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A newly released document showcases the United States Defense Department's torture techniques. The 37 page report details ways officials can torture detainees suspected of having ties to terrorism. In …

(Photo: brownpau) Washington - Financial speculators are gambling on oil the same way they gambled on the housing market a few years ago — a frightening prospect for the …

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has generated widespread media attention this year. The process, which injects water and chemicals into the ground to release “natural” gas and oil from shale …

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York, Sept. 23, 2011. (Photo: Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times) When Bill McKibben …

Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat… They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost 7 billion …

As a parent, I tend to keep one eye on the present and another on the future. I also keep one (the third eye, perhaps?) on the past, since …

Karen Gorrell choked back tears one Saturday in early March as she pulled the final stake from the tent that had been her home for the past seventy-five days. …

Washington - Earlier this week I chided President Obama for his remarks on the Supreme Court and the role of “unelected” judges. The president, wisely, has since chosen to …

Drones are the future, especially in foreign wars, surveillance and law enforcement. In all sizes, armed and unarmed, drones are proliferating at home and abroad. Some are loaded …

On April 19, 2007, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Army's management of KBR's contract, called LOGCAP, which provided support and logistics to our troops …