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The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job.
Denver police talk to protesters ahead of DNC
Despite allegations of stonewalling and secrecy surrounding their security plans for the streets during the Democratic National Convention, police have quietly been meeting with groups planning protests, including an anti-Iraq war group whose leaders' commitment to nonviolence has been questioned.
Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
Could Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton soon become Wisconsin's first woman governor, and the first governor from this area since John Reynolds held the office in the early 1960s?
Melanie Scarborough: Pelosi & Co. enabled Bush’s failures
H ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently pronounced George W. Bush a “total failure,” which is like Jesse Jackson criticizing someone for not controlling his tongue. While it is true that the majority of the American people have lost confidence in Bush (his approval rating has fallen to 29 percent), their opinion of Pelosi and her ilk is even worse. Congress now has the lowest approval rating ever recorded: nine percent.
FBI: No credible terrorist threat ahead of DNC
Jim Davis, Denver's FBI special agent in charge, is no stranger to heavy involvement behind the scenes.
Denver announces road closures for DNC
Road closures that Denver announced for the first three days of the Democratic National Convention will keep most of downtown open during morning rush hour, though part of one thoroughfare will remain closed during the evening rush.
Keys divers immersed in campaigns, music
Divers dressed as presidential candidates displayed campaign placards and waved American flags underwater Saturday in the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Officer considering murder charge for Marine
The officer considering whether a Marine sergeant accused of shooting an unarmed Iraqi captive should face court-martial said Friday it will be a struggle to determine whether the killing amounted to murder amid the "kinetic environment" of war.
Court tosses White House appeal on visitor logs
A federal appeals court on Friday set back the White House's efforts to keep the names of its visitors secret. More U.S. Secret Service Stories
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