Portrait Emerges of Anthrax Suspects Troubled Life (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

The anthrax investigation yielded nothing more than a strong hunch that Dr. Bruce E. Ivins was the perpetrator, a Times examination found.

Dark side of anthrax suspect revealed (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

FREDERICK, MD. - Inside the Army laboratory at Fort Detrick, the government's brain for biological defense, Bruce Edwards Ivins paused to memorialize his moment in the spotlight as the anthrax panic of 2001 reached its peak.

Inmate wants to finish college, help others turn lives around (Quad-City Times)

At a time when fitting in meant everything, Joshua Cozad had few friends.

Record US deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, lowest in Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)

American troops suffered the most losses in 2008 since the start of the Afghanistan war due to a resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda, while witnessing the lowest US death toll in six years in Iraq, which saw a relatively improved security.

Victor Davis Hanson Archives (Jewish World Review)

01/01/09: The Gaza Rules 12/25/08: 2008 — Our ‘that was then, this is now’ year 12/18/08: Campaign rhetoric and presidential reality: A brief history 12/11/08: Blame Bush, Obama — or us?