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Robert Downey Jr. stretches the sleuth in ‘Sherlock’... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Robert Downey Jr. is here to talk about his second Holmes-and-Watson adventure, but first he must address another set of sleuths: the tabloid press. On this particular day, he’s...
" alt="Chapman: Ron Paul's Iowa victory" />Chapman: Ron Paul's Iowa victory Whatever the top-tier presidential contenders worry about, it's not Ron Paul. But he's still serving a valuable purpose.
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‘World’s Largest Stove’ built for 1893 World’s... DETROIT — Fire has ravaged a massive wooden replica of a stove that was built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and became a Detroit landmark. Fire crews were called to the “World’s Largest...
Deerfield doctor describes ‘pure chaos’ after Indiana... The three-story stage crumpled onto the crowd at the Indiana State Fair within seconds of being slammed by a powerful wind gust, but the disaster that killed a Chicago woman and four other people seemed...
U.S. stocks rise after corporate deals, Japan report Stocks rose for a third straight day Monday after Google and two other companies announced acquisitions and Japan said its economy was stronger than expected following the March earthquake. About 30 minutes...
Lowe’s stores in Schaumburg, Elgin closed amid flat... NEW YORK — Lowe’s Cos. said it closed stores in Elgin and Schaumburg Sunday, among seven it shuttered, as it reported flat earnings in its fiscal second quarter Monday. Volatile weather and shoppers’...
" alt="Stage collapse at Fairgrounds kills 5, injures more than 40" />Stage collapse at Fairgrounds kills 5, injures more... Severe weather, strong gust of wind accompany collapse Indiana State Police say the main stage at the Indiana State Fairgrounds collapsed as the result of severe weather that pushed through Central ...
" alt="Struggling Republican Pawlenty exits White House race" />Struggling Republican Pawlenty exits White House race WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty became the first major casualty in the marathon presidential campaign on Sunday while fellow Republicans Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry...
" alt="Cheap prices and Japan recovery lift world stocks" />Cheap prices and Japan recovery lift world stocks LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks climbed further out of their August hole on Monday, lifted by signs of earlier-than-expected recovery in Japan and a growing belief that shares may now be cheap.
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" alt="Gallup: Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first time" />Gallup: Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first... President Obama's summer woes have dragged his approval rating to an all-time low, sinking below 40% for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
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" alt="Gaddafi defiant as rebels poised to strangle capital" />Gaddafi defiant as rebels poised to strangle capital ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans Monday to free the country from "traitors," as rebels in the west began to strangle a major lifeline to his capital.
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" alt="10 things you might not know about Wisconsin" />10 things you might not know about Wisconsin you might not know about Wisconsin Our neighbor to the north has become a national newsmaker, wrenched by political battles, including attempts this month to recall lawmakers. Here are 10 things we can...
" alt="Brotman: The danger of open-water swimming" />Brotman: The danger of open-water swimming Rough water, weather test unprepared athletes Several years ago, I went for a swim in Lake Michigan along the downtown ledge. But after about 15 minutes, I began to feel funny. I was dizzy, my heart was...
US stock futures rise after Tuesday’s rush to sell The past few days stocks have been falling due to the uncertainty surrounding the debt deal. Wednesday they finally rose above the red to close at a decent level. Stocks settled Wednesday with just...
" alt="Pakistan seeks "clear terms of engagement" with U.S." />Pakistan seeks "clear terms of engagement"... ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari called Monday for his government and the United States to agree on "clear terms of engagement" in the fight against Islamist militants to avert...
" alt="Stock futures point to lower open on economic concerns" />Stock futures point to lower open on economic concerns NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street equity futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday as investors fretted about a possible credit downgrade as concerns grew about the economy's growth prospects.
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Syria death toll rises, Italy recalls envoy AMMAN (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria's violent crackdown on opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama and elsewhere climbed on Tuesday, spurring Western efforts to pile diplomatic...
" alt="Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in debt talks" />Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in... Vice President Joe Biden has been the White House's point person for reaching a debt-ceiling deal since day one, so it was only natural that he was dispatched to Capitol Hill on Monday to move the ball...
Residents full of ideas for budget help, from legal... Legalize and tax marijuana. Impose a city income tax and garbage collection fee. Sell naming rights to public high schools. Privatize the CTA bus system. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has launched a new interactive...
Insurers must cover birth control with no copays WASHINGTON — Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health...
Little impact on economy until 2014 WASHINGTON — The deal reached by Congress to raise the debt ceiling and cut more than $2 trillion in public spending should have only a minor impact on the economy for the next two years. Almost all...
U.S. could still lose AAA debt rating Even with the deal to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling, the U.S. could still lose its coveted AAA debt rating sometime in the next six months, largely because the agreement does not cut enough...
Stocks fall ahead of Senate vote on debt limit Stocks are falling in early trading ahead of a Senate vote to raise the nation’s borrowing limit. US Newspapers- News Source: Stocks fall ahead of Senate vote on debt limit
Top of the Hour: Boehner Plan Fails in House, Morning... ... the Hour: Boehner Plan Fails in House, Morning Headlines . Friday, July 29, 2011. House Speaker John Boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling fell apart last night when he failed to rally enough support...
Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Maybe If Bachmann... Conservative Bloggers Joining Together To Take Back The Country. Link: Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Maybe If Bachmann Was A ...
Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Great White... Conservative Bloggers Joining Together To Take Back The Country. More here: Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Great White Shark Sails ...
Interesting difference in current media headlines |... I noticed this afternoons headlines of several online media outlets are very different.....showing that the differences in Fox, CNN and MSNBC are. ... Southern, Christian and Conservative . I love this...
The Alternative Conservative: Weekend Headlines In Physics, CONSERVATIVE forces are concerned with getting from one point to another. All the other forces are the ones that deal with the prevention of reaching those points... I call them liberals! ~Tuesday...
Conservative Blogs Central: Monday Headlines: Obama... Conservative Bloggers Joining Together To Take Back The Country. Read the article: Conservative Blogs Central: Monday Headlines: Obama 'DOING THINGS ...
The Alternative Conservative: Today's Headlines... In Physics, CONSERVATIVE forces are concerned with getting from one point to another. All the other forces are the ones that deal with the prevention of reaching those points... I call them liberals! ~Tuesday...
Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Is Obama a pathological... Headlines : Is Obama a pathological liar! Washington Times: "In the weird world that is Washington, men and women say things daily, hourly, even minutely, that they know deep down are simply not true....
