WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney decried the "prairie fire" of U.S. debt Tuesday, he ignored some of the sparks that set it ablaze.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eddie Vega has been homeless for a year. He was waiting for a bus one day last week when a police officer rolled up to ask what he was doing and where he was headed. Vega said it's the kind of subtle harassment that happens all the time.
Started officially in 1868 by Ann Jarvis, Mother's Day was originally intended to "reunite families divided during the Civil War." In 1872, Julia Howe, the songstress who penned "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," organized the first official Mother's Day observances in New York C …
Time and again last year, House Republican leaders faced a nearly intractable opponent: the very freshman class that propelled them into the majority with the historic 2010 midterm elections.
Four separate reports out this week suggest that the pain at the pump is starting to gradually ease for most Americans and possibly showing signs that the worst may be over. According to the most recent AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report Monday the average price of regular gas slipped …
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Male heroes abound in our culture, virile figures who dazzle us with their wits and brawn. But lately, they just don’t seem to be getting the job done. The cowboy is looking ragged. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the action hero turned governor, turns out to be a run-of-the-mill …
What does it mean to be created through the scars of a (m)other? And what does it mean to be made new—to be recreated—by them?It is my first Easter without my mother. My sister Jody reminded me of how much my mother loved religious holidays, especially Easter. One o …
"Curveball," the Iraqi defector whose claims about weapons of mass destruction led to a nine year war in Iraq, has come forward to admit he made the entire thing up, The Independent reports.
HBO has just released the trailer for its new summer drama series "The Newsroom." The Aaron Sorkin creation takes a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday drama experienced by fictional cable TV news anchor Will McAvoy. Sorkin's new HBO series follows the life and trials of tru …
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More companies are increasingly investing in charging stations for pure-electric and hybrid vehicles across the country getting in on the ground floor and scooping up the best sites. With fewer than 15,000 pure-electric cars on U.S. roads today along with so far lackluste …
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