Flamboyant Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dies
Billie Sol Estes' name was synonymous with Texas-sized schemes, greed and corruption. The flamboyant swindler became one of the most notorious men in ...
Bush, Clinton speak on eve of library dedication
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush urged the nation to change its immigration and education systems to ensure a robust American economy in remarks Wednesday ...
Caro wins $10,000 history prize
Historian and author Robert Caro has won yet another award. Caro's latest Lyndon Johnson book, "The Passage of Power," has received the Mark Lynton ...
Fiction Pulitzer returns and Adam Johnson wins it
Adam Johnson's "The Orphan Master's Son," a labyrinthine story of a man's travails in North Korea, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, restoring ...
Adam Johnson wins fiction Pulitzer
Adam Johnson's "The Orphan Master's Son," a labyrinthine story of a man's travails in North Korea, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, restoring ...
Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
Born in the Deep South and caught up in the romance of journalism at an early age, George McArthur was not one to let social taboos or politics ...
Gun debate shows how a fiery minority can prevail
At first glance, it seems Republicans are verging on a blunder. With about 90 percent of Americans favoring universal background checks for gun ...
Paul: GOP faces 'daunting task' with black voters
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that Republicans face long odds in connecting with black voters and are often cast as unsympathetic to the ...
Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US
Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul ...
Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks
Polite yet firm, Senate Republicans told President Barack Obama on Thursday to tone down his political attacks and prod Democratic allies to support ...
Obama presses on with GOP charm offensive
Punctuated with the sounds of ringing phones and clinking china, President Barack Obama's new legislative diplomacy has Republicans wondering what ...
Caro wins National Book Critics Circle bio prize
Author Robert Caro is again the critics' choice. Caro's fourth Lyndon Baines Johnson book, "The Passage of Power," won the National Book Critics ...
Schenkkan, O'Brien win award honoring Sen. Kennedy
Dan O'Brien's "The Body of an American" and Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the ...
Robert Caro wins $50,000 history prize
Robert Caro has won yet another literary prize, this one worth $50,000. The New-York Historical Society announced Thursday that Caro had won its ...
Lawmakers probe shortfall in Job Corps program
House and Senate lawmakers are investigating a nearly $100 million shortfall at the federal Job Corps program that has prompted the Labor Department ...
LBJ and Lady Bird courtship love letters released
Days after the congressional aide met the University of Texas history and journalism graduate in Austin, he boldly proposed marriage. Claudia Alta ...
THE RESET: Obama hitting the road after big speech
President Barack Obama is hardly the first president to hit the road to emphasize themes sounded in his State of the Union address. Nearly all recent ...
Canada denies Randy Quaid's request to stay
Canadian immigration officials have denied U.S. actor Randy Quaid's request for permanent resident status in Canada. A Canadian government official ...
A memoir by Kerouac's agent, Sterling Lord
The legend of Sterling Lord dates back to 1952, when he was just getting started as a literary agent. Into his basement-level office on Park Avenue ...
Netflix shuffles the TV deck with 'House of Cards'
In Netflix's bid for a flagship original drama of its own — a "Sopranos" to its HBO — the subscription streaming service is presenting a high-class ...
Analysis: Optimistic Obama faces tough to-do list
It's a good thing President Barack Obama considers himself a congenital optimist. There are no easy "gets" as he scrolls through his second-term to-do ...
Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92
No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the ...
Caro, Katherine Boo nominated for critics prizes
Robert Caro, Katherine Boo and the late Anthony Shadid are among the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle prize. Boo already won the ...
Questions and answers about upcoming inauguration
With his wife and two daughters at his side, President Barack Obama will raise his right hand and place his left on two stacked Bibles as he takes the ...
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