Rick Holmes: The real deal on Obama’s ‘new deal’

In a week spent celebrating his first term, Barack Obama’s greatest domestic achievement was barely mentioned. Victims of a kind of Stockholm syndrome, they’ve spent four years absorbing myths genera…

The bailout: By the actual numbers

Quick, how many billions in the red are taxpayers on the bailout of GM? AIG? Fannie and Freddie? Is it true that the government has reaped a profit from bailing out the banks? It should be easy to fi…

Fact check: The debate

Summary We found exaggerations and false claims flying thick and fast during the first debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Obama accused Romney of proposing a $…

Morning Jolt: Baby will only eat to ‘Gangnam Style’

In the news: A couple in London have problems feeding their fussy baby – but not when Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is playing. The popular song, which has set a Guinness World Record on YouTube for “likes,”…

James R. “Swede” Benear

James R. "Swede" Benear, 80, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at the Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita.