Politics Nov 07 Democrat Brown Unseats Incumbent DeWine in Ohio In the closely watched Ohio Senate race, Democratic challenger Rep. Sherrod Brown defeated two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine.
Politics Nov 07 Menendez Keeps New Jersey Senate Seat Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey kept his seat Tuesday in a race intensely watched to determine which party will control the Senate.
Politics Nov 07 Whitehouse Ousts Chafee for Rhode Island Senate Sheldon Whitehouse, the former state attorney general of Rhode Island, unseated Lincoln Chafee Tuesday in what became an extremely tight Senate race.
Politics Nov 07 Democrats Pick Up Pennsylvania Senate Seat Held by Rick Santorum Democrat Bob Casey Jr., son of a popular former governor, defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a much-watched race that had much to do with Santorum's staunch support of President Bush.
Politics Nov 06 Shiites, Kurds Celebrate Saddam Death Sentence; Sunnis Protest Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity Sunday and sentenced to hang for the 1982 killings of 148 people in a Shiite town, prompting thousands to spill into the streets in either jubilation or protest.
World Nov 03 Sudanese President Refuses to Allow U.N. Peacekeeping Troops Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday reaffirmed his refusal to allow U.N. peacekeeping troops in the Darfur region of the country.
Politics Nov 02 Once a Republican Target, Ohio’s 6th District Still Leans Democratic Early on, the National Republican Congressional Committee considered Ohio's 6th District its best chance to pick up a Democratic House seat, but with less than a week to go, the GOP is focusing its resources on other embattled Ohio incumbents.
Nation Nov 01 Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Six in Gaza Strip Israeli troops killed six Palestinian militants in Gaza Wednesday in what the army and witnesses called the largest military offensive since Israel re-entered the territory in June.
Politics Oct 31 North Korea Reportedly Agrees to Resume Six-way Nuclear Talks North Korea agreed Tuesday to restart six-nation negotiations over its nuclear program nearly a year after it called off the talks and conducted an underground test of a nuclear weapon, according to a U.S. official.
Politics Oct 31 Connecticut House Candidates Ratchet Up in Final Days The final weeks of the House race in Connecticut's 4th District have seen an increase in partisan vitriol but only a slight shift in polling numbers.