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As long as our national life revolves around unrealistic, hyped-up fears of “foreign invaders” and “illegal aliens,” we all lose.

Central banks across the globe are joining forces to support a much larger rescue package for Greece. The news of the rescue seems to have calmed jittery investors and …

After a week away, here's my advice: in news terms, you can afford to take a vacation. When I came back last Sunday, New Orleans was bracing for tough …

As oil threatens the Gulf Coast, a list of 10 other disasters both forgotten and infamous, from the Dust Bowl to Bhopal. New York - The oil slick in …

I was standing in the taco line when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned my head away from the sizzling meat and smoking tortillas and behind …

AP reported Thursday that six in ten Americans are living in cities where air pollution reaches dangerous levels. The Los Angeles area has the nation's worst ozone pollution, according …

One day after Mexican President Felipe Calderón condemned the new Arizona immigration law, Mexico issued a travel warning that "all Mexican citizens could be bothered or questioned without motive …

Yes, we could. No kidding. We really could withdraw our massive armies, now close to 200,000 troops combined, from Afghanistan and Iraq (and that’s not even counting our similarly …

A little-noted presidential golf outing opens the door to an intrigue-filled world of financiers, murky international interests, money-laundering, tax evasion, and politics as not-so-usual.

Boston - Amnesty International released its annual survey on the use of the death penalty. The report found 18 countries executed people in 2009. China is estimated to have …