Accused Seattle cop killer Christopher Monfort: loner, obsessed by ideology

When Christopher Monfort was arrested last November on suspicion of assassinating a Seattle police officer, detectives scoured his background, searching for a telltale record of violence.

Commitment to students marks tenure of retiring William Paterson University president

Jerry McCrea/The Star LedgerArnold Speert, president of William Paterson University, speaks with a student group at the university in Wayne. WAYNE The bookshelves are bare and the keepsakes are boxed. The stark emptiness that is now Arnold Speerts office...

White House Dragged Back Into Racial Fray

The promise of the Obama presidency was that racial divisions would be seen differently with a black man in the White House. But this week's fiasco over the firing of Shirley Sherrod at the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows how the divide endures.

Sherrod fallout: Obama says forced ouster wrong

President Barack Obama has ordered a more patient, deliberative style of governance from his aides and Cabinet members in the wake of a convulsive week surrounding the ouster of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.

Obama Administration Dragged Back Into Racial Fray

The promise of the Obama presidency was that racial divisions would be seen differently with a black man in the White House. But this week's fiasco over the firing of Shirley Sherrod at the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows how the divide endures. read more