NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- Walter Cronkite, the iconic U.S. newsman who died at 92 Friday, was a firsthand observer of some of the most momentous events of the 20th century.

WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The monster of the U.S. economic crisis is now devouring Social Security and Medicare. As the economic recession continues to worsen, it is reducing revenues far below previous projections. As a result, U.S. officials warned Tuesday that Social Security will run out of funds in 2037, four years earlier than last year's estimate, and Medicare will be insolvent in 2017, two years earlier than last year's estimate and a scant eight years away.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- It's official: Heartland Republican America is no longer Republican. Red state America has turned blue.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Israelis and Palestinians alike should be in no doubt. The new report on the Middle East from the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations is no mere straw in the wind: It spells out in considerable detail what the Obama administration's strategy and priorities for Iran and the Israeli-Arab peace process are going to be.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Forget about love and the politics of hope: The Fear Factor trumps them every time.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Someone should break the bad news to Sen. Joe Biden: As a vice presidential candidate he's doing far worse than Dan Quayle.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ralph Nader says he thinks Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would be Democrat Barack Obama's best choice for a vice presidential running mate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Who did presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois choose as his running mate? Was it Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware or Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius? Or will it be some surprise dark horse?