ATTLEBORO - More wars, more veterans and a bad economy are adding up to an exploding need for veterans aid, city councilors said Tuesday.

CLATSKANIE - Major Michael Burghardt was on a mission Tuesday:Slip into Clatskanie and surprise his daughter, Holly, just beforeher varsity basketball game at the high school.

Democratic United States Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin visited local supporters and activists at the Boone County Historical Society on Friday night as part of her 99-county “Fight to Fix It” tour and pledged to offer a voice to Iowans if elected in November.

Colonel David J. Mollahan, president of Marion Military Institute, will be speaking at the American Legion Building on Highway 80 in Selma Thursday, February 11 at 6 p.m.

A trial in which AWB shareholders are seeking to recoup losses is unlikely to hear from ex-executives.

Hospitals treating British troops injured in battle could struggle to cope with a surge in casualties, a new report warns.

Abu Dhabi 10 February, 2010: Royal Jet - the international luxury executive flight services company based in Abu Dhabi and chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan - is proving to be the carrier of choice for businesses seeking safe and secure air transport to Iraq.

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To the Editor: In response to the letter submitted by Claude Mininger, I have a few comments. First, let me say that while I do not know Mr. Mininger personally, I have read a number of his letters in the past. I trust that his sentiments are heartfelt, and that he lives his life according to the beliefs he espouses. I certainly do not question his sincerity. But I disagree with many of his ...

Ben S. Bernanke, having survived a surprising challenge to his second term as Federal Reserve chairman, now faces the delicate task of beginning to pull the central bank out of its extraordinary effort to prop up the economy, Sewell Chan writes in The New York Times.