<p>Seven or eight people were hanging out at the 13 Thames Art Space in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Tuesday afternoon when the police arrived, ...

When we think about the taxes and the federal deficit, we don't usually think of Social Security and Medicare, because in government lingo, the payments we make for these programs aren't taxe

WASHINGTON — Solicitor General Elena Kagan, the former Harvard Law
School dean who is a leading candidate on President Obama’s list of
possible Supreme Court nominees, is facing opposition from some pockets
of the political

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OTTAWA - Environmental groups launched
a complaint against Canada under the North American Free Trade
Agreement on Wednesday, saying the country has failed to
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America’s most powerful politicians met at the White House
yesterday for the start of a six-week battle in which both main parties
will fight for the right to claim that they are taming Wall Street’s
wildest excesses and safeguardi

At last, some thorough reporting on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the mainstream media. Reuters reporter Carey Gillam takes a look at the weaknesses in the US regulatory framework for GMOs, and the resulting blockade against independent research, and thus gives context to the current consumer backlash to GMOs worldwide.