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The third book of Rick Atkinson's World War II trilogy tells the stories of the generals and the GIs in the Allied armies' final sweep across Western Europe.

Daughters of Charity, a nursing order, tended to men wounded at Battle of Gettysburg.

The state took control of the district yesterday because of fiscal woes. Turner has a long resume of school work, including in the fiscal distress unit of the state department.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is on a working visit to the U.S., awarded St.

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

On March 8, the Supreme Court suspended the license of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson for nonpayment of dues.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu recently visited Diyarbakir, the most important Kurdish city in Turkey's troubled Southeast.

The sudden deluge of scandal which dominates the discussion around President Obama's administration at the moment has handed a golden opportunity to Republicans.

Rochester Secondary College students visited the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne last week and came back with greater knowledge about how the Jewish people suffered while Hitler was in power in Nazi Germany.

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The theme of presidential leadership is a venerated one in America, the subject of many biographies and an enduring mythology about great figures rising to the occasion.

All right. everyone take a deep breath. Now exhale. The rush of Obama "scandals" in recent weeks has been, well, breathtaking, and so has the rush to extrapolate, to discern a larger pattern of failure and incompetence in the Obama Administration--indeed, to make a cosmic argument about the inability of government to "organize a two-car funeral," ... (more)

Three members of a prominent Rubidoux-area family, including a World War I veteran, will have their names placed on the Veterans Memorial Wall in a ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

It's hardly the first time a White House and the Internal Revenue Service have been targets for claims of political meddling and bias.

A PIECE of Bromsgrove history which became the talk of the town when it completely disappeared has been savalged in a bid to preserve it for future generations to see, The Standard can reveal.

United States Army soldier Henry L. Johnson , also known as "Black Death," earned his fearsome nickname in France during World War I . After being ambushed by German forces and taken captive, Johnson freed himself and other soldiers using just a rifle and a knife.

Every president picks predecessors as role models. For Ronald Reagan, it was Calvin Coolidge.

Yesterday I wrote about how obstructionist Republican tactics are hollowing out our government , hobbling its agencies, and diminishing its responsiveness to the needs and concerns of ordinary Americans.

A sex-filled romp about Hillary Clinton's life as a twenty-something nerd is apparently well on its way to fruition.

Wanna really impress your friends and relatives? For $50,000, you could be the proud owner of Air Force One.