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President Bush nominates federal appeals Judge Michael Chertoff to head the Department of Homeland Security. Chertoff headed the Justice Department's criminal division from 2001 to 2003. Bush's choice comes after former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik withdrew his name from consideration. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Tony Blair will begin a historic third term as Britain's prime minister, but his Labour Party lost seats in Parliament in Thursday's national elections, in part because of the British public's misgivings over the Iraq war.

The Lee County Department of Community Development has reopened the Downtown Fort Myers main office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays with phone availability from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, stepped down Sunday. Penn quit the campaign after it was revealed that he met with a Colombian diplomat about passing a free trade deal that Sen. Clinton opposes.

It took months for the so-called gang of eight to craft the delicate compromise that’s the foundation of the immigration bill in the Senate. The group had…

The Four Points hotel chain's attempt to recruit a CBO (chief beer officer) for its new worldwide beer program garners more than 7,000 applications. The part-time job involves visiting breweries, beer festivals and bars, and selecting beers for hotel menus.

An Army report that will be released on Monday reveals that major mistakes were made in the post-war planning in Iraq. The report, which will be released on Monday, finds that operations that were poorly planned and badly mismanaged.

Steven Spielberg's new drama revisits The Washington Post's 1971 decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in defiance of the Nixon administration. Justin Chang calls it "terrifically entertaining."

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BuzzFeed recently fired a political editor and took down thousands of older posts. The incidents reflect the growing pains of the social media powerhouse as much as they show lapses in journalistic standards.