Families will make case for vaccine link to autism

By KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON - The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience.

McCain hopes to attract young voters

By MARTHA IRVINE

CHICAGO - He's a Republican, for starters. He describes himself as "older than dirt." And he makes no apology for an Iraq war that is especially unpopular on college campuses.

Congress divided on energy plan

By H. JOSEF HEBERT

WASHINGTON - As millions of people approach the summer vacation season under the threat of $4-per-gallon gasoline, Congress is scrambling to respond. But don't wait for anything that will drive down prices at the pump.

Stamp prices up Monday

WASHINGTON - An extra penny for your thoughts.

Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress

By ANNE GEARAN

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes.

President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'

By DEB RIECHMANN

WACO, Texas - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.

Invoking history, Bush wants court out of subpoena fight

By MATT APUZZO

WASHINGTON - If there's one thing Congress and the Bush administration can agree on, it's that they've got a fight of historic proportions on their hands.

Confusing ballot designs still plague elections

By DEBORAH HASTINGS

The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon _ pregnant, hanging and otherwise.

Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy

By WILL LESTER

WASHINGTON - The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday.

More 'virtual fencing' in cards for Arizona, Michigan

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN

TUCSON, Ariz. - A second section of the government's heavily criticized "virtual fence" is planned on the Arizona-Mexico border, and a third could be tested near Detroit by the end of the year, a Boeing Co. official said.