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Murder in the 8th Grade

A tale of bullying, sexual identity and the limits of tolerance

 
 
THE LAST WORD
Conservatism: Not TBTF
BETWEEN THE LINES
All Umbrage All the Time
THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON
'Ich bin ein Commander'
CAPITOL LETTER
A Perception Problem
JUDGMENT CALL
Globalization's Achilles' Heel
LIVING POLITICS
Gaffe Alert!
 
 
Report From the Front
Howard Fineman interviews the presidential candidates
 
 
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GALLERY
An audio tour of some rare, odd and even vicious mementos from presidential campaigns past
 




RICHARD WOLFFE

There are no easy questions during Obama's road trip

CAMPAIGN 2008

Why evangelical leader Dobson is warming to the GOP candidate

CAMPAIGN 2008

Annoyed by wall-to-wall coverage of Obama's trip to the Mideast, the McCain campaign teased reporters about a potential VP announcement Tuesday. Stay tuned.

CAMPAIGN 2008

Obama's troop-cut policy gets support from the Iraqi government

CAPITAL SOURCES

Fifteen years after the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy was enacted for the U.S. military, Congress is prepping to review the law.

IMMIGRATION

McCain's Hispanic outreach chief is both loved and loathed.

BARACK’S POINT GUARD

How a year in Iraq changed an Obama adviser

POLITICS

They used to be close. Kind of. Jesse and Barack's awkward past.

PROJECT GREEN

Forty years ago, an oil spill near Santa Barbara, Calif., spawned environmental activism. Not surprisingly, residents are none too happy with President Bush's offshore drilling plan.

CAMPAIGN 2008

Will a third-party candidate be a 'spoiler'?

LAW

To get a full accounting of how U.S. interrogation methods were used, the president should give those accused of 'war crimes' a pass.

So much has been made about Barack Obama's religion. But what does he believe, and how did he arrive at those beliefs?

APPRECIATION

Elizabeth Edwards on Tony Snow's life  and death

WORLD VIEW

It seems that, for Obama, faith is about enduring questions.

CAMPAIGN 2008

So much has been made about Barack Obama's religion. But what does he believe, and how did he arrive at those beliefs?

CAMPAIGN 2008

The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by only 3 points. What a difference a few weeks can make.

INTERNATIONAL

They jailed him for five years. Now they want him in the White House.

 
 
 
Blogging '08

The Ruckus: NEWSWEEK's guest bloggers weigh in on the fierce primary battle. In partnership with the Media Bloggers Association.

 
 

FACTCHECK.ORG

An Obama ad says he has a "fast track alternative" to imported oil. Actually, it's a 10-year proposal with no guarantees.

FACTCHECK.ORG

McCain ad says Obama's the guy to thank for emptying our wallets at the filling station. We say that's ridiculous.

 
 
July 22, 1587
English colonists arrive on Roanoke Island, part of a second attempt at establishing a permanent foothold in the New World. The settlers eventually disappear and come to be known as the "Lost Colony." Sir Walter Raleigh picked the island (off the coast of modern-day North Carolina) due to its fair climate and sufficient distance from Spanish Florida. The first attempt at a Roanoke colony, in 1585, was aborted due to a lack of supplies and wars with local Indians. Raleigh still had a claim on the land (as well as a royal patent for colonization) and in 1587 chartered another mission with over a hundred settlers. In August, after houses were built and crops planted, leader John White returned to England for supplies. It would be three years before he was able to come back. Various reasons contributed to the delay, including weather, piracy, and lack of ships due to war with Spain. When he finally arrived at Roanoke in 1590, it was empty, save for the word Croatoan carved into a wooden palisade, and the letters CRO in a tree. The Croatoans were an Indian tribe to the south of Roanoke and one of the few who had good relations with the English. There is no historical consensus as to what happened to the settlers but a range of theories exists. Did the natives kill them? Did Spaniards? Did they starve? Drown? One popular theory is that they assimilated into Indian tribes. This is supported by the fact that some 50 years after the disappearance, Croatoan descendants spoke English and were found to have fairer features than their neighbors. In 2005, a DNA project set out to prove this theory.
 
 

He's endured the unendurable, and survived. Inside the mind and heart of John McCain.

On the road as the Illinois senator conducts a summer campaign swing.
 
The Peek
 
 
SPORTS

Speedo's new and controversial high-tech LZR suit is helping swimmers smash dozens of records. How the company plans to capitalize on Olympic gold.

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