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Ohio's Republican U.S. Senator is pushing a resolution to say Congress is officially opposed to the recent prisoner swap that freed five Al-Qaeda…

The 2010 opponents in Ohio's U.S. Senate race have had a cordial reunion, with the defeated Democrat pointing to winner Rob Portman's frequent mentions…

The Canadian and United States hockey teams are heading home from the Turin Olympics after tough matches against rivals in Europe. Canada was beaten 2-0 by Russia in the quarterfinals and the Americans lost 4-3 to Finland.

Two grenades explode at a tent at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait, base for the 101st Airborne Division. At least 10 American soldiers are wounded. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Scott Horsley.

Black smoke billows over Baghdad as missiles pound Saddam Hussein's capital for the fourth day. Some of the fires are the result of oil fires set by Iraqi forces, possibly in an attempt to disrupt the air attacks. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

President Bush tells the American Legion that the United States will win the war on terrorism. His remarks are different from those offered in a recent TV interview, in which Bush said he did not think such a war was winnable. Hear NPR News.

Adolph Kiefer, who won a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died this week. He was 98.

About 900 Jewish people had attempted to escape Nazi Germany on the MS St. Louis. But the ship was turned away by the U.S. because of immigration restrictions.

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race, citing unspecified health problems with his wife. Mandel was considered the front...

Last month, Washington accused Moscow of giving military intelligence to Iraq during the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Now, officials in Moscow say the United States is holding up Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. Deteriorating ties between the White House and the Kremlin in recent months have prompted talk of a new Cold War. Some foreign-policy analysts say that's because Moscow doesn't share Western values -- which Western countries have been slow to understand.