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Washington - When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave …

The killing of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani city dominated by the military has spotlighted a conundrum that Western counterterror agencies have grappled with for years: Is Pakistan's …

Now to the opposite of cuts. Over a year after the biggest oil spill in US history and even as criminal investigations continue, BP is still receiving millions of …

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Haymarket Riot Memorial, on the corner of Randolph and Desplaines, Chicago. (Photo: avrenim_acceber) One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a bomb exploded in Chicago's Haymarket Square. …

Over two hundred people gathered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday for the nation's first-ever organized mass protest against powerful right-wing think tank ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. …

Ruby B. White, 91, was a client of a hospice-care provider in 2007 that depended partly on Medicare for funding. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) …

A homemade sign in Southwest Michigan. (Photo: Ryan Harvey) Michigan emergency financial management law “a violation of constitution,” say residents. While the country watched the …

(Photo: funky pancake/Flickr) As Congress members return from recess this week and resume their budget battles, I hope they will be meek, cautious and circumspect. I hope …