Rain Cripples New York City Transit

By VERENA DOBNIK and DAVID CARUSO NEW YORK – A torrential downpour sent water surging through New York’s subway system and highway tunnels and across airport runways Wednesday, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and one big question: How could 3 inches of rain bring the nation’s largest mass transit system to a halt.   The […]

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When in doubt, blame Washington

Obama turns to his favorite weapons When in doubt, blame Washington August 8, 2007 BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist The debate over who has the best foreign policy judgment continued Tuesday, with Barack Obama taking punches from Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and Chris Dodd. But Obama, playing an unfamiliar defense game with home field […]

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Obama Struggles to Keep Up

CHICAGO SUN TIMES Democratic rivals accused Hillary Clinton of being too cozy with lobbyists and Wall Street Tuesday, but the party’s presidential front-runner portrayed herself as a champion of working people and commonsense policies, drawing cheers from a crowd of union activists. Barack Obama, running second to Clinton in most polls, leveled some of the […]

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