Home field disadvantage: Romney’s winning map excludes Massachusetts
Beryl threatens rain, winds along Southeast U.S. coast
GOLDBERG: Big business gets the Hollywood treatment
Egypt’s top candidates try to broaden support
Shock over arrest in N.Y. boy’s ‘79 disappearance
Astronauts enter world’s 1st private supply ship
EDITORIAL: Maintain peace by staying strong
Obama camp hits Romney over class size
TURNER: ‘Welcome home’ Vietnam veterans
Key figure in lavish Vegas junket leaves GSA
BOOK REVIEW: ‘When I Left Home’
In campaign twist, Romney camp plays Clinton card against Obama
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- SINATRA: Why Rolling Thunder?
- Number of high-school students with jobs hits 20-year low
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Question of the Day
Do you fear that Egypt will become more fundamentalist after the elections are over?
Partners
Home field disadvantage: Romney’s winning map excludes Massachusetts
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
If Mitt Romney wins the White House this fall, he in all likelihood will do so while beating some very long historical odds.
Obama honors veterans of the Vietnam War
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Beginning a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, President Obama on Saturday called on Americans to thank veterans of that war during this weekend’s Memorial Day observances.
Syrian government denies being behind attack that killed 90
By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on “hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen” who also attacked soldiers in the area.
Nationals slide Chien-Ming Wang into rotation; Ross Detwiler to work in relief
By Amanda Comak - The Washington Times
The Washington Nationals used Chien-Ming Wang in relief for the first time Friday, summoning him with one out in the fifth when manager Davey Johnson felt it was time to pull the plug on Ross Detwiler’s night.
Sports
Nationals making Braves another example of their NL East dominance
Flower power: Donated roses honor freedom's heroes at Arlington Cemetery
By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times
On Memorial Day, more than 100 local volunteers will hand out 50,000 Ecuadorean roses and 1,000 red, white and blue flower bouquets at four Arlington National Cemetery locations, including Section 60, one of the burial areas for soldiers killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Obama camp hits Romney over class size
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
The Obama campaign blasted presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney Friday for his comments on a visit to an inner-city school that smaller class sizes are not a guarantee of a good education.
- Home field disadvantage: Romney’s winning map excludes Massachusetts TWT
- Giuliani: Obama’s experience was ‘theoretical’ TWT
- Obama honors veterans of the Vietnam War TWT
- Senate wants patients to buy American meds TWT
- Key figure in lavish Vegas junket leaves GSA TWT
- In campaign twist, Romney camp plays Clinton card against Obama TWT
- Romney downplays value of small class size TWT
- Obama returns to Iowa to stump TWT
Beryl threatens rain, winds along Southeast U.S. coast
By Russ Bynum - Associated Press
Subtropical storm Beryl is churning ever closer to the Southeast U.S. coast, threatening Memorial Day beachgoers with dangerous surf and drenching rains from northeast Florida to the Carolinas.
- Shock over arrest in N.Y. boy’s ‘79 disappearance
- Pa. mother charged with killing her toddler twins
- Number of high-school students with jobs hits 20-year low TWT
- Maine churches raising money to fight gay marriage
- Sandusky charity to shut down, transfer programs
- P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
Egypt’s top candidates try to broaden support
By Maggie Michael - Associated Press
The two surviving candidates in Egypt’s presidential election appealed Saturday for support from voters who rejected them as polarizing extremists in the first round even as they faced a new challenge from the third runner-up who contested the preliminary results.
- Syrian government denies being behind attack that killed 90
- Gunman kills 2, wounds 7 in Finland, then arrested
- Astronauts enter world’s 1st private supply ship
- Ex-Israeli intel chief says peace talks are doomed TWT
- Azerbaijan’s tense ties with neighbor Iran cause concern
- Vatican in chaos after butler arrested for leaks
U.S. leaders console military families
By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday shared the story of the loss of his wife and daughter during a conference focused on helping military families grieve for their loved ones.
- Ex-Obama aide’s think tank hits defense budget TWT
- U.S. troops winning war against IEDs of Taliban TWT
- U.N. agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site
- AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot
- U.S. efforts on Web said frustrating to al Qaeda TWT
- ICE deports Bosnian-Serb police officer charged in genocide TWT
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
The Stories of Rolling Thunder
Nancy Regg, one of the volunteers of this great group, narrates the stories told by the troops of Rolling Thunder, and those that love them
Commentary
TURNER: 'Welcome home' Vietnam veterans
By Robert F. Turner
We need to remember the war the way it really happened
