Ever since Maine’s senior senator, Olympia Snowe, announced her decision to retire at the end of this congressional term, the assumption has been that Democrats will benefit from the Republican senator’s decision. The race has always been somewhat quirky. The front-runner from the outset was...
Read more: Soldier's Letter Changed Congressman's Mind on War
A few years ago, Signature Systems Group, which makes portable flooring and fencing products, had $10 million in annual sales and only sold its products in the U.S. Now, more than half of the Bronx, N.Y., company’s customers are overseas, annual sales have reached $70...
By Gina Sunseri and Leezel Tanglao The space shuttle Endeavour arrived in California today after taking a detour over Tucson as former astronaut Mark Kelly and wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, watched from a rooftop at the University of Arizona. “That’s my spaceship,” said Kelly,...
The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left the battlefields of Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed. With the departure of the last of the surge troops, there are now 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan. Two years ago,...
A few years ago, Signature Systems Group, which makes portable flooring and fencing products, had $10 million in annual sales and only sold its products in the U.S. Now, more than half of the Bronx, N.Y., company’s customers are overseas, annual sales have reached $70...
Five guards from the State Department were protecting U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens when he was killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, according a top congressional Democrat briefed on the matter. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the ranking member on the...
I honestly thought it would be much easier. Forty-eight hours without emails, phone calls or work: It sounded vaguely appealing, even. However, it turned out to be two of the worst days of my life. Even though the downtown Denver County Jail is one of...Read more: 48 Hours in Solitary Confinement: 'The Worst Part Is the Screaming'
Jeffrey Gundlach, the man Barron’s crowned “the King of Bonds” in 2011, has been identified as the victim of one of the largest home heists that ever took place in Santa Monica, Calif. A source familiar with last week’s burglary, which was first reported by the Los Angeles Times, led...
President Obama said today the "most important" lesson he learned during his first term in the White House is that "you can't change Washington from the inside," a comment that prompted Mitt Romney to quip he intended to give Obama that chance on election day.
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The iPhone goes on sale at 8 a.m. local time. The fans have lined up and are ready to pull out the plastic.
Part 3: Some critics claim when a prisoner is denied social interaction, it is "legalized torture."
Sen. Scott Brown put challenger Elizabeth Warren on the rack early during their Massachusetts Senate debate Thursday night, assailing the Democrat for listing herself as "Native American" on law school documents early in her teaching career.
