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  • Drug cartel-terrorist ties known in 2001

    A former director of the Drug Enforcement Administration warned federal officials shortly after the September 11 attacks that violent drug cartels from Mexico were teaming with Muslim gangs to fund terrorist organizations overseas.


  • Political assassination

    Nearly a half-century after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, that fateful November day in Dallas has produced numerous books and movies promoting or debunking conspiracy theories surrounding his death.


  • Bush adviser Rove resigns

    Karl Rove, credited with masterminding the rise of George W. Bush to the Texas governorship and then to the White House, announced yesterday that he will resign effective at the end of this month.


  • Border Patrol to build fencing

    The U.S. Border Patrol is asking for volunteers among its agents to help build fences on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Bush is withdrawing half the National Guard troops he sent there last year to build fences.


  • On second thought, let's think again

    LEWES, Del. -- It's tough out there for a Democratic presidential candidate, and it's getting tougher. It's all uphill on the high road to a world without George W. Bush, God, guns and American soldiers.


  • States urged to send border troops

    Governors in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas are being urged to use their legal authority under federal and state law to counteract President Bush"s order to pull half of the 6,000 National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border.


  • Governor likely to endorse Dixon

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected this morning to endorse acting Mayor Sheila Dixon for mayor, says Dixon campaign manager Martha McKenna.


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