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Although many people have assumed the cancer screening test must save lives because it is so often recommended, strong evidence had been lacking.

Live updates, analysis and fact checking of Wednesday's Republican presidential debate hosted by CNN.

A committee recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve what could become the first new prescription drug to treat obesity in 13 years.

Marie Colvin, left, an American reporter working for The Sunday Times of London, and Rémi Ochlik, a French photographer, were killed in Syria on Wednesday.The work of Marie Colvin, an Ame...

Gov. Bob McDonnell said he wanted an amendment stipulating that pre-abortion ultrasounds be limited to a non-invasive abdominal scan.

Rescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history.

Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain wh...

Trial moves into sentencing phase shortly after verdict read with murder victim Yeardley Love's mother and sister taking the stand

Six months later, lessons still reverberate through the emergency management, engineering and geological communities.

A poll says Americans are feeling better about the nation's economy but not about its politics.

It's the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation.

Two people were shot at a rehabilitation hospital on Wednesday, and someone believed to be an employee was arrested.

SEC Chairman Schapiro said she is worried about the role of high-frequency traders in the stock market and hinted at new policies aimed at curbing frenetic market activity.

As the market for technology IPOs revs up and the biggest banks seek to capitalize on the size of their balance sheets, the practice of companies selecting underwriters that also provided...

Asian companies are tapping bond markets at a record pace, worried that the euro-zone crisis may deepen and make it impossible for them to secure funds later in the year, say bankers who ...

General Motors and French car maker Peugeot Citroën are discussing a European auto alliance as the two grapple with weak sales and a raging price war on the continent.

Asian shares were mostly lower amid concerns over Europe's economic outlook and the implementation of Greece's debt deal, while political drama dragged the Australian dollar. The Nikkei s...

L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy has ordered his staff to submit or re-submit reports to the state credentialing commission on hundreds of teachers accused of misconduct over the last four y...

Calling the system unfair, the Obama administration on Wednesday proposed a broad overhaul of the corporate tax code designed to reduce the rate that most companies pay by axing dozens of...

A commuter train went out of control and slammed into a retaining barrier in a central Buenos Aires train station during peak rush hour Wednesday morning, killing at least 49 people and i...

Days after their 15-year-old son died after jumping off of a third-story building at his high school, the parents of Drew Ferraro said they learned by reading his journal that he had been...

The last time the four remaining contenders in the GOP presidential race met on a debate stage, all eyes were on Newt Gingrich, who was trying to ride the momentum off his surprise victor...

Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped accusations about spending, taxes and congressional earmarks Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller...

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are clashing on spending requests during a sharp confrontation that fellow Republican Newt Gingrich calls "silly" as the Republican presidential contenders' ...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is explaining what he meant when he described himself as "severely conservative" at a conservative political meeting earlier this month.

Rick Santorum is on the defensive at the GOP presidential debate, taking criticism from GOP opponents who say he's not a fiscal conservative.

Designated hitter David Ortiz arrived with a flourish on Wednesday and took some batting practice. He also spoke to reporters and had a little interaction with fans, telling them 'I'm go...

As many as 600 professional and amateur astronomers are peering through telescopes in the Florida Keys.

Two-and-a-half years after state child welfare authorities returned two brothers to the parents accused of molesting them, one boy is knifed to death by the dad while his younger brother ...

Miami-area politicians often get choice, complimentary tickets on the public’s behalf to prime concerts and sporting events. A scathing report by the county’s ethics commiss...

Do you pray for a moratorium on Jeremy Lin-based wordplay? Feel like the only person in your circle who doesn’t buy into the excitement about the New York Knicks point guard?

A federal judge delayed cutting a Haitian cocaine kingpin’s 27-year sentence by as much as half, saying he wanted more answers about the convict’s Port-au-Prince mansion and...

Mitt Romney quickly targeted Rick Santorum's Washington rap sheet in tonight's CNN debate, a clear effort to blunt his momentum with conservatives in the fight for the Republican presiden...

Chicago restaurants aren't lining up to take part in a smaller Taste of Chicago this summer. Just 44 eateries met the original Tuesday deadline.

Relatives, cops and former judges spoke out today in support of a Chicago police officer convicted of DUI in a hit-and-run crash that killed a boy riding a bike, while the boy's family la...

Tonight's debate represents the last, best chance to alter the course of the Republican presidential contest ahead of high-stakes primaries in Michigan and Arizona next week.

