WASHINGTON -- One of the best things about being a federal judge, U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby said Sunday afternoon in the U.S. Supreme Court building, is presiding over jury trials.

Story created Sep 08, 2009 - 14:11:19 CDT. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles featuring local World War II veterans who are headed to Washington D.C. later this month as part of the Honor Flight Network program.

For years now, many businesses and individuals in the United States have been relying on the power of government, rather than competition in the marketplace, to increase their wealth. This is politicization of the economy.

When Franklin Peiser went to Weatherly Foundry and Manufacturing Co. for a job, he was an 18-year-old kid, and Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Now, 50 years and 10 presidents later, Peiser is still there - and has become an expert in his craft. So t

CROWN POINT | After spending last school year under construction, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, 1450 S. Main St., will have a dedication ceremony for the new building at 2 p.m. Sunday. -- BY TIMES STAFF

Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His shelves are filled with books about Dwight Eisenhower, William Westmoreland, and other generals.

Gettysburg farmhouse was favorite retreat for 34th president Dwight D. Eisenhower began and ended his career in Gettysburg, leaving Pennsylvanians with a treasured time capsule about his life and times as a world leader in the mid 20th century.

So the pope, an airman, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower walk into a bar and … oh, sorry, you’ve heard that one before?There’s no shortage of quips, cracks, gags and off-color anecdotes related to military service. Some circulate in slightly different forms, but the punch line is often the same — the other branches of the service are inferior to that of the joke-maker.“I think one of the main ...

Fifty years ago, Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of the federal food-stamp system. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was president at the time, wasn't interested. It was not until 1961, under President John F. Kennedy, that the federal government launched a pilot program offering low-income citizens the opportunity to buy -- yes, buy -- discount coupons that they could exchange for food ...