The Service Employees International Union gave Barack Obama its highly prized endorsement on Friday afternoon.
More than 20 states, including Maryland and the District, have banned smoking in restaurants and other public places because of health concerns.
More than 30 conservative Democrats joined with the House Republicans Wednesday to defeat a measure that would have extended the expiration date of a temporary spying law by 21 days.
As Valentine's Day approaches, research has begun shedding light on that most basic of all human expressions of love -- the smooch -- which has received surprisingly little scientific scrutiny.
— After more than a year of wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory on Tuesday by voting to broaden the government's spy powers and to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush's program of eavesdropping without warrants …
In a series of experiments, scientists at Purdue University compared weight gain and eating habits in rats whose diets were supplemented with sweetened food containing either zero-calorie saccharin or sugar.
-- Bolivia President Evo Morales declared a U.S. diplomat "undesirable" Monday amid allegations that the United States asked a visiting scholar and Peace Corps volunteers to keep tabs on Cubans and Venezuelans in Bolivia.
· The cost of a first-class postage stamp is going up a penny, starting May 12. To ease the pain the Postal Service is encouraging people to buy "Forever Stamps" — stamps bought at the current price that still work when the cost goes up.
Moving one step closer to ending the 4-month-old strike, the board of the Writers Guild of America unanimously blessed this morning the tentative accord reached last week with the studios.
Yahoo intends to reject Microsoft's unsolicited bid for the internet company, according to a person close to the situation.
Gov. Christine Gregoire intends to announce her endorsement of Senator Barack Obama's presidential candidacy
The United States will not promise to defend Iraq nor seek permanent bases there under a planned agreement on future relations between the two states, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a grand jury Tuesday from obtaining patient records from a physician who is one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions.
PARIS — She has called herself "a tamer of men" and described monogamy as boring.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to legally define waterboarding as "torture" during Senate testimony Wednesday, although he acknowledged that if the interrogation technique were performed on him, he would personally "feel that it was."
Are we entering America's first globalization recession? I think we may well be, but before explaining why, I want to emphasize two points
The House today overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal to senators not to slow the bill with significant changes. The 385-35 vot
(CNN) -- Two of Turkey's main political parties are pushing for a constitutional amendment to lift bans on headscarves at public universities, a move that has caused concern among Turkey's secular population.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy backed Sen. Barack Obama for president Monday, saying: "It is time again for a new generation of leadership."
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched an online viral counteroffensive Tuesday against persistent e-mail chain letters that lie about his religious and political background.
(CNN) -- Authorities have charged a teenage boy who said he planned to hijack a commercial jetliner in an attempt to commit suicide, an FBI spokesman told CNN late Thursday.
He said that his chief concern was whether Mwai Kibaki, the president, and Raila Odinga, the top opposition leader, were "prepared to rise above themselves and put the interests of the nation ahead of their own personal or their group's political interest."
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Tear gas was fired Wednesday on people taking part in a prayer march sparking more post-election violence in the Kenyan capital.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Gaza City was plunged into darkness Sunday after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers its only electrical plant in retaliation for persistent rocket attacks by Gaza militants.
The Service Employees International Union gave Barack Obama its highly prized endorsement on Friday afternoon.
More than 20 states, including Maryland and the District, have banned smoking in restaurants and other public places because of health concerns.
Valentine's day is nearing, so naturally questions of and about love are on a lot of people's minds. The one question that has weighed most heavily on my mind is why homosexuality exists.
More than 30 conservative Democrats joined with the House Republicans Wednesday to defeat a measure that would have extended the expiration date of a temporary spying law by 21 days.
As Valentine's Day approaches, research has begun shedding light on that most basic of all human expressions of love -- the smooch -- which has received surprisingly little scientific scrutiny.
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Service Workers Union Backs Obama - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
For Fourth Straight Year, Va. House Kills Smoking Ban - washingtonpost.com
Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat? - TIME
Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat? - TIME
U.S. denies spying allegations in Bolivia - CNN.com
NPR: Price of Stamps Rising in May
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