Calvin Woodward The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is holding firm on its Iraq strategy in the face of yet another effort to curb the mission, proposed this time by moderate Republicans the Bush administration can not afford to lose. President Bush’s national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, said Sunday the administration’s “very orderly [...]

Investigation of fatal train crash continues as man remains in hospital HUNTINGTON TWP. — The condition is improving for the sole survivor of a car-train crash Saturday that killed 18-year-old Amanda White of New London. Todd Denes, 25, of Baker Road in Wellington, improved from critical to serious condition Sunday, according to a nursing supervisor [...]

Kwang-Tae Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — United Nations inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said today, confirming the isolated country had taken its first step in nearly five years to halt production of atomic weapons. South Korea sent [...]

Mourners say goodbye to former first lady at family ranch Kelley Shannon The Associated Press STONEWALL, Texas — Lady Bird Johnson arrived at her final resting place beneath a canopy of oak trees Sunday, beside the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson at the family’s ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Relatives and close friends of [...]

Robert H. Reid The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister was misunderstood when he said the Americans could leave “any time they want” an aide said Sunday, as politicians moved to end a pair of boycotts that are holding up work on crucial political reforms sought by Washington. In Baghdad, a car bomb hit [...]