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Eric Deggans
TV helps him die in the spotlight
As the nation's TV outlets wallowed in a trough of emotionalism and tragedy while covering Timothy McVeigh's execution, you couldn't help wondering: Who exactly came out on top here?

Reporter involved in spat is witness
TALLAHASSEE -- Seven months have passed since a spat between two journalists covering the presidential recount sent one to the hospital and the other to jail.

A poem as his last statement
Here is the poem Timothy McVeigh issued before his execution instead of making an oral statement. The 1875 "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley, a 19th-century British editor and poet, is an ode to strength in the face of suffering.

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Europe condemns U.S. for execution

David Adams
Venezuela tilts further toward Cuba
MIAMI -- His opponents have been predicting it for some time. Others didn't think he would go this far.

No warrant, no thermal search, Supreme Court rules
In a close ruling, the court calls the use of heat-sensing devices to search homes for drugs a Fourth Amendment violation.

Panel to explain Social Security woes
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush's Social Security Commission convened for the first time Monday, members quickly agreed on one thing: Americans do not fully understand what's wrong with the system.

U.S. hostage beheaded, rebels say
The Philippine military cannot confirm the killing of a California man. The rebels threaten more executions.National headlines
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