By SCOTT LINDLAW / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after he sent troops to Iraq, President Bush is thanking about 20,000 who have returned to a military base in Kentucky and meeting with survivors of some who never made it home. The trip Thursday to Fort Campbell is part of Bush’s campaign…

By RON FOURNIER / AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Truth is trailing distortion in the White House race, with President Bush, Democrat John Kerry and their allies pushing the bounds of credulity in a rush to tear the other guy down. Kerry claims foreign leaders have urged him to beat the Republican incumbent. Bush…

By MIKE GLOVER / Associated Press Writer Vice president Dick Cheney speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presdential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, March 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat John Kerry assailed President Bush on Wednesday for clinging to a failed policy that leaves Americans mired in Iraq “with the target…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Former Gov. Don Sundquist, whose support for a state income tax in his second term alienated many Tennessee Republicans, will not be a delegate to the GOP National Convention. Although Sundquist’s name was on a list circulated to the Tennessee Republican Executive Committee before its Feb. 28 delegate appointments, his name wasn’t…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In less than five minutes, thieves swiped $325,000 worth of Elvis Presley’s jewelry and kitsch. But the Sunday night heist at the Elvis-A-Rama museum left behind a million-dollar gem: the King’s blue suede shoes. Museum owner Chris Davidson said the thieves stole up to 80 percent of the jewelry on display.…

By ANNE GEARAN / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal courts are swamped, partly because of Bush administration get-tough-on-crime policies that lead to more trials, the head of a federal judges’ group said Tuesday. Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carolyn Dineen King singled out drug and immigration prosecutions along the U.S.-Mexican border…

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN / Associated Press Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Unmanned aerial surveillance drones, more Border Patrol agents and expanded detention facilities are part of a federal plan announced Tuesday to help staunch the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexico-Arizona border. The Department of Homeland Security launched the Arizona Border Control Initiative…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA / Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) — From Poland to Australia, countries with troops in Iraq fear they could be the next terrorist target as signs increase that Islamic extremists were behind last week’s carnage in Spain. Take Poland, once isolated behind the Iron Curtain and now a key U.S. ally…

By KIMBERLY HEFLING / Associated Press Writer FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A number of Sgt. Sean Kiekbusch’s comrades were killed in Iraq. Each day for nearly a year, he terribly missed his wife. Yet, given the chance Thursday, Kiekbusch said he would tell President Bush during his scheduled stop at Fort Campbell thanks for…

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