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Federal police officers check the blood stains on the sidewalk where two people were shot dead with high-powered weapons in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2010. Erika Gandara, 28, was …

(Photo: puuikibeach) The global obesity/diabetes epidemic is receiving wide-spread attention like the June 26 article in The Washington Post by David Brown. One-fourth of our national health …

A parliamentary panel investigating Britain's spreading phone hacking scandal accused the Murdoch empire on Wednesday of “deliberate attempts” to thwart its investigations. The House of Commons home …

The year 2011 of the “Spring of the Peoples” has already made history in so many ways that it will probably become an essential benchmark in future textbooks—maybe as …

The setting changes but the scene does not: Men and women in crisply pressed uniforms enter public high schools across the country and cajole the teenagers they meet into …

Prisoners risking death by refusing food in the Pelican Bay supermax, and those hunger striking in solidarity in prisons around California are a judgment of our sickness. "The degree …

We know a lot about the ideal environment for a happy whale or a happy mountain gorilla. We're far less clear about what constitutes an ideal environment for a …

Armed authorities with the Greek Coast Guard approach the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which planned to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, off the coast …

(Photo: itspaulkelly) In America, anybody who works for a living should be able to afford to retire. That's why shunting newly hired and/or existing civil …

New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street. (Photo: kainet) The dominant story of the current political debate is that the government is broke. We can’t afford to pay …