Just asking: If the decision to announce Saddam Hussein's verdict and sentence was really made solely by the five-judge tribunal that heard his case, why is it that the announcement was made before the judges' written explanation for their verdict was even ready?
Palin: A "maverick" move or a nod to the GOP base?She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative.
Liquoring up the Democrats
American revolutionaryIn Denver this week the Democratic nominee laid out a feisty, populist message and pulled his party together.
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