A Public Servant to the Last
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In 1961, Ed McGaffigan Jr. was a seventh-grader from Boston watching the inauguration on television when a president told him to ask what he could do for his country.
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There was little outpouring of grief at the funeral for Indonesia's longest-serving leader  -  only respect and a sense that an era had ended
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The lure of this moment is what made his retirement so short. A pennant on the line, an adopted city&#39;s heart in his hands, a hostile stadium and swarming opponent.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The dead driving the dead. At least that's how the government seemed to have it in the case of Frank Jansky, a 75-year-old Kansas City man who drives a hearse part-time. Even as he lived and breathed, the Social Security Administration seemed to think he was no longer alive.
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Looking back at a 25-year old conversation with the late Padmini
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff w
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As JapanÂs youngest prime minister since World War II, and the first to be born after the war, Shinzo AbeÂs ascension appears to mark a changing of the guard.
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F   atima     Gailani  is used to waiting. After living in exile for 24 years, working for her embattled country out of a suitcase, the 50-year-old Afghan has mastered the virtue of patience by never losing hope. Saturday's presidential election in Afghanistan is an important milestone along that journey, she explained, though she knows steep obstacles remain.
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A New Jersey congressman whose father spent six years caring for his ailing wife wanted other families in similar situations to have someplace to turn when a primary caregiver needs a break.
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Tuesday marks a milestone for John Kerry, when the man who has often been at his best while giving a formal speech delivers the last one planned for his presidential campaign.
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Thousands follow a long-dead soldier's fate as a descendant posts a series of real letters home.
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Something is happening here that no government institution seeking to serve citizens should ignore completely.
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A police officerâs death became a symbol for ill ground zero workers, but parts of his story appear not to be accurate.
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The fire chief is likely to go. The police chief is probably out, too. And the superintendent of public schools will have to pick up his pace.
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The singer Tony Martin may be his generationâs Last Man Standing.
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Paul H. Nitze, a consummate Washington insider whose government service spanned eight presidencies, was remembered yesterday in a one-hour service at Washington National Cathedral as more than
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The wait before a notable person who has died can be honored on a U.S. postage stamp is being cut to five years, half what it has been.