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Authorities believe they may have found the remains of two Independence children missing since June 2004, the mother of Sam and Lindsey Porter said Sunday. Tina Porter told The Kansas City Star that Independence police officers told her that they found human remains in the woods along Cement City Road in Sugar Creek. “I saw the police cars drive up, and my first thought was that they were coming to tell me they’d found Sam and Lindsey alive,” she said. “I feel so sick. It just doesn’t seem real.” Independence police spokesman Tom Gentry said Sunday night that authorities had...

Excerpt - NEW YORK - Porter Wagoner looks right at home in the marble lobby of Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel. He wears a dark Western suit and tie and holds a shiny black cane. The glare from the crystal chandelier reflects off his eyeglasses as he tilts his head back, trying to remember the last time he played Madison Square Garden. Sometime in the '70s ... one of those package tours ... Little Jimmie Dickens and Faron Young were there ... some others he can't recall ... Back then, "The Thin Man from West Plains" was still the grand showman of...

This Memorial Day, we must do more than just remember the fallen. We must dedicate ourselves to sharing their sacrifice. Let us find the moral courage to match their physical courage. Let us re-dedicate ourselves to the principles for which our country stands.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Republican incumbent Jon Porter had a 47 percent to 37 percent lead over Democratic challenger Tessa Hafen in the race for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District seat, according to a new statewide poll. Meanwhile, the race for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Jim Gibbons remained too close to call Monday between Republican Secretary of State Dean Heller and Democratic university Regent Jill Derby. Heller drew 45 percent support from the 400 registered voters interviewed, while Derby drew 42 percent. The sampling error margin was plus or minus 5 percentage points, making the Heller-Derby race too...

Stephen Kappes: The Wrong Man at CIA by Kenneth R. TimmermanPosted May 31, 2006Before Gen. Michael Hayden settles in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Congress needs to ask hard questions of the man he has said he wants to appoint as deputy director of the CIA: former operations chief Stephen R. Kappes. Kappes is a former Marine who elicits strong praise from former operations officers such as Gary Berntsen, who worked under him for two years. Hayden also heaped praise on Kappes. "When I did the Rolodex check around the community about Steve … they’re almost universally positive,"...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...

This Day In History | Civil War April 16 1863 Passage of Vicksburg Admiral David Dixon Porter leads 12 ships past the heavy barrage of Confederate artillery at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He lost only one ship, and the operation speeded General Ulysses S. Grant's movement against Vicksburg. Grant had been trying to capture Vicksburg for six months. A first attempt failed when General William T. Sherman's troops were unsuccessful in attacking Vicksburg from the north. Grant now planned to move his army down the opposite bank of the river, cross back to Mississippi, and approach the city from the east. The...

USS PORTER, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Porter (DDG 78) departed the Black Sea country of Georgia April 10, after being at anchor outside the city of Poti for four days. Within hours, Porter was at work strengthening enduring and emerging partnerships not only with the Georgian navy, but also the Turkish navy. "I think it's the first time we have done a trilateral exercise underway with the Georgian, Turkish and U.S. Navies," noted Commander, Task Force 67 Capt. Bob Lally, who assumed tactical control of the guided-missile destroyer before it entered the Black Sea, April 4. "Cooperative training helps...

NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- For the second time this year, USS Porter (DDG 78) transited through the Turkish Straits in April to engage with Black Sea navies. Planned engagements with Romania, Turkey, Georgia and Bulgaria will directly support the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CNE) strategic priority of strengthening enduring partnerships in the region. “These are our new friends,” Commodore, Task Force (CTF) 67 Capt. Bob Lally said of the countries Porter will be interacting with. “The excitement is because they invited us and want to engage with the U.S. Navy. Building new partnerships and strengthening existing ones, especially in...

At first, Joey Porter pledged not to speak with reporters after Super Bowl XL Media Day. Then, he softened his stance and promised to keep his outspoken mouth in check. Wednesday, he took that plan and threw it to the ground like a defenseless quarterback. The Steelers' loquacious linebacker couldn't contain himself yesterday when he learned Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens predicted Jerome Bettis' return to Detroit would culminate with a Super Bowl loss. "I've been asleep all week, but now, I got woke up," Porter said yesterday. "I've got my first taste of blood, and now I'm thirsty...

