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Tom DeLay resigns, fate of seat uncertain
April 14, 2006HOUSTON — In the face of spiraling corruption charges, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former House majority leader, announced April 3 he will resign his seat in Congress in May or June, thereby avoiding an uphill...
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Maryland lawmakers block school takeovers
April 14, 2006BALTIMORE — Defying Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s veto and Bush administration threats of a cutoff in federal funding, the Maryland General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to block a state takeover of 11 Baltimore public schools under...
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NATIONALCLIPS: Nationwide 2 million march for immigrant justice
April 14, 2006Immigrants and their supporters turned up the pressure on President Bush and Congress with a wave that swept through more than 120 cities, suburbs and towns coast to coast from April 7 to April 10, the...
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Two more deaths in West Virginia mines
April 14, 2006PITTSBURGH — While coal companies are tallying up their first-quarter profits, two more West Virginia families have an empty chair when they sit down for a meal. Robert Runyon, 48, died April 7 in a roof...
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Leaking like a sieve
April 14, 2006WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney’s role in leaking classified information to discredit critics of the Iraq war is pouring more fuel on demands that Congress censure and impeach both Cheney and President George W. Bush....
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