Brookfield Zoo today announced the birth of an aardvark at the zoo, the first born there in a decade.

A teacher at Spring Branch ISD's Memorial Middle School has been fired as she faces allegations that she had an inappropriate relationship with a student, KTRK-Channel 13 reported on Wedn...

Hairstylist accused of botched breast work TYLER, Texas (AP) — East Texas police are seeking a beautician charged with unlicensed medical practice after a breast augmentation she's accus...

Do you love Texas? So do most people ... just not as much as other states. One of the largest and most populated states in the country is near the bottom of a state favorability poll rel...

Woody Harrelson reflects on past as Houston paperboy Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or ...

Moon's ex charged with public sex on trail ride Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redis...

A man charged today with murder for allegedly using a ceramic pot to bludgeon a Berkeley hills homeowner called himself a psychic and tried twice to get into the victim's home before kill...

Thirteen critical minutes elapsed between the time a Berkeley hills homeowner called police about a trespasser and an attack by the intruder that left the man beaten to death, sources clo...

(02-22) 16:46 PST San Francisco (AP) -- A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of lesbian court employee by rely...

(02-22) 18:24 PST Charlottesville, Va. (AP) -- Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slayin...

A blog post claiming that the battery of a Tesla Motors Roadster can be ruined by leaving it unplugged for a few weeks ricocheted through the world of electric car enthusiasts Wednesday a...

President Obama led a parade of dignitaries at a festive groundbreaking for the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture Wednesday morning, with many expressing hopes ...

THE PAST FEW weeks have been a busy time for media critics. Recently, several high-profile people and organizations have been swept into media firestorms because of offensive remarks made...

HARRISBURG - Will the Pennsylvania primary take place as scheduled on April 24?

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Donald F. Schwarz said Wednesday that Gov. Corbett's proposed cuts for human services would have a sweeping impact on a wide variety of vulnerable populat...

Local hoops legend Alonzo Lewis, who died tragically Tuesday night after he was hit by a car, still owes old friend John Chaney milk from the days they would bet bottles of it on one-on-o...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped heated accusations about the health care, earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possi...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly s...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a wid...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slaying of his ex-girlfr...

A jury on Wednesday evening found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder in the May 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend.

Argentina's president declared a two-day period of mourning after a commuter train plowed into a barrier at a Buenos Aires station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds more.

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum mixed it up over their records on the debt, taxes and earmarks Wednesday night in the first Republican presidential debate in almost a month, and the first b...

Desperation and a rapidly growing death toll serve as a backdrop for a new effort dozens of countries are launching in hopes of finally stemming the brutal crackdown under way in Syria.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempted Thursday to thwart a perceived challenge to her leadership of the Labor Party from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by announcing that sh...

MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, hoping to stall his surge at a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first detailed plan to cut...

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and kil...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after th...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement offic...

A mother pushing her child in a stroller in downtown El Paso was struck by an errant bullet fired during a shootout between Mexican police and car-jacking suspects just across the border ...

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee today recommended approval of the weight loss drug Qnexa, a treatment many hope will help millions of Americans who struggle with ob...

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that will determine the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act, a law designed to make it illegal to wear unauthorized military medals...

American television producer Jeff Rice was found dead in a hotel in Uganda and police told ABC News he died of an apparent cocaine overdose. Rice’s body was discovered in a luxury hotel i...

Ron Paul and Mitt Romney hit former Pennsylvania senator in CNN debate in Arizona

Senate official says letters contained white powder, which was tested and found to be harmless; Stewart, Colbert received letters issuing threats

Activists report regime shelling of Homs continues as helicopter gunships strafe rebel bases elsewhere Colleague pays tribute

Former University of Virginia lacrosse player faces up to 40 years in prison in slaying of girlfriend; Jury deliberated for nine hours

Police used large canister of spray on students involved in seated, non-violent "Occupy" protest; Video went viral on YouTube

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum began sparring immediately at the outset of the 20th Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night.

Rick Santorum is far from alone in professing a belief in Satan. In fact, most Americans believe in the devil too. Rick Santorum is far from alone in professing a belief in Satan. In fac...

State Republican legislators have scrapped a bitterly contested proposal to require women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasound imaging.

Though the pace of home sales picked up last month as the economy and job market improved, home prices have yet to show any meaningful turnaround. Though the pace of home sales picked up...

Of all the bank fees that customers love to hate, overdraft charges on checking accounts have to be near the top. The government's new consumer protection agency appears to agree.

