Articles written by Calvin Woodward Hope Yen Associated Press

CALVIN WOODWARD HOPE YEN Associated Press

CALVIN WOODWARD,Associated Press HOPE YEN,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers. "We live now in hard times," Stewart said after all the shtick. "Not end times." Part comedy show, part pep talk, the rally drew together tens of thousands stretched across an expanse of the National Mall, a festive congregation o...