The Illinois governor's race of 2010 will be quite a toe-tapper. Blagojevich, Quinn, Giannoulias, Madigan, Daley, Hynes, Vallas. It's dancing with the stars, Illinois style.
TOYAKO, Japan---- Before focusing on global challenges, President Bush sought on Sunday to address Tokyo's concerns that progress in ending a nuclear standoff with North Korea has not helped settled the sensitive issue of Japanese citizens kidnapped by the North.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson on Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying, ''I'll be proud to call you a fellow American.''
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has revised its policy for recruits who must get waivers for past bad behavior, but officials stopped short of eliminating waiver requirements for petty crimes.
Aurora Austriaco is walking the precincts. Months ago, she started out in heels. "You always want to wear something nice," she told me the other day. She swiftly realized that "nice" wasn't going to work. Now, she's sporting nurse's shoes.
WASHINGTON President Bush on Thursday lifted trade sanctions against North Korea and moved to remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an axis of evil.