Jury finds former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love, who was beaten to death after Hug...

Technologically advanced surgical tools can be hard to clean, and can cause infection if used when dirty

Administration plan would give breaks to manufacturers, new energy; hike rates for oil companies, firms abroad Report: Spike in Earmarks to Democratic Lawmakers During Controversial Votes

Americans Elect allows voters to be delegates and nominate independent, third-party presidential candidates GOP Rivals Face Off at Debate Santorum, Romney Battle for Mich. Romney Vows to ...

Pending Michigan bill would make it a crime to own or alter imitation firearms to make them look authentic Gun-Rights Groups Decry Proposed Surtax on Illinois Ammo Sales Boy, 5, Brings Un...

The four Republican candidates take each other on in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries in the US states of Arizona and Michigan.

The killings of two Western journalists in Homs among 60 reported deaths across Syria spark further outrage towards the Damascus government.

The New York Police Department carried out covert surveillance of Muslims in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records reveal.

US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.

A Los Angeles teacher has been intimidated by jail staff, his lawyer says, as he pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of child molestation.

Speaking from a UPS customer center, President Obama announces a new public-private program, the Green Fleet Partnership, and discusses his Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that will...

The President today laid out a number of measures to help America shift to a clean energy economy, reducing our dependence on oil, protecting our planet, and spurring economic growth thr...

Figures released by the U.S. Labor Department, this morning, show that unemployment has fallen to 8.8% . Speaking earlier today, President Obama said: Nearly two years after one of the w...

Today, the U.S. Labor Department announced that our economy added 216,000 jobs in March, marking 13 consecutive months of growth and totaling more than 1.8 million jobs created over that...

Speaking this afternoon, the President will highlight the National Clean Fleets Partnership—you can watch the speech live online here . The National Clean Fleets Partnership is a p...

Join us at It's All Politics for live coverage of tonight's Republican presidential debate.

Early on in the debate, Romney and Santorum attacked each other's record on spending, earmarks and bailouts.

Removing precancerous growths spotted during the test can cut the risk of dying from colon cancer in half, the study suggests. Doctors have long assumed a benefit, but research hasn't sho...

The diamond will be cut, polished, sent on a worldwide tour and then sold later this year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has questions about the safety and legality of AeroShot, the inhalable caffeine product released last month. So does the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Falsely claiming a Congressional Medal of Honor could land you in jail according to the Stolen Valor Act, a federal law making it a crime to lie about a military decoration. Margaret Warn...

As Syria's government intensified its assault on the city of Homs Wednesday, activists said more than 70 people had been killed -- including an American reporter working for the British S...

GOP contenders campaigned Wednesday in Arizona as they prepared for the season's 20th presidential debate. Gwen Ifill reports from Phoenix. Then Judy Woodruff discusses the coming Michiga...

In other news Wednesday, a team from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency ended a two-day mission to Iran, but the delegation's head said talks failed to yield any significant progress. Als...

Hundreds of angry protesters voiced their anger at NATO and American forces Wednesday in Afghanistan after some U.S. troops were seen putting Qurans in a burn pit for trash. Jeffrey Brown...

Activists say several journalists were wounded in shelling of makeshift media center in rebel-held Baba Amr district of Homs

Several days of clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters left at least seven people dead across country

Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French freelance photographer Remi Ochlik are latest journalists to be killed in uprising

Agency says Iran rejected team's request to inspect Parchin complex, suspected of housing a secret underground nuclear facility

Yemen's new government faces emboldened al-Qaida presence, many calling for more US support on ground

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Chuck Gabriel, president and managing director of Capital Alpha Partners discusses the current candidates in the Republican presidential race. Gabriel talked with B...

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- David Walker, co-founder of No Labels and chief executive officer of the Comeback America Initiative, says members of Congress should not receive paychecks if they ...

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Former NBA star Oscar Robertson says "it will only get tougher" for New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin. Robertson talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt and Tom Keene on B...

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Dooley of the University of California at Santa Cruz, says efforts to "limit leverage" by banks and financial institutions need enforcement. Dooley talks wi...

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer of Sarasota, Florida-based Cumberland Advisors Inc., which manages $1.5 billion, says stocks will "melt up" as lo...