Conservative Blogs Central: Headlines: Eagles may want... Headlines : Eagles may want to sign Brett Favre; Vick would be 'honored'. Folks, we're really sorry for this. We really are. But it's our duty to keep our Spidey-Senses up for NFL news, and we've caught...
New biography portrays Mick Jagger as closet conservative... Top News Headlines | Uncensored Truth. Politics | Celebrity Gossip | Money. Home // Lindsay Lohan // New biography portrays Mick Jagger as closet conservative . New biography portrays Mick Jagger as closet...
Huntsman: 'Conservation is conservative' (AP)... Latest News Stories and Headlines . Breaking news stories from around the world. Subscribe to RSS feed. « Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu found dead (AP) · Huntsman: 'Conservation is conservative...
"Breaking News: Rashad Butler (@rb2cool) just... " Breaking News : Rashad Butler (@rb2cool) just told us on our show that he will not be a Houston Texan this season". Via The Raheel on 1560 the Game. Not a surprise in the least, but we now have absolutely...
America's Jericho moment In the Old Testament version, Joshua's Israelites marched around and around Jericho, blew their ram's horns, and shouted their...
The wizard of Murdoch mugged I felt like Dorothy in the Emerald City as I waited for Rupert Murdoch to testify last week, and I expected the select committee members...
Airlines raise fares as taxes lapse Rangers slugger's theory about eye color puts day games in new light ...
NFL players, you are now free to move about the league Get ready for the Super Bowl shuffle. With the start of NFL training camps probably days away, and every team angling for the...
CVS backs off from a more customer-friendly rewards... When we last checked in with CVS, the drugstore giant acknowledged that its rewards program for customers wasn't working as intended...
Treasury exits Chrysler bailout with $1.3-billion loss The Chrysler Group bailout officially ended Thursday when the Treasury Department sold off its remaining stake in the automaker, and the final tally shows the taxpayers lost $1.3 billion. Italian...
Greece gets another bailout from Eurozone Leaders of the beleaguered Eurozone announced a massive new financial...
California to borrow $5 billion from banks amid U.S.... California will seek $5 billion in short-term loans from banks and other financial institutions next week, hoping to avoid the risk of being locked out of the markets if Congress fails to raise...
LAPD arrests two suspects in Bryan Stow beating Los Angeles police have arrested two men on suspicion of beating baseball fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium and have concluded the suspect they took into custody in May was not responsible,...
Opposition to a deal with Obama creates problems for... As the debt ceiling debate enters its final stages, House Republicans...
Legislators introduce bill to resuscitate PACE program... A government program that helped homeowners finance and install green upgrades before a technical roadblock stalled it last...
Apple updates MacBook Air laptops, axes the white models Apple updated its thin-and-light MacBook Air laptops on Wednesday, alongside the much anticipated release of Mac OS X Lion, while also unceremoniously discontinuing its white entry-level MacBook...
Federal consumer protection agency launching amid lingering... The federal government is unwrapping its most potent weapon yet in the...
Zillow shares jump 79% in IPO The value of your home may be plummeting but a website that tracks your housing losses is soaring. Zillow Inc. became a hot...
Pair charged with illegally lobbying for Pakistan Two American citizens were charged with illegally lobbying the U.S....
Bill Clinton would raise debt ceiling, bypass Congress Bill Clinton says if he were president, he would not hesitate to raise the debt-ceiling himself under authority he argues is...
Pawlenty slams Bachmann on experience: 'She doesn't... Adding some fire to his rivalry with his home-state colleague, former...
House approves GOP debt reduction bill The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a Republican-backed plan to extend the nation's borrowing capacity in return...
Upon review, shine comes off glowing report on film... The great thing about hiring an economic consultant to support your position on a public issue is that it's never hard to find one who will take...
Rupert Murdoch attacked at Parliament, appears unharmed But Murdoch -- wearing a blue pinstripe suit and blue tie -- a few minutes later told members that he did not think he was ultimately responsible for the phone-hacking scandal that brought down the...
Stocks soar on earnings and new U.S. plan to avert... U.S. stocks surged and Treasury bond yields fell Tuesday after President Obama signaled possible support for a bipartisan plan to slash federal spending. The Dow Jones industrial average was...
Bachmann adds health care to spending limit pledge COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann signed a pledge Monday opposing any increase in the U.S. debt limit, after adding her own stipulation on health care. The GOP presidential...
Yao set to retire from basketball Wednesday Yao Ming should make it official on Wednesday, announcing what is widely expected to be his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name in China. The 7-foot-6 center...
Poverty study highlights key issue in debt ceiling... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was right last week when he wrote in USA Today that "the debt ceiling debate in Washington is a struggle over the kind of government we want. If you want a government...
If we retreat from Iraq, will Iran take over? The larger question is whether Iraq will be forced by a full U.S. pullout to become an Iranian satellite, a development that would undo a huge and painful investment of American blood and treasure and...
Happy ending to Los Angeles' 'Carmageddon' LOS ANGELES — The event that many feared would be the “Carmageddon” of epic traffic jams cruised calmly to a finish Sunday, with bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway completed nearly a full day...
Wife of Obama's Ag Secretary raking in the lobbyist... Tom Vilsack was a registered federal lobbyist in 2008, and then he was Obama's Agriculture Secretary in early 2009. Now, his wife is running for Congress, and she's having great success on the fundraising...
China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday slammed President Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs” and damaged Chinese-American relations.The...
China boosts holdings of US Treasury securities China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury debt, increased its holdings in May for the second straight month, after five months of declines. China boosted its holdings by $7.3 billion...
Palin Movie Opens with Full Theaters- THE UNDEFEATED... The Palin Movie, The Undefeated, opens to full theaters across the country, countering the left's onslaught of claims to the contrary, claims that all swirled around the now infamous Conor Friedersdorf...
The Conor Friedersdorf Empty Theater fiasco- Palin... Conor Friedersdorf and the empty theater stunt exposed- Palin Movie- The Undefeated The exploding "empty theater" gate is sweeping the blogosphere. What is "empty theater" gate? It's all about Conor...
Palin Movie- Hoax- How Atlantic reporter used unadvertised... Did MSM rig empty theater showing of THE UNDEFEATED for THE ATLANTIC’s Conor Friedersdorf? – Palin Movie Palin Movie, Sarah Palin, The Undefeated Tags: Conor Friedersdorf,, MSM, Palin Movie, The...
