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A divide over fences
By Tom Tobin October 23, 2007

To illustrate his concerns about a fence between the United States and Mexico, Bill Richardson cites problems with the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall. But the history of those famous fences is not so clear.

Mud in your inbox
By Bill Adair October 21, 2007

A Special Report: Chain e-mails spread rumors about candidates at warp speed. But they often distort the truth, as we found with one that falsely claims Hillary Clinton refused to meet with the Gold Star Mothers.

Suggestions from our readers
By Bill Adair October 20, 2007

Our special report on chain e-mails was suggested by several readers who had received the Clinton and Obama e-mails. If you have a suggestion for facts we should check, click here to email us.

Taking off the gloves in Orlando
By Bill Adair October 19, 2007

The Republican candidates mixed it up during a lively debate in Orlando. They stretched the truth on crime and defense, while Huckabee was Pants-On-Fire wrong about the Founding Fathers.

Thompson’s first role: factory worker
By John Frank October 18, 2007

To counter his history in Hollywood and Washington, he tells of growing up in rural Tennessee.

Keeping it simple, sometimes wrong
October 15, 2007

The candidates from both parties want to distill the SCHIP debate into nuggets that satisfy their base voters.

Still fighting the last war
October 12, 2007

Sen. John McCain has a history of attacking 'earmarked' spending, but his facts are in the past, too.

Clinton health claims a stretch
By Angie Drobnic Holan October 11, 2007

A campaign ad is accurate on Clinton's support for reserve troops and 9/11 workers, but inflates her stature on health care.

Unfair grades for rural schools
By Jeffrey S. Solochek October 9, 2007

Courting rural voters, Edwards paints a (too) bleak picture of their schools as he pushes reforms.

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