Past reforms tried to rein in the fees, but consumers still pay $16 billion a year

Business-school students are getting hit as more schools base tuition on your major

The host of America's Next Top Model says she is using lessons learned at a Harvard Business School executive program in her own business

Stock returns under Democratic presidents are five times better than those under Republicans

The Dow stock index, while having doubled off its financial-crisis low, remains well off its year-2007 high of 14,165

Check out Halliburton, Kinder Morgan and Valero.

Apollo Global (APO) was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) to buy, as the firm believes that Apollo [...]

Kronos (KRO) was downgraded today by Deutsche Bank (DB) from buy to hold with a $23 price target, [...]

Allstate Corporation (ALL) announced its quarterly dividend of 22 cents per share, an increase of [...]

This article originally appeared in the Mar. 12, 2012 issue of Forbes magazine. Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission is proposing two money market fund reforms to prevent anot...

Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Angela Merkel, insisted that Berlin saw no need to increase the size of the €500bn European Stability Mechanism

The two plans show that there is strong support for reforms to the bafflingly complicated US tax system but division about how much revenue the system should raise

Risk appetite has been blunted by economic activity data from the eurozone and China, and doubts over Athens’ ability to enact reforms

The intensifying assault on the city of Homs killed dozens, including two western journalists, sparking fresh pleas for international action

A key source of funding for the financial system remains vigilant about bank risk according to a new report by Fitch Ratings

The Dow's 13,000 level could act as a magnet for investors who have been underweight stocks but some analysts expect a pull back. The Dow's 13,000 level could act as a magnet for investor...

Despite an increasingly uneven income distribution, Taiwan saw a relatively uneventful election, highlighting how political participation facilitates stability, Chen Jian writes in a comm...

Asian stocks markets trade lower, with Japanese banks under pressure and Australia seeing some earnings-related selling, while many Korean exporters suffer sharp drops.

Mexican stocks narrowly escape losses, while Brazilian equities drop and Argentina shares climb as trading resumes after a two-session break for Carnival.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls a leadership vote, with the man she deposed expect to challenge her in a bid for power, drawing months of speculation and infighting within t...

Hewlett-Packard and Dell no longer give out revenue guidance, which highlights the fact that both companies are suffering from the recession and market shifts — and are unable to predict ...

Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL.TH), an integrated polyester chain producer, said Thursday an indirectly owned subsidiary has acquired 51% of a packaging company in Northern Ireland.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) said Thursday it plans to suspend production at its manganese alloy production facility in Tasmania by mid-March, a move reflecting the growing strains on Austral...

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Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) sold $1.25 billion of five-year floating-rate notes in the U.S. credit markets Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the transaction.

Banpu PCL (BANPU.TH), Thailand's largest coal miner by revenue, said its 2011 net profit fell 17%, mainly because of lower divestment gains.

A geological burp may have led to the dinosaurs’ domination THE dinosaurs, famously, went out with a bang. Some 65.5m years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, the Earth coll...

Demography may not quite be destiny, but it makes a big difference to countries’ economic prospects. Many emerging economies are in the sweet spot of a demographic transition, wher...

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"It is time we gave them the wherewithal to fight back and stop the slaughter," said Senator John McCain on Monday, referring to Syria's opposition amid the carnage being wrought by the A...

A discovery that could have upended a century of physics research was caused by a loose cable. Phew.

The current narrative of the presidential campaign revolves around Mitt Romney's embarrassing weakness, and the question of what panicked GOP elders will do if Rick Santorum, whose electa...

Unless you're one of the whackos who puts politics before people, you'll wish Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez the best as he readies to undergo a second round of cancer surgery

The private passion of America’s high rollers.

What if Mitt had run for president as the Massachusetts moderate he used to be?

Congressman Jason Chaffetz on his wild, broke days at BYU.

Swinging the Reagan Democrats.

Why Whitney Houston's fans never stopped rooting for her.

Lawmakers and a key military official seem reluctant to let special ops chief shift forces.

The anthropomorphic figure is believed to be up to 12,000 years old.

Former Bush staffer calls Obama's drone policy dangerous.

GOP debate likely to focus on economy.

President Obama released a tax proposal Wednesday that would lower corporate taxes from 35 percent to 28 percent.

The movie's power comes from its uncompromising take on the heroism of a Polish sewer inspector during the country's 1942 German occupation.

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, who was honored Wednesday on his 155th birthday, helped explain how even nothing at all can be something.

'Diddy,' a.k.a. Sean Combs, will head one of four new minority-owned networks on Comcast. But with the TV landscape changing, 'Diddy' will have to do something special to stand out.

