Hold the Optimism on Afghanistan

David Ignatius, Washington PostWASHINGTON -- What's notable about the new White House report on Afghanistan and Pakistan sent to Congress this week is its bleak assessment of the security picture. You could almost read President Obama between the lines warning the military: This strategy isn't working the way we hoped. Don't ask me for more troops. "The report doesn't paint an optimistic picture of the security situation," said a White House official. He described the 27-page document as "very candid and very frank." Government officials always say that about reports but in this...

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U.S., Japanese Scientists Win Chemistry Nobel

This year's Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to three men who pioneered better ways to make complex carbon-based molecules in the laboratory. They are Richard Heck of the United States, Akira Suzuki of Japan, and Ei-ichi Negishi, a Japanese citizen who spent most of his career in the United States.

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Farming Gives Colo. Family A Living But No Nest Egg

Terry Walter estimates that his family of five earned about $48,000 last year. He's the third generation to work his land, and he faces a difficult combination of high debt levels and low profit margins that his father never had to worry about. Walter also worries about how he and his wife will afford to retire.

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