Social media sites keep Anthony case alive Casey Anthony was acquitted of murdering her daughter, but scores of Facebook posts still hound her. facebook.com Casey Anthony is a growing phenomenon on social media, especially Facebook....
Obama: Leaders will 'meet every single day' on debt... President Obama vowed Monday to hold meetings with congressional leaders every day until they hammer out a deal to raise the government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling while reducing federal debt in the...
Tea Party groups to target lawmakers on debt ceiling Tea Party groups want to turn the upcoming debt limit vote into a repeat of the health care town-hall-style forums of the summer of 2009, packing district offices and community meetings in targeted...
Michigan lures five-star OL prospect Kyle Kalis from... Mike Vrabel retires from NFL and joins Ohio State coaching staff
Yankees' Cano wins Home Run Derby, beats Red Sox's... PHOENIX It was perhaps the ultimate father-son moment. By Jeff Gross, Getty Images It took 12 home runs in the final round for the Yankees' Robinson Cano to win the 2011 home run derby. By...
For Murdoch's empire, a scandal of its own If this didn't involve Rupert Murdoch, his sensational-obsessed headline writers likely would be having a field day with the aging media mogul's growing misfortunes. By Adrian Dennis, AFP/Getty...
Many older Americans expect to help kids financially If financial turmoil and longer lifespans hadn't complicated retirement planning enough, aging Americans now are worrying about having enough money in their later years to handle their families'...
Australia puts health warnings on liquor bottles SYDNEY Australia's liquor industry launched a voluntary program to label its products with health warnings Tuesday, possibly to pre-empt future criticism that it is contributing to excessive...
Palin Movie shocks reviewer who realizes THE UNDEFEATED... Palin Movie, The Undefeated from http://newstweeters.com/2011/07/palin-movie-the-undefeated-modern-day-version-of-mr-smith-goes-to-washington/ A non-partisan, non-conservative movie reviewer named...
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Historic Floodwaters Begin To Recede In Minot, N.D. Enlarge Scott Olson /Getty...
Gates To Depart Pentagon After Serving Bush, Obama Enlarge Jason Reed/Pool/Getty...
Obama Turns His Attention To Deficit Reduction After weeks of leaving deficit-reduction talks to Vice President Biden, President Obama will meet personally with Republican and Democratic...
Crews Fully Contain 1 of 3 Major Arizona Wildfires AP June 19: A home burns at the intersection of Campbello Ave. and Ramsey Rd. from the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Phoenix – One of three major wildfires...
As Water Ebbs in Minot, Thoughts of Recovery AP The Souris River passes near a home Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Minot, N.D. About 11,000 Minot residents are being ordered to leave their homes even earlier than expected this week as...
Bachmann: 'Flake' Label is 'Insulting' Bachmann: 'Flake' Label is 'Insulting' Published June 26, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Calling her a...
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Freedom News- Reports From Freedomist.com from http://freedomist.com/ Reports Top Report The Core Unit- Why the Church Doesn’t Work- What to do about it » Why is the body broken?… RightOnline Live Blog Part 2- Bill Collier- #RO11...
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FDA's New Cigarette Warning Labels Won't Stop Smokers The images are so distasteful that television outlets reporting on them issued an advance warning that small children might want to look away. There was a person...
Why Your Broker Doesn't Put You First Mitch Tuchman Have your heard this old tale? During a flood, a kind-hearted frog lets a scorpion ride to safety on his back. But, just as...
How Greece Has Outperformed Washington It's fashionable to sneer at Greece. Maybe it shouldn't be. The seaside nation at the bottom of Europe has become the poster child for unmanageable government debt,...
North Dakota Residents Flee Minot's Floodwaters Some 11,000 people were told to evacuate Minot, North Dakota, Wednesday because of flooding. Residents are expecting floodwaters to reach...
Debate: Did Obama Overstep His Authority In Libya? The White House says it is confident President Obama has followed the law when it comes to...
Sarah Palin says jury duty comes before bus tour By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:47pm EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday she...
House to vote on bill cutting funds for Libya By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON | Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:28am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a proposal...
Lagarde a "talented candidate" for IMF: Geithner WASHINGTON | Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:18am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner believes French finance minister Christine Lagarde is an...
Verdict to be announced in Del. pediatrician case Verdict to be announced in Del. pediatrician case Published June 23, 2011 | Associated Press
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Supreme Court: Only EPA Can Regulate 'Greenhouse Gas'... In a near unanimous ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the power to regulate so-called greenhouse gas emissions rests solely with the U.S. Environmental...
Reverse Mortgage Problems Raising Red Flags The government-insured reverse mortgage program is struggling with a host of serious problems. The loans, available only to homeowners at least 62 years old, are...
U.S. Prods Europe On NATO Spending Enlarge John Thys/AFP/Getty...
In Congress, A Bipartisan Push For Afghan Drawdown Growing numbers of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are balking both at the length of the...
Junk Food Fight: Should Ads Stop Targeting Teens? Asylum 626 A screen shot of...
NFL, NBA Face Tough Contract Bargaining Sessions Billions of dollars are at stake this summer as the leagues for professional football and basketball try to negotiate new contracts with...
Severe Midwest storms hits Chicago, Knoxville power CHICAGO | Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:17am EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands remained without power in Chicago and surrounding areas on Wednesday, a day...
Geithner says trying to bolster small business WASHINGTON | Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:02am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that small businesses have suffered especially...
U.S. Border Agent Fatally Shoots Man Near San Diego U.S. Border Agent Fatally Shoots Man Near San Diego Published June 22, 2011 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet SAN...
Mitt Romney, Herman Cain Can't Fill George Washington's... I want to wish George Washington, the father of our country, a belated happy Father’s Day. Washington had his faults. He, like five of our first seven presidents,...
AARP on Social Security: A Game-Changer for Entitlement... Following intense critique from fellow activists, AARP backtracked on comments made by its policy chief, who hinted that the organization might consider...
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'Times' Reporter To Challenge Subpoena In Leak Case Jim Risen, a reporter for The New York Times, will ask a court Tuesday to throw out a Justice...
Climate Change: Public Skeptical, Scientists Sure The American public is less likely to believe in global warming than it was just five years...
Trial Nears In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings Nearly six years later, the real story of what happened on the Danziger Bridge may finally...
How Big Will The U.S. Drawdown Be In Afghanistan? President Obama will move the United States a step closer to ending the war in Afghanistan...
