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A protester is arrested in front of the White House on Friday, August 26, as part of a demonstration to urge the president to reject the Keystone pipeline. (Photo: …

Washington - The Obama administration gave a crucial green light on Friday to a proposed 1,711-mile pipeline that would carry heavy oil from Canada across the Great Plains to …

(Photo: Alpha Newberry) Jeju, South Korea - Home to orange groves and skin divers, this Northeast Asian vacation spot sometimes known as the “Island of Peace” may …

Union worker Mary Collins from Chicago protests against a budget bill in the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 23, 2011. (Photo: Max Whittaker / The New York …

In today's On the News segment: Dick Cheney has a new book coming out, earthquake rattles Eric Cantor's Congressional district, Republican lawmakers are literally up for sale in Minnesota, …

We make a bargain with our governments. We pay taxes and expect a set of government services in return. And in return for a guarantee of some measure of …

I don’t believe that money is speech, but I’ve repeatedly seen that money motivates dishonest speech, much of it uttered by paid “experts.” This money-motivated dishonesty is a recurring …

Washington - If you're angry that Wall Street speculators have been driving up the price you pay for gasoline, these same big financial investors now are pushing up the …

Jackson Hole, Wyoming - The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Friday that the economy was recovering and the nation’s long-term prospects remained strong, an upbeat assessment that …

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a featured speaker at the United Steel Workers 2011 conference in Las Vegas. Sanders focused much of his speech on …