Ball caught at Wrigley now a memory
In April, Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser snatched a batting practice home run out of the air with his Cubs hat, using the cap as an improvised mitt as he hung...
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In Chicago, Rice defends Iraq policy
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice pressed a White House campaign Wednesday to convince increasingly skeptical Americans that President Bush's policy in Iraq is the right one. But she warned a...
Crowds roil with anger after police shooting
The Chicago Police Department increased patrols and a minister urged residents to stay indoors Saturday in hopes of reducing tensions in Englewood, where police and residents clashed after officers fatally...
Police, pastors patrol tense Michigan town
About 200 uniformed police in riot gear and church pastors in yellow T-shirts patrolled the rainy streets of this tense, bitter town Wednesday after local officials declared a state of...
Size of Iraqi arms caches stuns Army
The evidence of the last failed stand of Saddam Hussein's regime lies in seven open trailers stuck in the mud at the Mother of All Battles high school for girls....
3,000 GIs join tanks in attack on stronghold
In a move designed to eliminate one of the remaining Republican Guard strongholds outside Baghdad, more than 3,000 American GIs began an assault here to further isolate Iraq's capital from...
Troops’ fear of chemical attack grows
Twice in the last two days, the soldiers of the 2nd Armor Battalion of the U.S. 3rd Army Infantry Division scrambled for their gas masks as sergeants ran through the...
Sandstorm lashes allies
The sand blew in on winds of more than 50 miles an hour, whirling into soldiers' faces and clogging their throats with a fine layer of grit. Their goggles clouded,...
Ground war heats up
The opening scenes of the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein are those of unrelenting military might: bombs and missiles plummeting into Baghdad, American tanks racing unchallenged across the desert...
Marines confident in Harrier fighters
The Harrier fighter jet, known for its potential and its problems, will get a crucial test if war erupts in Iraq, Marine officials say. One of the most menacing-looking aircraft...