ABy Kris Banks Daily Texan University of Texas at Austin USTIN, Texas (U-WIRE) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee shot down Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen's nomination to the 5th U.S. Circuit...

DBy Laura Beach The Chronicle Duke Unviversity URHAM, N.C. (U-WIRE) — With the U.S. Senate primaries looming ahead on Sept. 10, six underdog North Carolina Republican candidates are pressing onward...

LBy Robert Salonga Daily Bruin University of California at Los Angeles OS ANGELES (U-WIRE) - While California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon egged on President Bush to stick with him during...

PBy Joseph Hadfield The Daily Universe ROVO, Utah (U-WIRE) - As Congress resumes work Tuesday after the August recess, one hot topic proposed is a nationwide alert system to accelerate searches for abducted...

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Ken Pentel announced Tuesday he will no longer support his party's endorsed candidate, Ed McGaa, for U.S. Senate. "I like Ed and I had hoped that I could continue supporting...

SBy Justin Young The Daily Orange YRACUSE, N.Y. (U-WIRE) - With primaries rapidly approaching, former U.S. housing secretary Andrew Cuomo withdrew Tuesday from the race for governor of New York, a position...

Hubert "Buck" Humphrey IV, grandson of the late Vice President Hubert Humphrey, greeted members of the age group least likely to vote as they returned to classes Tuesday outside Willey Hall. The DFL-endorsed...

The cable talk show "Hardball with Chris Matthews" will kick off a year-long tour of college campuses later this month at Northrop Auditorium. The live question-and-answer discussion, scheduled for Sept....

ABy Libby George and Andrew Pritchard lthough Major League Baseball players will not strike this year, the Twins may strike out if they ask the state Legislature for stadium funding again. Gubernatorial...

WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) - Lawyers for President Bush have concluded he can launch an attack on Iraq without new approval from Congress, in part because they say that permission remains in force...