3 men freed after being trapped in Kentucky mine MIDDLESBORO, Ky. – Three men who spent more than half a day trapped underground in a flooded southeastern Kentucky coal mine waded out and were on their way home after just a quick hospital evaluation....
Winds Challenge Crews Battling Western Wildfires A wildfire raging in southern Arizona drove thousands more people from their homes as powerful...
Tea Party Revs Up Bus Tour, Rolls Through Iowa Enlarge Charlie Neibergall/AP...
GE reaches tentative 4-year deal with unions NEW YORK | Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:58pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co on Sunday reached a tentative, four-year national labor contract with two key...
U.S. must not cut too much on defense: Pentagon executive By Karen Jacobs PARIS | Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:45pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - While the United States will need to curb defense spending in the face of fiscal...
Police Review Security Video in Hunt for Killer in... NY POST June 19: This is a picture of ESU going towards the Pharmacy in Medford, N.Y., after four people were reportedly shot. MEDFORD, N.Y. -- Police have reviewed...
No Action Yet From Obama on Guns Following Arizona... WASHINGTON -- More than five months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, the White House has yet to take any new steps on gun violence, even though that's what President Obama called...
GOP presidential hopefuls dance around climate change... There was a time when Republicans were at the forefront of efforts to investigate – maybe even do something about – the impact of human activity on global climate. ...
Oil dives close to four-month low (AFP) LONDON (AFP) – New York oil prices sank close to a four-month low on Monday as traders eyed a deepening Greek debt crisis, stronger dollar and resurgent worries about the Chinese and...
The Forty-Year Quagmire: An Exit Strategy for the War... The Nation -- Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the infamous speech in which President Nixon committed to waging "a new, all-out offensive" against drug abuse, which he declared...
Border Security breakdown- Govt posts warning signs... from http://freedomist.com/2011/06/border-insecurity-now-spreads-deeper-into-american-lands-govt-posts-warning-signs/ FREEDOM NEWS Home Reports About Us History Info Mission Bill Collier Paul...
Report: Most Illegal Immigrants Come From Mexico A new congressional report sure to stir up the heated immigration debate finds that about 1 in 4 foreigners in America are here illegally and that 62...
Momentum Grows for Payroll Tax Cut With fears of a double-dip recession growing after a series of disturbing economic reports and a second round of stimulus spending out of the question,...
Debt Ceiling Pressure Builds on House GOP Leaders No one is quite sure what to do about the debt ceiling. The Obama stimulus has pushed federal spending up near 25 percent of U.S. gross domestic product—well...
Democrats Act Alone On California State Budget Democrats who control California's Legislature began passing a series of budget bills Wednesday...
ATF Agents: Higher-Ups Let Guns Go To Cartels Three agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives marched to Congress...
Will Romney Be Able to Dodge Healthcare Flip-Flopper... The Republican frontrunner in the 2012 race for the White House is about to make it official. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will announce his...
Obama Undermines Prospects for Middle East Peace When Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation to speak to a joint meeting of Congress last week, he could have had no idea that...
House Prepares to Rebuke Obama Over Libya President Barack Obama’s notion that he need not consult with Congress over ongoing U.S. military operations in Libya—because, in his words, they were “temporary”—is...
Top Democrat Sees Republicans Losing House in 2012 If the most conservative Democratic election prediction comes true in 2012, Nancy Pelosi is just 19 months away from grabbing back the speaker's gavel from Republican...
Weiner's Defense Over Crotch Photo Backfires "Weiner Exposed." "Weiner's Pickle." "Battle of the Bulge." Those were...
Obama's Chrysler Bailout Event Uses Ford Vans See Twitter page
Swollen Missouri River drives evacuations in Upper... By David Bailey MINNEAPOLIS | Sat Jun 4, 2011 4:36pm EDT MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Evacuations grew from North Dakota through Nebraska along the Missouri...
Afghan talks possible if war gains continue: Gates By David Alexander and Sanjeev Miglani KABUL/SINGAPORE | Sat Jun 4, 2011 1:04pm EDT KABUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on...
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Al Qaeda Urges American Muslims to Buy Guns for Terror... Al Qaeda Urges American Muslims to Buy Guns for Terror Attacks Published June 04, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Al...
2012 Republican hopefuls court religious right ... WASHINGTON – A gathering of religious conservatives drew nearly all the GOP presidential hopefuls to a single stage, a claim that a South Carolina debate and a well-publicized forum...
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The Debt Ceiling and Tax Fairness There is no choice but to raise the debt ceiling right now since the budget for the current fiscal year, ending September 30, is already locked in with more deficit...
How Bad Is the Pension Problem? Well-publicized crises in Illinois and New Jersey may have given public pension systems a bad reputation, but in reality, the vast majority of state...
Balanced Budget Movement Grows In House A radical play from House conservatives to trade an agreement to raise the debt ceiling in return for a spending cap, massive spending cuts and a Balanced Budget...
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2011 tornado death toll tops 500 and season not over CHICAGO | Thu May 26, 2011 3:17pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than 500 people have been killed by twisters in 2011, making it the deadliest tornado year in...
Supreme Court backs Arizona business immigration law By James Vicini WASHINGTON | Thu May 26, 2011 2:05pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that allows the state...
War Powers Resolution struggles for respect By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON | Thu May 26, 2011 3:21pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi remains alive, the law that some...
War-weary House sends Obama a warning WASHINGTON | Thu May 26, 2011 2:55pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives lawmakers sent a clear warning on Thursday to President Barack Obama...
Yale Restores ROTC to Campus for First Time in Four... U.S.A.F/Cadet Scott Stallings University of Florida ROTC cadets participate in leadership exercise April 25, 2010 at Camp Blanding, Fla. NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale University...
Ambassador nominee: China must lean on N. Korea Ambassador nominee: China must lean on N. Korea Published May 26, 2011 | Associated Press View All Comments
Angle Won't Run in Nevada Special Election AP FILE: In this Oct. 14, 2010, photo, Sharron Angle speaks during a Nevada Senate debate with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Carson City – Tea party-backed...
Senate Report Finds Billions in Waste on Science Foundation... Office of Sen. Tom Coburn Shown here is a shrimp walking on a treadmill, part of a National Science Foundation-funded research project. Scientific studies conducted...
Rep. Barney Frank Admits to Helping Ex-Lover Land Job... Rep. Barney Frank Admits to Helping Ex-Lover Land Job at Fannie Mae Published May 26, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Rep....