Traitors of Record: The Record of the New York TimesBy Fedora “. . .the most untrustworthy paper in the United States. . .” --President Dwight Eisenhower, referring to the New York TimesIntroductionLast week Senator John Cornyn criticized the New York Times for endangering national security with a James Risen story on NSA surveillance timed to coincide with a vote on the Patriot Act and, incidentally, with the release of a book by Risen. A review of the record illustrates that endangering national security through irresponsible leaks is nothing new for the New York Times. Some particularly outrageous examples are worth...

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- More than 600 Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and the frigate USS Carr (FFG 52), homeported in Norfolk, deployed Nov. 28 in support of the global war on terrorism. Porter and Carr will participate in regional exercises with allies as a Surface Strike Group (SSG). The SSG will make diplomatic port calls and respond to any contingency operations, including those associated with the war on terrorism. “The primary focus is going to be enhancing the U.S. diplomatic missions by interacting with foreign countries,” said Cmdr. Douglas Nashold, commanding officer of Porter. Nashold...

Fugitive murderer returns to Mass. after 20 years on the lam By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer March 24, 2005 Dottie Johnson lobbied for years to keep the man convicted of killing her 21-year-old cousin from gaining his freedom. Now, two decades after he escaped from a Massachusetts prison and disappeared, Norman A. Porter Jr. is back in custody. "It's been a very emotional thing," she said, recalling the almost 45 years since her cousin, John "Jackie" Pigott, was shot to death in a robbery at the Saugus retail store where he worked. Johnson was 13 then. "We hope...

BOSTON (AP) - Former priest James Porter, whose widespread molestation of dozens of children foreshadowed the clergy sex abuse scandal that swept the Roman Catholic church, died Friday. Porter, 70, died at New England Medical Center in Boston, where he had been treated since being transferred from a Department of Correction medical facility last month, department spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said. A cause of death was not immediately available. Porter's attorney had said he had incurable cancer.

October 31, 2004, 12:42 p.m. John Kerry's Other Vietnam WarWhy would we trust this man to be our president? By Stephen Morris John Kerry has fought this election campaign as a political moderate. Certainly his main foreign-policy advisers are moderate Democrats. But that campaign posture disguises his 34-year record in public life — which produced no legislative achievement, but featured a well-documented obsession with Vietnam and Cambodia that continues to the present day. Kerry made his four and a half months of service in Vietnam an electoral issue, but it's his 34 years of political activism on Vietnam and...

The Senate has confirmed Porter Goss as CIA Director.

Democrat Warns That Blocking Goss' CIA Nomination Is 'Wrong Fight' in Election YearWASHINGTON Aug. 15, 2004 — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying to block the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying that would be picking the wrong fight in this election year. Democrats should ask tough questions of Goss, R-Fla., at Senate confirmation hearings next month, but "my view is this is the wrong fight," Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "To get stuck in a fight about Porter Goss...

Roger Porter knows more than most people about presidential power. He teaches a course at Harvard University on the American presidency and has served three Republican occupants of the White House -- Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. But this week, he got an unexpected lesson about the presidency from a former Democratic occupant of the Oval Office, Bill Clinton.

<p>LAS VEGAS — Republican Jon Porter leads his Democratic rival Dario Herrera 46 percent to 34 percent in a new poll, continuing to maintain a double-digit lead in the race for Nevada’s new congressional seat.</p> <p>“Herrera’s chances of winning are very slim,” pollster Brad Coker said Thursday.</p>

<p>LAS VEGAS — Republican Jon Porter leads his Democratic rival Dario Herrera 46 percent to 34 percent in a new poll, continuing to maintain a double-digit lead in the race for Nevada’s new congressional seat.</p> <p>“Herrera’s chances of winning are very slim,” pollster Brad Coker said Thursday.</p>