Though the calendar has ticked over into May, more than six weeks removed from the end of winter, in some parts of the Midwest and Rockies the shovels haven’t been put away for the season. A May Day snowstorm that spanned from …
A landmark new study of Oregon’s Medicaid program reveals what’s wrong with American health care
The raid that took out Osama bin Laden two years ago Wednesday was only a few minutes old when it nearly fell to pieces.
We’ve all heard the story: one of the helicopters lost lift and crashed into an animal pen before Navy …
“Our national geography for America gives us a distinct advantage over many countries. I mean, our enemies are not going to come through Canada, they're not going to come through Mexico. I mean, we would clearly be able to stop that at those borders if they tried that.”
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Let’s suppose you’re a typical American family, with kids that have largely grown up and flown the coop, leaving you and your spouse empty-nesters. Well, maybe not complete empty-nesters. You had a rather large brood, and …
Actors, singers, and political figures are among the thousands of people living on food budgets of $1.50 per day during this week’s “Live Below the Line” challenge
“Over the course of the last few years, I have made several trips to Afghanistan and I've spoken to many women who own or run businesses in that country. To a one, they have all indicated their desire to leave before December 2014…The top reason they cite for leaving is physical security.”
Do we need to sacrifice privacy to be safer?
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At lunch with reporters Tuesday sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff made a public confession of sorts. He expanded on an earlier point he’d made to the New York Times about “bad …
Ailing Hunter Tomlin, 8, became an honorary B-52 crew chief at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., last week.
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For both good – grabbing the alleged Boston Marathon bombers – and bad – there are a lot of vile videos out there — cameras have become ubiquitous.
That’s how a videocam atop a dashboard was able to capture the final …
Hundreds of gay and lesbian Coloradans gained legal recognition for their relationships early Wednesday morning as the state’s civil union law went into effect.