MSNBC's Ed Schultz Off Air Indefinitely After Calling... Radio and TV host Ed Schultz used the opening segment of his MSNBC show Wednesday night to apologize for calling radio rival Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" before...
Lindsay Lohan Begins House Arrest for Parole Violation Lindsay Lohan Begins House Arrest for Parole Violation Published May 26, 2011 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet AP July...
No smell of human decay in Casey Anthony's trunk: witness... ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) – Was 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's body ever in her mother's car trunk? Prosecutors in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony are expected...
BP asks judge to dismiss many spill claims (AP) NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC is asking a federal judge to dismiss most of the court claims filed against the oil giant by businesses and individuals who say they suffered economic damage from...
Consumers hold back growth, rebound seen muted ... WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unexpectedly weak consumer spending hobbled the economy in the first quarter and fresh signs of a slowdown in the labor market pointed to an uphill struggle for...
White House slashes red tape to boost economy ... WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House Thursday unveiled a series of measures to cut back on burgeoning red tape and simplify rules which it said could save US businesses "billions" of dollars...
Top lobbying banks got biggest bailouts: study ... NEW YORK (Reuters) – The more aggressively a bank lobbied before the financial crisis, the worse its loans performed during the economic downturn -- and the more bailout dollars it received,...
The mom who lost her kids because she has breast cancer... New York – Alaina Giordano lost a custody battle, and the judge cited her illness as a major contributing factor. Should she win her appeal? Alaina Giordano, a North...
Obama's crucial moment in Poland (The Christian... Washington – President Obama’s visit to Europe this week is giving him the opportunity to bury once and for all perceptions that have dogged his administration from the outset:...
Arizona Immigration Law Upheld by Supreme Court Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article The Supreme Court has sustained Arizona's law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments...
US Default Would Be 'Calamitous': FDIC's Bair Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article A senior U.S. banking regulator urged Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling to prevent a "calamitous'' government debt default.As she prepares...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Still Has Board's Support: Director Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Microsoft's stock rose Thursday after hedge fund manager David Einhorn called for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down, though a Microsoft director later...
Americans Care About Jobs, Price of Gas Over Deficit,... It’s the lack of jobs, stupid. Sorry, James Carville, that’s my take on it. When James Carville stated, “It’s the economy, stupid,” he was right; then...
Poll: Americans Split on Ryan, Obama Budget Plans The usually insightful and informative Gallup Poll is out with numbers Wednesday that really obfuscate the debate over how best to address the nation’s deficit...
Panetta at Pentagon Is Smart, But Is There a Petraeus-CIA... The Obama administration announced this week that CIA Director Leon Panetta will replace Bob Gates as the secretary of Defense. Panetta is a shrewd and well-respected...
401(k) Savings Inches Upward The average 401(k) balance rose to $74,900 in the first quarter 2011, up from $71,500 at the end of 2010, and the highest amount recorded since this data began being...
We're Still Here, Even Judgment Day Believers Some Christians believe that Saturday is Judgment Day, the day that catastrophe strikes the earth, true believers ascend to heaven and others...
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Indiana Gov. Daniels Won't Be Running For President Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced early Sunday that he will not be going after the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. ...
Deficit Drives Debate As Congress Rides Shotgun This week in Washington, policymakers will still be wrestling with the domestic economy and the twin burdens of the federal deficit and...
American Pro-Israel Lobby Weighs Obama's Mideast Plan President Barack Obama will address the annual gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Sunday. AIPAC is the country's...
Ganging Up In The Senate Not So Bipartisan After All Sen. Tom Coburn's exit from the so-called "Gang of Six" last week was just another moment of failure for such unofficial Senate groups....
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Shackleford Wins Preakness Horse Race Shackleford won the Preakness on Saturday, holding off a late charge from Animal Kingdom to...
Seeing-eye sheep, goats guide blind horse in Montana By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho | Sun May 22, 2011 11:04am EDT SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Michelle Feldstein was prepared to provide special accommodations...
Senator Grassley investigating SAC Capital trades By Ann Saphir and Matthew Goldstein CHICAGO/NEW YORK | Sat May 21, 2011 2:49pm EDT CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A powerful Republican lawmaker is investigating...
Vicksburg officials urge caution, plan for cleanup By Meryl Dakin VICKSBURG, Miss | Sat May 21, 2011 5:11pm EDT VICKSBURG, Miss (Reuters) - With weeks to go before the flood waters of the crested Mississippi...
Tornado kills one, damages 200 houses in Kansas KANSAS CITY | Sun May 22, 2011 9:30am EDT KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Tornadoes overnight in Kansas killed one person and damaged at least 200 homes, and have resulted...
Palestinians seek Arab consultation on Obama speech RAMALLAH, West Bank | Sat May 21, 2011 4:12pm EDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the Arab League Saturday to convene...
Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama By Eric Johnson CHICAGO | Sun May 22, 2011 12:31am EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President...
Obama sticks to Mideast vision in speech to pro-Israel... WASHINGTON | Sun May 22, 2011 11:19am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday refused to back away from his new Middle East peacemaking proposals...
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For First Time, Majority of Americans Support Gay Marriage For First Time, Majority of Americans Support Gay Marriage Published May 22, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet AP ...
States shorten duration for unemployment benefits WASHINGTON – Some of the states that have drained their unemployment insurance funds are cutting the number of weeks that a laid-off worker can count on those benefits. Legislators are trying to...
Minnesota Voters Will Decide on Gay Marriage Ban Minnesota Voters Will Decide on Gay Marriage Ban Published May 22, 2011 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet AP ...
'Taxi' Star Jeff Conaway Hospitalized in a Coma 'Taxi' Star Jeff Conaway Hospitalized in a Coma Published May 19, 2011 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet AP In...
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger's Hollywood Comeback Over... AP In this file photo taken Oct. 7, 2003, shows Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver ,as they celebrate his victory in the California gubernatorial recall election in Los...
What Obama's Israel 1967 Border call looks like Israel 1967 Border- what it means to Israel’s existence Obama’s call on Israel to return to 1967 borders: israel 1967 borders President Obama’s speech on the Middle East yesterday was...
EU Commission Asks for Bigger Budget The executive arm of the European Union has asked for an increase of nearly 5 percent in the organization’s 2012 budget, a decision that angered member...
Bin Laden's Death Will Not End the War on Terror The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of the U.S. military is not, as some would have it, the end of the war on terror—a phrase that has fallen out of fashion...
