Vermont, where nearly three quarters of residents oppose the Iraq war, has the nation's highest per capita death rate in the conflict. It's a statistic seemingly at odds with the state's reputation as a liberal utopia, a low-stress playground for snowboarders and the escape-from-New York crowd. But with the tally of dead American servicemen and women now past 3,000, the situation in Iraq grim, and President Bush calling for more troops, many Vermonters are asking whether they've already sacrificed too much for a cause whose lofty aims they think may be unreachable.
Many phones will step up to challenge the iPhone, over which analysts appeared all agog after Apple's announcement this week. In one effort, a phone called the "Neo1973" will enlist an army of developers around the world.
Milton, Vt.—The last of the thin December light was fading as Heather Sheehan made her way past rows of gray, age-pocked headstones that line the old Milton Village Cemetery road.
AP - Americans' skeptical view of the Iraq war won't change until they see progress there, but the United States won't "pull the plug" on the conflict, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
AP - Senators who back President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq tried Friday to bolster support for the unpopular strategy while Democrats plotted ways to derail the increase and force changes in war policies.
AP - Thousands of people in residents along Japan's eastern coast fled to higher ground after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami warnings Saturday in parts of the Pacific region, including Hawaii and Alaska.
Two boys, one missing since 2002, the other since Monday, have been found alive in Missouri. Shawn Hornbeck, now 15, was last seen riding his bike in 2002. Ben Ownby went missing Monday. A 41-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping.