Gritz believes the POWs are being used as drug mules, and the government doesn’t want them returned alive, for fear they would expose the Octopus. [...] These associations naturally led to Shackley playing a role in the formation of the “Secret Team,”

A new U.S. Navy ship to be christened Saturday was built partly using steel from the 9/11 ruins of the World Trade Center.

A US attempt to shoot down a damaged spy satellite would probably be delayed because of poor weather, Pentagon officials say.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As voters headed to the polls Saturday, Louisiana's presidential primary election was of little consequence to the Republican nomination, but it was shaping up to be more meaningful for Democrats.

California election officials who have been forced by the state to replace their touch-screen voting machines with optical-scan machines due to security issues have been complaining to reporters that going back to paper ballots will mean long delays for election results -- possibly "hours or even days." In fact nearly every story I read that mentions the California primary quotes an official saying this.

The latest results from The Associated Press in states voting in presidential contests Tuesday.Races span half the country.ALABAMA:Barack Obama wins the Democratic primary in Alabama.Mike Huckabee wins the Republican primary in Alabama.

Onondaga County Legislator Bernie Kraft broke the League of Women Voters' "Fair Campaign Pledge," but not as much as opponent Don MacLaughlin said he did, league officials said in a report released Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — We’re on the West Coast for a few days, watching the primary rollout in this delegate-laden state for both Democrats and Republicans.In the few hours that we’ve been here, we’ve seen Caroline Kennedy wax poetic about Barack Obama in a TV ad (she was here just yesterday); a clip of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton touting this state’s “biggest primary ever” and announcements that Mitt Romney will drop into Long Beach, Calif.

John McCain is the winner of the Florida Republican Primary. He edged past Mitt Romney to gain campaign momentum for next week's string of elections in 21 states. McCain told reported it was "A very significant boost" and shows he is "the conservative leader who can unite the party.

Exit polls of Florida voters in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary are finding some strong numbers for John McCain from two key groups in the state — senior citizens and Hispanics.