Boehner's Debt Ceiling Speech Shows Problems of Obama-nomics It probably won’t get the attention it deserves, but House Speaker John Boehner Monday delivered an important speech about the country’s economic future. Speaking...
With bin Laden Dead, U.S. Should Draw Down in Afghanistan Should we stay or should we go? Although the title of one of my favorite '80s songs, that’s not what I’m referring to. I’m referring to Afghanistan. Since...
10 Cities Where Rents Are Spiking In Pictures: 10 Cities Where Rents Are Rising the Most It's not usually welcome news when the landlord hikes your rent. But a surge in rents...
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Republicans Ready To Cut All But The Pentagon "Cut spending!" has been Congressional Republicans' battle cry this year. They have indeed managed to cut far more in the budget battles...
GOP Class Of 2012 Candidates Takes Shape This past week was an eventful one for the Republican 2012 presidential hopeful field. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Congressman...
Hockey world searches for answers in Boogaard death TORONTO | Sat May 14, 2011 10:33pm EDT TORONTO (Reuters) - The hockey world was digesting the sudden death of New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard with many...
California governor to moderate tax plan: report SAN FRANCISCO | Sat May 14, 2011 7:26pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown will slightly moderate his call for tax hikes in light...
Florida imams arrested for aiding Pakistani Taliban By Kevin Grey MIAMI | Sun May 15, 2011 2:00am EDT MIAMI (Reuters) - The imam of a Florida mosque and his two sons, one also a Muslim spiritual leader,...
Geithner warns of new recession without debt rise By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON | Sat May 14, 2011 5:52pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the government about to hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit,...
Huckabee rules out 2012 White House run By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON | Sat May 14, 2011 9:26pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mike Huckabee announced on Saturday he would not seek his party's...
Paul Ryan to decide on Senate run soon WASHINGTON | Sun May 15, 2011 9:41am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Sunday he would decide this week...
Obama warns of worse crisis if no debt ceiling rise By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON | Sun May 15, 2011 9:52am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Congress that failing to raise the debt limit...
FBI Task Force Refuses to Join 'Hyped' New York City... FBI Task Force Refuses to Join 'Hyped' New York City Terror Case Published May 15, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet The...
Chicago Businessman's Trial to Offer Glimpse Into World... Chicago Businessman's Trial to Offer Glimpse Into World of Pakistan Terrorists Published May 15, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend ...
Huckabee Not Running http://freedomist.com/2011/05/huckabee-will-not-run-for-president/ Mike Huckabee- Huckabee NOT Running For President- Huckabee Will Not Run For President Tonight, after weeks of speculation, Mike...
Coburn Open to Tax Reform to Increase Revenue Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, one of the Senate's most conservative Republicans, implied on Sunday that he'd be open to tax reform as a way to boost government...
Kohl Retirement Adds to Democrats' 2012 Senate Woes The announcement by Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl that he won't seek a fifth term has set the Democrats further back in their hopes of keeping the Senate...
Will Mitch Daniels's Personal Life Hurt His 2012 Chances? There are a whole lot of people who are waiting on Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to decide if he is going to enter the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. With...
On Gas Prices, Obama Should Lead or Get Out of the... Jim Adams is president and CEO of Offshore Marine Service Association, which represents the owners and operators of U.S. flag offshore service vessels...
Can Ron Paul Win in 2012? One more horse entered the race to face Barack Obama this morning when Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced his intention to run for the Republican 2012 ...
Unemployment Jeopardizing U.S. Recovery It's jobs, stupid. As we celebrate the execution of America's No. 1 enemy, we are jerked back to the horrible reality of America's greatest domestic...
Senate Considers Potential Social Security Changes The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing this week to examine the impact Social Security has on the federal budget. The Social Security trust fund is currently...
Financial Outlook Worsens for Social Security, Medicare Social Security and Medicare’s annual checkup found that the entitlement system continues to face long-term financial challenges. The Social Security trust fund...
SEALs Angry At Attention, Want It Stopped U.S. Navy SEALs, like the teams that killed Osama bin Laden, are grateful for nation's show of support but are growing angry with the continued focus on their operation,...
Ark. City Watches River Waters' Slow Rise The Mississippi River is expected to crest in Arkansas City, Ark., on Saturday at 53.5 feet, the highest it has reached since 1933. Host...
Louisiana Readies To Flood Cajun Country Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the...
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George Mitchell Resigns George Mitchell is resigning as the Obama administration's point man for Mideast peace talks, after failing to sustain direct negotiations...
Georgia governor signs immigration crackdown By David Beasley ATLANTA | Fri May 13, 2011 7:12pm EDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's governor on Friday signed a tough new state law cracking down on...
Connecticut avoids layoffs by reaching union accord NEW YORK | Fri May 13, 2011 8:18pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut has avoided having to lay off public workers under a new labor accord that saves $1.6...
China and U.S. grapple with military mistrust By David Alexander and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/BEIJING | Fri May 13, 2011 5:38pm EDT WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The Pentagon next week hosts the...
Medicare funds issue fuels budget fight By Glenn Somerville and Pedro da Costa WASHINGTON | Fri May 13, 2011 8:54pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the government's most popular programs...
"Serious questions" in U.S.-Pakistan ties... MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan | Sat May 14, 2011 8:28am EDT MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States wants Pakistan to be a "real" ally in combating...
3 Americans Charged with Helping Pakistani Taliban Six individuals located in South Florida and Pakistan have been indicted on charges of providing financing and other material support to the Pakistani Taliban, the Department of Justice announced Saturday. "Today...
Massachusetts Boy Charged With Bringing Toy Gun on... Massachusetts Boy Charged With Bringing Toy Gun on Bus Published May 14, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet ...
Prosecutor: Missing Teen Found in New Jersey Pond Drowned Prosecutor: Missing Teen Found in New Jersey Pond Drowned Published May 14, 2011 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet AP Undated...
How Obama Deflated his bin Laden Bounce President Obama was right when he told an interviewer from a Miami Spanish-language station that the death of Usama bin Laden didn’t guarantee his re-election. But he didn’t tell the whole story. The...
Defense Department Refuses to Do Speedy Review for... AP In this Dec. 24, 1998 file photo, Muslim militant and Al Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. ...
Bill Clinton Muses About Creating Internet Agency to... Bill Clinton Muses About Creating Internet Agency to Combat Falsehoods Published May 14, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments Recommend ...
