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Prostate Health Is Girly and Other Health Care Paradoxes (Video)
This week's health care news was full of mind-bending paradoxes: Prostate health is girly, abstinence-only education works through failure, “principled” libertarian Rand Paul would protect all-white lunch counters but …
Money in Politics: Has Anything Changed Since the Days of Jack Abramoff?
After spending four years in a minimum security prison, the convicted Washington lobbyists Jack Abramoff is scheduled to go to a halfway house next month. The former B-movie filmmaker, …
Why Mexico Welcomes Obama’s Plan to Send 1,200 US Troops to Border
Departing from its complaints about the Arizona immigration law, Mexico cautiously welcomes President Barack Obama's plan to send 1,200 troops to the border. The Mexican government all but praised …
Intelligence Chief Walks Plank Without Ceremony
The term “accountability” was effectively banned inside the Washington Beltway many years ago. So, why was it that the just-jettisoned Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dennis Blair, was abruptly …
Supreme Court to Hear DNA Testing Case of Texas Death Row Inmate
Austin - A Texas Death Row inmate who came within minutes of being executed for a triple murder in the Panhandle is now at the center of a potentially …
US Congress Slows Unilateral Sanctions Drive Against Iran
Washington - President Barack Obama's efforts to gain greater flexibility in dealing with Iran received a small but potentially important boost here Tuesday when a key Congressional committee announced …
Zach Carter | How BP Will Make Out Like Bandits From Its Massive, Still Gushing Oil Disaster
You've got to hand it to BP. After witnessing the Great Financial Crash of 2008, it seemed like it would be decades before any corporation could eclipse Wall Street's …
Jamaica Attacks: A Legacy of Ties Between Politicians and Gangs
What do Dudus Coke, Jah-T, and Jim Brown all have in common? They're all related, connected to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, and their Kingston gang ties have helped …
Jim Hightower | Disclosing the Meekness of the “Disclose” Bill
At last, after weeks of analyzing, calculating, pondering, consulting and crafting, Democratic leaders in Washington have unveiled their much-awaited legislative response to the Supreme Court's January decision in the …
Deb Price | Martina, Always a Winner
This past Sunday, the kick-off day to the 2010 French Open, tennis legend Martina Navratilova was calling the shots on the Tennis Channel, spinning in a bit of philosophy …