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The Supreme Court should reject AT&T;'s claim that it should be shielded in a case involving the FCC and the Freedom of Information Act.
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After a failure by international mediators, Lebanon's political factions are trying to resolve a political crisis that threatens to turn...
We have no objection to the proposal that Republicans and Democrats sit together at President Obama's next State of the Union address. Mixed...
There are many metrics by which to judge the summit between President Obama and Chinese President...
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After stumbling badly in their first attempts to sell downloadable versions of their films, Hollywood studios appear to be regaining their...
Is the Arab world ready for democracy? As the freedom-yearning people of Tunisia cast off a dictator and fight for representative...
As House Republicans prepared for a symbolic vote to repeal the comprehensive healthcare reform law enacted last year, the Obama...
Once again the season of Hollywood awards shows — the kind we like to both jeer and ogle — has kicked off with the Golden...
Haitians are in desperate need of help. They need the help of their president, who must oversee legitimate runoff elections in the next...
Health insurer Blue Shield says it won't comply with Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' request to delay its latest double-digit rate...
Most Americans are familiar with the ubiquitous poster by L.A.-based street artist Shepard Fairey of then-candidate Barack Obama looking off...
Gov. Jerry Brown warned that his stark budget proposal, if adopted as is, would hit all Californians hard but that it would reflect the...
Healthsense, a technology company based just outside Minneapolis, uses wireless sensors to provide an early warning system for health...
Vice President Joe Biden, contradicting his previous assertion that U.S. troops would be out of...
A police officer smells what he thinks is marijuana and knocks loudly on an apartment door, shouting "This is the police!" When he hears...
The huge annual budget deficits Congress has been running are pushing Washington close to the debt limit again. With the debt near $14...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca does not play favorites, it seems: As long as you're a multimillionaire, his department's...
During the George W. Bush administration, the goal of promoting democracy in the Middle East was so intertwined with the invasion and...
Consider the egg, so dense in nutrients, inexpensive to produce and conveniently packaged that nutritionists sometimes call it the perfect...
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