 07/06/10 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Americans pick two politicians as their best heads of state since 1969, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 32 per cent of respondents think Ronald Reagan has been the best recent president, while 30 per cent select Bill Clinton.
 07/06/10 More than 200 people gathered in Cook Park on a breezy and humidafternoon Monday to stage the county's first Tea Party rally, an event that featured a campaign stop by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. "It's time to turn the State of Illinois around, isn't it?" Brady said.
 07/05/10 WASHINGTON -- As she begins her general election race for South Carolina's top statehouse job, Republican Nikki Haley is part of a group of candidates this year who are simultaneously pursuing another goal: to be their state's first female governor.
 06/30/10 Senators get another crack Wednesday at figuring out how Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would approach difficult legal controversies that could arrive at her doorstep at the nation's highest court. But if the past two days are a guide, Kagan will maintain her composure. read more
 06/29/10 Disgraced surgeon Jayant Patel has been transferred to Brisbane's Arthur Gorrie remand centre to await his manslaughter sentence tomorrow.
 06/29/10 AFTER five drawn-out years of legal hearings, Jayant Patel spent his first night behind bars as a convicted killer, facing up to 10 years in jail.
06/29/10 Elena Kagan's treatment of military recruiters at Harvard Law School took center stage Tuesday on her second day of confirmation hearings to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. In tones at times emotional and steely, Kagan defended her record as a Harvard dean, even when challenged by Sen. Jeff...
 06/29/10 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan dueled with Republican critics Tuesday on everything from gun rights to her policies on military recruiting while dean of Harvard Law School.
06/29/10 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan dueled with Republican critics Tuesday on everything from gun rights to her policies on military recruiting while dean of Harvard Law School. read more
06/29/10 Senators will get another crack Wednesday at figuring out how Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will approach difficult legal controversies that could arrive at her doorstep at the nation's highest court. But if the past two days are a guide, Kagan will maintain her composure.
 06/29/10 EAST LIVERPOOL - Nine East Liverpool High School graduates, ranging from the classes of 1938 through 1994, will be honored as ELHSAA "Distinguished Alumni" at evening ceremonies to be held Saturday at the Clock Tower.
 06/20/10 The following local students graduated from Reading Area Community College. Honors are indicated as follows: ***with highest honors; **with high honors; *with honors:
 06/20/10 North Carolina primary election runoffs usually lack the vigor of the first primary as voters draw their attention to summer breaks rather than ballots.
 06/20/10 It was a picture perfect Sunday afternoon, ideal for test-driving the Testa Roadster.
 06/20/10 ST. JOSEPH - When Johnny Mayo visited the Vietnam Memorial Wall in 2000, his companion dog, Buck, was with him.
 06/12/10 Cheers Abby Sunderland, a 16-year-old American teen who attempted to sail around the world on her own, has been found a day after she had gone missing in the Indian Ocean, reported the BBC June 11. Sunderland sent distress signals after her yacht was pounded by huge waves nearly 2,000 miles off the south African coast and midway to her destination in Australia. Her father said Sunderland would ...
 06/12/10 A lot of attention this week was focused on female candidates finishing first in Senate and gubernatorial primaries in California, Arkansas, Nevada and South Carolina.
 06/12/10 By TREVOR ANDERSON trevor.anderson@shj.com U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett's gubernatorial campaign made a stop Friday in Spartanburg at the west-side Marble Slab Creamery.
 06/12/10 Kay Bailey Hutchison was this year's canary in the coal mine of American politics. The longtime Texas senator's overwhelming rejection in her state's March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary was the first sign from...
 05/14/10 A New York-based tissue and paper towel manufacturer announced Friday it was investing $1 billion and adding 1,000 jobs to South Carolina over the next 10 years. | 
