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Front Page - 2011-09-01

Powell: Cheney takes 'cheap shots' in book

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday dismissed as "cheap shots" the criticism leveled at him and others in Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir. More »

6 years after Katrina, Lower 9th Ward still bleak

NEW ORLEANS - In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls hardly imaginable now. More »

Poll: Obama faces trouble with key voters

Whites and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Younger voters and liberals, too, but to a lesser extent. All are important Democratic constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 and whose support he'll need to keep it next year. More »

Rights group says Libyan troops used human shields

NEW YORK - Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other war crimes that they said they found. More »


Ex-DC school chief talks about achievement gap

EDGARTON, Mass. - When Michelle Rhee joined a panel of experts on Martha's Vineyard to discuss the achievement gap in public education, there was no doubt that she would be a lightning rod in the discussion. More »

The Carnival goes on despite Irene

Soaking rains failed to dampen the spirits of revelers who gathered by the thousands for this year's Caribbean Carnival in Grove Hall. More »

First black naval aviator honored in new film

Jesse LeRoy Brown dreamed of becoming a pilot his entire life. As a child, he would watch planes fly overhead, and told his family that he, too, would someday fly airplanes. More »