French President Nicolas Sarkozy spends the day with his family and his challenger Francois Hollande visits a market a day before the crucial second round.

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French ponder Sunday poll choice

NASA is marking the 25th anniversary of the Challenger explosion on Friday. Families of the accident’s seven victims are gathering with NASA officials at the Kennedy Space Center. Speakers include June Scobee Rodgers, the widow of Dick Scobee, the…

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NASA Marks Challenger Anniversary

While much of Washington was preoccupied Thursday evening by the contrast between the unacceptable and the profoundly uncomfortable — the first televised debate between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the challenger for his Nevada seat, Sharron Angle — a different scene was unfolding in a…

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A tentative step toward the Oval Office by a GOP policy guru

The Senate majority leader Harry Reid and his challenger are heading into the homestretch of a race that has become a proxy for both sides nationally.

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For Reid, No Shaking Tea Party Challenger

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s bid to win the Republican primary remains in peril, as Democrats turn their attention to her challenger, Joe Miller.

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Alaska Republicans in tight race