Charlie Sheen Mocks Decision to Hire Ashton Kutcher... Charlie Sheen in 'Two and a Half Men' (AP) See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya! That was the message Charlie Sheen had for Ashton Kutcher after CBS confirmed the former...
Obama announces steps to speed US oil production ... WASHINGTON – Facing continued public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in...
California to close up to 70 parks to save money ... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California will close up to 70 of its 278 parks to help narrow its budget gap, officials said on Friday just a few days before Governor Jerry Brown unveils...
Consumer inflation may be peaking, economists say ... WASHINGTON – After weeks of pain at the gas pump and the grocery store, the worst appears to be over. Oil prices have fallen, with gas soon to follow. Demand for farm...
As US debt ceiling looms, Geithner prods Congress ... WASHINGTON (AFP) – Three days before the US public debt hits its legal limit, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged lawmakers to lift the ceiling to ensure confidence remains...
Wisconsin's Herb Kohl to Leave Senate; Seat Up for... The announced retirement of Democratic Senator Herb Kohl has offered the promise of even more entertaining political drama in a state that has seen more than its share of that commodity...
Is it 'un-American' to cut oil subsidies? (The... New York – That's the position of ConocoPhillips, one of the world's biggest, most profitable oil companies. Of course, not everyone is buying it President Obama and...
David Toms atop a strong leaderboard at Players ... PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – David Toms doesn't feel as though he's done anything special over 36 holes, which sometimes can be good enough at The Players Championship. At least before...
Grizzlies push Thunder back to OKC for Game 7 ... MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Grizzlies may have finally figured out how to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder from smothering Zach Randolph. O.J. Mayo moved back into the...
Regulators Assure US Congress on Wall St Crackdown Page 1 of 5 | Next PageShow Entire Article Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol...
Yahoo's Battle With Chinese E-Commerce Firm Intensifies Page 1 of 4 | Next PageShow Entire Article By Jennifer Saba and Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's battle with Alibaba Group intensified on Friday as they issued contradictory...
Democrat Leads Field in W.Va. Governor's Race By KRIS MAHER Republicans appear to be the underdogs in the race for governor of West Virginia as the state heads into primaries Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen the GOP make significant...
FDA Clears Merck Hepatitis Drug BY JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF The Food and Drug Administration approved the first new treatment for the infectious disease hepatitis C in almost a decade, green-lighting a Merck Co. drug that heralds...
Debit-Card Heist Lasted Months BY ANN ZIMMERMAN Thieves tampered with debit-card processing equipment at Michaels arts-and-crafts stores as early as Feb. 8, nearly three months before customers who had used their bank cards...
China Fights Back on EU Paper Tariffs SHANGHAI—China said Saturday the European Union's move to slap tariffs on imports of Chinese coated fine paper is against the world trade organization principle and it will take measures to protect...
One in four Greeks now want to get out of the euro:... "There is no future, no light at the end of our tunnel," a young man said as a running battle was fought between riot police and anarchists a couple of streets away. "The private sector is dying."...
Western Conference finals preview: Sizing up Canucks-Sharks... The No. 1 Vancouver Canucks take on the No. 2 San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference finals, starting Sunday in Vancouver (8 p.m. ET, Versus). A preview: By Paul Sakuma, AP Vancouver's...
3 Fla. men charged with supporting terrorism MIAMI (AP) Three South Florida men have been charged with providing about $45,000 in financial support to the Pakistani Taliban, which the State Department has designated as a terrorist organization. The...
Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch continue verbal war at... DOVER, Del. Their on-track feud might be on ice at NASCAR's urging, but the verbal war between Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch is red hot. By Nick Wass, AP Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick kept...
Tests prove Ford's turbo Taurus is fastest police car Chryslers shows off custom grilles, wheels for 300 sedanStephen Colbert becoming 'Admiral of the Fleet' for Audi
Kodak wins round in patent dispute with Apple ROCHESTER, New York Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. shot higher Friday after a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission rejected Apple Inc.'s digital-camera patent claims against the photography...
Larry Flynt keeps control of Hustler porn empire Larry Flynt, the self-proclaimed King of Smut, is still the boss of his own business. Kitty Yancey, USA TODAY There is no question whose Hustler club you are going to when in Las Vegas: Larry...
Could Scott Walker’s overreach cost GOP a Senate... One key takeaway from the news that Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is set to retire is that the national Republican Party could end up coming to regret Governor Scott Walker’s overreach in...
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The medical mystery of Mitt Romney One head of Romney defends his health-care reform in Massachusetts, the model for President Obama’s version, which also uses an “individual mandate” to force people to buy health insurance —...
Social Security deficits now 'permanent' Social Security will run a permanent yearly deficit when looking at the program’s tax revenues compared to what it must pay out in benefits, the program’s trustees said Friday in a report that found...
Massive Puerto Rico pipeline triggers debate Puerto Rico's governor is proposing to solve soaring energy prices on this oil-dependent U.S. island with a massive natural gas pipeline that would cross some of the territory's most fragile ecosystems...
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Reid Will Push for a Vote on Ryan's 2012 Budget Plan... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he'll push for a vote next week on Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget plan in the Senate. Of course, the plan has little hope of passing the Senate...
Seniors Key Voters in 2012 Presidential Election One of the biggest battlegrounds in the ongoing war over the budget focuses on winning support from seniors. And increasingly, all sides are playing...
House to Investigate White House Use of Facebook, Twitter The Obama administration's famously web-savvy staff will soon be under scrutiny from Republicans in Congress. The House Oversight and Government Reform...
Obama Visits Alabama After Devastating Tornadoes President Obama visited Alabama Friday to meet with Gov. Robert Bentley after tornadoes devastated the state and left more than 200 people there dead....
NPR: We Are Not 'Tax-Payer Funded' The entire premise of [Doug Heye's blog post, "Tax Payer Funded NPR Brings Rock Stars to Swanky Washington Party"] is simply misinformed. Our guests are paying their...
National Debt Debate Reflects How Far Left Democrats... Remember this line? "My opponent now says he'll raise taxes as a last resort. . . . When a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll...
'Brood 19' Cicadas Poised To Swarm The South They've been developing underground for 13 years, and now billions of Brood 19 cicadas are set to emerge with a bang, or a buzz in states...
EPA Sets Aside $61 Million of 2012 Budget for Legal... See Twitter page
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Ham Radio Volunteers Worry About Spectrum Plan Across Alabama, emergency communications systems fell silent this week when tornadoes knocked...
