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Washington - This is a moment when policymakers should be thinking big, not small. History will little note nor long remember that the payroll tax holiday was extended for …

President Barac­k Obama spoke out again­st growi­ng incom­e inequ­ality in the Unite­d State­s at a speec­h on December 6 in Kansa­s. (Photo: Doug Mills­ / The New York Times­) …

An elderly monk prays at the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, part of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Qosh, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. (Photo: Shiho Fukada …

Washington - When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held …

A protester with the Occupy movement is led away by law enforcement after interrupting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. …

Jerusalem - In a case that has highlighted Israel’s abuse of Palestinian detainees, an Israeli military court recently acquitted a Palestinian man after it became clear that Israeli interrogators …

Washington - Americans have trouble dealing with science, and one place that's especially obvious is in presidential campaigns, says Shawn Lawrence Otto, who tried, with limited success, to get …

Beirut - Residents of the Syrian city of Homs said the government pulled some of its tanks from the streets on Tuesday morning, shortly before Arab League observers arrived …

A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades …

Eleni Agapidou takes part in a major national strike against deeper austerity steps meant to solve Europe's debt crisis, in Athens, Greece, October 5, 2011. (Photo: Nikos Pilos / …