Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs increased 50 percent with children in the US, and 73 percent among adults, from 1996 to 2006, according to a study in the May/June 2009 …
Obama has finally opted for troop reinforcement. But by evoking the beginning of a scheduled withdrawal 18 months from now, he has also incited the Karzai government to keep …
As the clock ticked off the final minutes of the 20th century, Joyce and I shivered at the Lincoln Memorial while President Bill Clinton marked the magical moment by …
Negotiators working on a new global warming treaty released a draft pact today that would commit the US to significant emissions cuts by 2020 and 2050. And, for the …
During his 36-minute speech after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway Thursday, President Barack Obama explained to an audience of 1,000 how the United States has a …
Little-known federal agency has backed dozens of mortgage lenders with checkered pasts. The trouble signs surrounding Lend America had been building for years. A top executive was convicted of …
“If I had one word to describe Iraq, I would just use the word ‘complicated.’ If I had two words to describe Iraq, they would be 'very complicated,'” said …
Santiago, Chile - For the first time in 20 years, Chile's center-left coalition risks being pushed out of power. Chileans go to the polls Sunday to decide who will …
Last week, 15 men entered a courthouse facing, amongst other crimes, 181 counts of torture. Their story, tragically, is familiar: in a fight against terrorism, the men allegedly kidnapped …