recession Missed
It’s tough to find a foreclosure sign in Bismarck, N.D. Banners announcing “Now Hiring” are much more common
Australia gang war rages over drugs, money and power
Australia’s reputation as the happy, go lucky country was turned on it’s head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone. Melbourne’s “underbelly” of organized crime suddenly became very public. Men hungry for easy money, power and control of the state’s lucrative illegal amphetamines trade were prepared to do whatever it took to be the boss of the underworld.