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Farmers in Potato Park, Peru, near Cusco, one of the first Peruvian regions to declare themselves “GMO-free zones.” (Photo: iied.org) The use of transgenic or genetically modified …

Israeli soldiers in the port of Ashdod stand next to a ship which was part of a flotilla heading to Gaza, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The wheelchairs in the …

Long after questions were first raised about the overuse of powerful CT scans, hundreds of hospitals across the country needlessly exposed patients to radiation by scanning their chests twice …

Pin Point, Georgia - Clarence Thomas was here promoting his memoir a few years ago when he bumped into Algernon Varn, whose grandfather once ran a seafood cannery that …

(Photo: Ulrich Joho / Flickr) With Republicans in the Senate and Congress almost unanimous about wanting to terminate Medicare and Medicaid, I think it’s time we all …

Every year since 2003, the California Chamber of Commerce publishes its hit list of proposed legislation it labels “job killers.” The list includes legislation to protect consumers, workers …

Just a few months ago, Spain was like much of the Western world: quietly struggling with the economic crisis and the social cuts government took to deal with it. …

(Photo: Laurence Currie-Clark / Flickr) Devoted fans of the popular cop show can probably recite it in their sleep: "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are …

London - After days of skyrocketing alarm among investors, the leaders of Europe's two heavyweights, France and Germany, reached agreement Friday on a key element of a second rescue …

Iranians protests the deaths in Ashraf. (Photo: Steven Damron / Flickr) Believing that it was strong enough to topple Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's regime, on June 19, 1981, …