05/10/2008
Clinton continues to fight as superdelegates flock to Obama
Barack Obama caught up to his rival Friday in the scramble for superdelegates, a major symbolic blow to Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim that she can still win the Democratic presidential nomination. But the 13 Texans already in her camp held firm.
05/09/2008
Wedding excitement builds near Bush ranch
While man residents of Crawford share a genuine hope for the future happiness of presidential daughter Jenna Bush, who’s being married tonight, many love the idea that, for them, it signifies an ending.
05/05/2008
Fed chariman urges more action on home foreclosures
A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew Monday as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.
05/02/2008
President Bush touts planned library at SMU
President Bush on Friday touted his planned presidential library at SMU as a forum to promote freedom, brushing aside critics who say it will operate as a partisan venue.
04/29/2008
Bush, lawmakers look for ways to ease gas prices
Rising gas and food prices are putting pressure on President Bush and the Democratic Congress to address consumers' anguish, forcing the two parties to grapple with policies that have divided them for decades.
Army recruits who get in despite bad conduct promoted faster
Soldiers who need special waivers to get into the Army because of bad behavior go AWOL more often and face more courts-martial. But they also get promoted faster and re-enlist at a higher rate, according to an internal military study obtained by The Associated Press.
Senate confirms Becky Gregory as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Texas
A longtime federal prosecutor and former Dallas County district court judge was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate Tuesday to become the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
Bush: U.S. oil stockpile purchases don't affect prices
Some Democratic lawmakers have championed the issue, and a Texas Republican, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, joined the cause Tuesday, sending a letter to Mr. Bush urging him to stop buying oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a set of underground salt domes along the Gulf Coast.
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