STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three Transportation Security Administration officers have been charged with accepting bribes to let couriers smuggle painkillers and cash undetected through security checkpoints at airports in New York and Florida, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The officers, one stationed at Westchester County Airport and two others at Palm...
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The mid-'90s were rough on Democrats, especially here in this beachhead of fabulously wealthy political donors. Their money wasn't enough to keep the Democratic Party in control of Congress. The famous Kennedy estate on North Ocean Boulevard, known as the ''Winter White House'' during the administration of John F. Kennedy, was...

Officially, the Republican Party of Palm Beach County rejected Derek Black's recent election as a committeeman because he failed to sign a loyalty oath. But such technicalities hardly explain how a minuscule election -- Mr. Black won 167 of 287 votes -- has attracted the attention of hate groups nationwide and opponents like the Anti-Defamation...