Annie Oakley

What is the biggest issue this election that will drive voters to the polls today? Is this the Obama ballot? The economy ballot? The gay-marriage ballot? Previously, Cain and Schnur discussed the factors that shifted the race in Obama's favor....

Empowerment of target shooting Reading about Joye Brown getting her Annie Oakley on brought a smile to my face ["Shots in the dark? Not for these women," News, Oct. 12]. Hitting your target is something to "swagger and celebrate" about. On Long Island,...

Until two cruise ships steamed up to Alaska two summers ago, the record for the silliest statement by a journalist had been held by Lincoln Steffens, in his time a famous American radical. Sent in 1919 to see how Russia was doing under the communists,...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - When Sarah Palin takes the stage here, Republicans want voters to see a steely God-and-family conservative with heart, a lifetime NRA member ready to take aim at Washington - a sort of Annie Oakley of the tundra. Democrats hope voters...

This election campaign is about more than its issues, slogans, proposals, strategies, tactics, attacks or counterattacks. Like most presidential elections, it represents a collision of myths. Every four years, various versions of America wrestle with...

Eight times a week in small cities all across America, Susie McMonagle wriggles herself into a lime-green spandex suit. Thus suffused with adequate elasticity for the infamous "Mamma Mia!" megamix, the star of the show affects a "Charlie's Angels"-like...

ST. PAUL — The Republican Party's presidential nominee gave a nice, but not terribly memorable acceptance speech. He was upstaged at his own convention by another speech, a stirring address that propelled a political newcomer to national stardom....

She's hunted moose at midnight without batting an eyelash, but Sarah Palin now finds herself up against the biggest beast of all: cultural expectations for women. The Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential hopeful is expected to address her...

Geraldine goes on Fox to explain her complaint that she may not vote for Obama because of anti-Hillary sexism. It turns out, pretty much, that every criticism of Hillary has been sexist. When she was supporting gun owners in Pennsylvania......

(B+) Wanted "goes postal" with wireless speed. It's a tall tale of skyscraper proportions: the gory story of a put-upon accountant who discovers that he's the son of a top assassin in a secret world of super-assassins. The film pulls you by the scruff of...

BEIJING -- The most decorated member of the U.S. Olympic shooting team goes to work wearing faded blue jeans, a weathered gun vest, a white Nike baseball cap and protective glasses with a yellow tint. And did we mention the string of pearls? "The pearls...

GRANTHAM, Pa.- Barack Obama lashed out at Hillary Rodham Clinton last night for criticizing his comments over "bitter" workers clinging to God and guns, accusing her of talking up hunting "like she's Annie Oakley ... packing a six-shooter" and stealing...