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A run of disappointing economic data is emboldening Congressional Republicans in their standoff with the White House over the best way to encourage growth.
The high rate of joblessness is a hurdle for President Obama in 2012, but the economy only seems to explain about half of election results.
One of Pakistan’s most wanted militants, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed in an American drone strike, residents and a militant member in the area said.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Saturday, where he said the mission should not be put at risk by budget concerns.
Li Na became the first person from China to win a singles Grand Slam title after beating Francesca Schiavone of Italy, 6-4, 7-6, at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Inmates at Venezuela’s San Antonio prison do time amid a mix of hedonism and force.
In a rapidly aging suburb of Denver, younger and older voters part ways when it comes to cuts in spending.
A stalled bid to ban the sale of ground beef containing any of six dangerous strains of E. coli may gain momentum after the deadly wave of food-borne illness in Europe.
Mr. Eagleburger was the only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state. He was 80.
A bike-share program that is only months away from rolling out in New York has already been plagued by concerns about its viability.
Such teachers have become minor Internet celebrities, but they should not be defended.
New hotels in Murano, Italy, reflect a radical change in the self-image of an island whose history has been tied to glassmaking.
As the appeal of a dietary regimen grows, so do fantasies of second careers in bakeries without gluten.
A 100-year old technology essential to modern life is about to be snuffed out.
Roundups of cookbooks, gardening and travel books; new fiction; books about Hollywood and more.
Prices remain flat, and some multimillion-dollar apartments on the higher end of the market can take years to sell.
The Lexus CT 200h does not quite match the Prius’s mileage, but the CT is more luxurious and feels more solidly put together than the Prius.
The C.E.O. of TransPerfect, a translation service, said having many jobs at an early age helped to shape her view of the type of person she wanted to hire.
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