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Syria over crackdown By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON | Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:13pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped sanctions on Syria's...
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels coy on White House run By Susan Guyett INDIANAPOLIS | Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:24pm EDT INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, a fiscal conservative seen as a possible...
Vermont's Single-Payer Health Care Bill Ignites Debate... Kelly McNayr, center, of Burlington, Vt. , shouts with the crowd during a health care rally Saturday, May 1, 2010, at the statehouse in Montpelier, Vt. , where several hundred single-payer...
Indiana governor vows to block federal funds for Planned... Chicago – Indiana will become the first state to block funding for Planned Parenthood following an announcement made late Friday by Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) that he will sign a bill to...
Palin raises profile; 2012 plans unclear (AP) WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin's support among Republicans has shrunk and there's no evidence she's close to saying whether she will run for president in 2012. But it's clear...
Obama keeps up push to end gas, oil tax breaks ... WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says oil companies are profiting from rising pump prices and he wants Congress to end $4 billion in annual tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. ...
National Sales Tax Will Lead to Booming Economy ... COMMENTARY | The Fair Tax Act is not a new concept but it is one that has gathered steam over the last two weeks. Since April 15, talk of a national sales tax has taken center stage and...
Jerry Brown has cancerous growth removed from nose... LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his nose, his office said on Saturday. The growth was removed under local anesthetic on Friday,...
Syria: Did Assad's latest crackdown backfire? ... New York – After Bashar Al-Assad sent in tanks to quell the Syrian uprising at its root, his own military reportedly suffered considerable defections. What's next? When...
Should the U.S. stop funding the Palestinians? ... New York – The rapprochement between Hamas, which the U.S. and Israel consider a terrorist group, and Fatah is imperiling Washington's aid to the Palestinian Authority ...
NFL draft concludes as labor dispute rolls on ... NEW YORK – One fourth-round draft pick won't be ready to run until August. Another wasn't ready to talk to his new team because he was in the middle of his graduation ceremony. ...
Consumer Sentiment Rose in April as Price Fears Ease U.S. consumer sentiment rose in April as the sharp increase in gasoline prices was viewed as being temporary, a survey released Friday showed. Even so, consumers still anticipated some additional price...
Party Stalwarts, Biden to Craft Deficit Deal BY JANET HOOK AND CAROL E. LEE A high-level group of lawmakers begins meeting next week to craft a deficit-reduction compromise, but its members include unlikely recruits...
Appeals Court: Levee Plan Can Proceed By JOE BARRETT The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took the next steps Saturday to prepare for blowing up a Missouri levee to ease near-record flooding on the Mississippi River, hours after a...
Unions in Familiar Fight With New Foe By KRIS MAHER and AMY MERRICK Unions are facing off against an unlikely foe over a now-familiar issue, as Democrats in Massachusetts move to limit municipal workers' power to...
Obama, GOP Play Gas Price Blame Game By JARED A. FAVOLE WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama and House Republicans used their weekly radio addresses to continue a blame game over surging gas prices that will heighten and shrink...
South Settles Into Slow Rhythm of Recovery By RYAN DEZEMBER, TIMOTHY W. MARTIN and DOUGLAS BELKIN CULLMAN, Ala. -- Three days after they were pummeled by the worst storm system in decades, the residents of this and many other tornado-ravaged...
NATO Missile Strike Kills Gadhafi's Son By RICHARD BOUDREAUX and CHARLES LEVINSON TRIPOLI, Libya – A missile fired by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization struck a house where Col. Moammar Gadhafi was staying Saturday, missing...
Gas prices spur fight over end to oil production tax... By John M. Broder THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: 7:23 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2011 Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type WASHINGTON — Congress returns this week...
Strong earnings from Caterpillar drive Dow higher By CHIP CUTTER NEW YORK ...
Judge asks to see Tucson college's Loughner emails TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A judge is asking to review 255 pages of emails that a newspaper has requested from a community college that the Tucson, Ariz., mass shooting suspect attended. Pima County...
Calif. may let locals opt out of immigration checks LOS ANGELES (AP) California lawmakers are the latest to weigh joining efforts in other states to gain control over a controversial national program that automatically checks the immigration...
Obama's new team blurs lines between defense, intelligence WASHINGTON President Obama welcomed a new team of warriors, spies and diplomats Thursday to the "urgent challenges" of defending America's interests on multiple fronts overseas despite dwindling...
No verdict after Day 5 at insider trading trial NEW YORK (AP) The judge let jurors leave early on Friday. It was their fifth day of weighing the fate of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam Richard Drew, AP Billionaire co-founder of Galleon...
Government’s Disaster Response Wins Praise In numerous interviews in the low-income Alberta neighborhood here on Friday, shortly before President Obama and other officials toured what is now an unimaginable wasteland, residents said they had...
Editorial: The Ryan Plan for Medicaid The desire for fiscal relief is understandable. Medicaid insures low-income people and in these tough economic times, enrollment and costs — for the federal government and state governments — have...
In Iowa’s largely empty GOP field, Tim Pawlenty... What surprises Feenstra is that his phone hasn’t been ringing much. Some of the Republican presidential dreamers are waiting, he suspects; others can’t decide whether they want to contest Iowa....
What Bernanke should have said Loading... Comments Tweet Ezra Klein Ezra Klein is a columnist at the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to MSNBC. His work focuses...
Trade groups say U.S. falling behind The White House’s better-late-than-never approach to three trade agreements doesn’t cut it for trade groups that say American businesses are quickly losing ground to global competitors.Within months,...
Tax cut, more income let consumers boost spending in... Americans earned a little more and spent a little more in February, thanks to a tax cut. But a big part of the extra money went to cover higher gas prices.Consumer spending jumped 0.7 percent last month...
Tax, spending divisions laid bare in public forums Peter Cass could stand it no longer as he listened to the Republican congressman defend a plan to cut taxes and Medicare simultaneously. "We pay much lower taxes than the rest of the...
Immigration bill heads to Fla Senate floor Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos wants the state's employers forced to use the federal government's electronic system for confirming new hires' immigration status, but a bill that may get...
N.H. Dems file FEC complaint against Mitt Romney New Hampshire Democrats...
California regulator calls Anthem Blue Cross rate hike... A California regulator for...
Making the case for a long-term bull run in commodities There are few worse feelings...
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Top 10 movies of the summer At a recent gathering of film critics sponsored by Northwestern University, one dinnertime conversation veered into the crystal ball of this summer's movies, and how they might improve what...
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