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Fiscal issues draw ballot attention
The hot social questions of 2008 are taking a back seat to fiscal matters on this November’s ballot.
Soldiers with brain trauma denied Purple Hearts
The U.S. Army honors soldiers wounded or killed in combat with the Purple Heart, a powerful symbol designed to recognize their sacrifice and service. Yet Army commanders have routinely denied Purple Hearts to soldiers who have sustained concussions in Iraq, despite regulations that make such wounds eligible for the medal, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica has found.
Feds quietly halt student deportations
Amid a tightening circle of immigration enforcement by the federal government, officials are quietly halting deportations of some student activists organizing in favor of the federal DREAM Act.
In her own words
Hospital pharmacist Sue Crump talks about contracting pancreatic cancer which she attributes to handling chemotherapy drugs at work.
Lifesaving drugs, deadly consequences
Sue Crump braced as the chemo drugs dripped into her body. She knew treatment would be rough. She'd seen its signature countless times in the ravaged bodies and hopeful faces of cancer patients in hospitals where she had spent 23 years mixing chemo.
Are state lands in good hands?
Western land rush stokes feeding frenzy of special interests — and promises of big money.
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