"It was Sunday and an unusually warm evening for October eighth, so Daniel 'Peg Leg' Sullivan left his stifling little house in the West Side of Chicago and went to visit neighbors. One of his stops was at the shingled cottage of Patrick and Catherine...

Missouri State Rep. Jim Murphy had been highly critical of Democratic House Speaker Bob Griffin. However, Murphy became embroiled in controversy when he supported Griffin's candidacy for the state speakership in 1995. Murphy's fellow Republicans branded him a traitor while other Democratic legislators criticized...

Byline: Ormie King Contributing writer James "Jim" Murphy was born Aug. 12, 1931 at Auburn City Hospital. His mother was Josephine Cheney, a housewife, who came from a family of 12 children. Her husband was Paul S. Murphy, who was...

A conservative media watchdog organization charged Wednesday that the network morning news shows have spent considerably more time this year on Democrats running for president than on Republicans.Network news executives rejected any suggestion of bias, and said they have a considerably harder time getting Republican...

European Union defense ministers reiterated their commitment Monday to sending troops to help Darfur refugees, but a lack of helicopters was holding up deployment of a force that should have been on the ground by now.Portuguese Defense Minister Nuno Severiano Teixeira said other ministers expressed...