Sarah Palin has criticized the 'lame-stream media' for making too much of Rick Santorum's 2008 statement that Satan is attacking America. But the media aren't the only ones concerned.

Supreme Court justices heard arguments over the Stolen Valor Act, which bars lies over receiving military medals, but the discussion broadened into whether there is any value worth prote...

With help from the Wolverines, Michigan State jumps Kansas and earns a No. 1 seed

Albert Pujols is objecting to the Angels "El Hombre" ads.

Players meetings are fine, but Magic Johnson thinks the Los Angeles Lakers need Kobe Bryant to sit down with management to address some issues.

Due to a left knee injury, New York Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert will not participate in the NBA's Slam Dunk contest this weekend. He will be replaced by Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans.

Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will take Joe Johnson's spot on the Eastern Conference roster at this year's All-Star Game after being named an injury replacement Tuesday by NBA c...

Covering Jeremy Lin has been easy for 'Sports Illustrated.' The high-scoring Knicks newcomer is on the cover of 'SI' for the second week in a row.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the New York Mets in a ballpark dispute over kosher hot dogs.

Sacramento's last shot to remain an NBA city appears headed for another overtime. In a joint statement released Wednesday, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and NBA Commissioner David Stern ...

Officials in Philadelphia say the death of a Ukrainian hockey coach awaiting trial on federal child molestation charges was a suicide by hanging.

New Jersey Nets forward Shawne Williams had surgery to repair an old fracture and remove two small bone fragments in his left foot Wednesday. He will miss the rest of the season.

Hank Haney says game is starting to come together for former student Woods: 'He will win, there's no doubt about that.'

Knicks show off full arsenal in rout of Hawks.

Russell Westbrook scored 31 points, Kevin Durant added 28 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Boston Celtics 119-104 on Wednesday night for their 11th straight win at home.

The top U.S.-based multinationals that dodged $67.9 billion in taxes over three years.

From Romney’s flip-flops to Perry’s ‘oops,’ relive the most painful highlights of the presidential debates.

But Ron Paul argues for more robust diplomacy.

Paul calls Santorum a 'fake,' Gingrich rages over the border, and more. WATCH VIDEO.

As Mitt and Rick clash on Romneycare.

AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped heated accusations about the health care, earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debat...

AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nati...

AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentles...

AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying ...

AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slaying of his ex-girlfriend, rejecting a verdic...

Though the pace of home sales picked up last month as the economy and job market improved, home prices have yet to show any meaningful turnaround.

When Michael Rorrer came across 345 comic books in the home of his late great-aunt, he thought they were cool but didn’t think much about their value. On Wednesday, the bulk of the colle...

State Republican legislators have scrapped a bitterly contested proposal to require women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasound imaging.

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WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement at Tuesday's CNN debate, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said, "I want to restore America's promise, and I'm going to do that ..." Before...

The Director of Nursing Services in the Lagos State Health Service Commission, Mrs Jokotade Agunbiade, says the maternal and child health statistics in Nigeria are among the most challen...

Ron Paul didn't shy from an attack ad he is currently running against Rick Santorum that dubs the former senator from Pennsylvania "fake." Why did he say it? "Because he's fake," Paul sa...

By Greg Garrison Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) A bill in Alabama would allow churches or ministries to teach a religion class to public school students off campus, so long...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A teenager on a flight from Portland to Houston who caused a ruckus by swinging his fist at an attendant and praising Osama bin Laden as the flight turned around was in...

The two leading Republican candidates squabbled in an ugly, personal fashion on the stage in Mesa.

Paul explains his new attack ad against Santorum.

Santorum's defenders say he's an authentic conservative, and that's why his critics fear him.

He says the president is making threats worse.

It will provide a campaign talking point for Obama.

At least 30 people died in a staggering surge in drug-related violent crime in Mexico rocking the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara, and the northern state of Chihuahua, police said Sat...

A senior White House official on Saturday criticized Iran's refusal to let opponents of the regime hold a rally in support of Arab uprisings. "By announcing that they will not allow oppos...

Speaking to conservatives, Paul warns US government 'in the process of failing' For the second year running, Texas congressman Ron Paul came out on top among conservative Republicans in a...

Without court oversight, the nation's top law enforcement agency can obtain domestic records of telephone conversations made to international receivers, the Justice Department claimed rec...

WASHINGTON – A scheduled high-level meeting among U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officials this month has been postponed, the State Department said on Saturday amid a deepening diplomatic rif...