WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.
"He's somebody who's at the end of his career," Obama said [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.
The latest quarterly AP Economy Survey shows economists have turned gloomier in the past three months. They foresee weaker growth and [...]
A prominent democracy-building group chaired by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is being criticized by a government watchdog for its use of a $50-million grant from the State Department.
The International Republican Institute, which received $248 million in total between 2004 and 2009 to support governance, political participation and civil society programs in Iraq, made [...]
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a major war-funding increase of $33 billion to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, unmoved by the leaking of classified documents that portray a military effort struggling between 2004 and 2009 against a strengthening insurgency.
The House voted, 308-114, to approve the spending boost for [...]
A new study published in Global Environmental Change shows by cutting meat and dairy consumption by 25 percent, we could reduce two greenhouse gases by 80 percent. This is a big, honking deal. So if you're thinking about moving to a more plant-based diet, welcome aboard and thanks for helping the environment. You'll be helping [...]
How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn't been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like with¬out it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilised plea¬sures. For [...]
At some point, »wever, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a lumber of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story [...]
I am an ugly daughter. I am the one nobody comes for.
Nenny says she won't wait her whole life for a husband to come and get her, that Minerva's sister left her mother's house by having a baby, but she doesn't want to go that way either. She wants things all her own, to pick [...]
The key question for any only child is this: Why were you the only child? It's a key question for at least two reasons. If your parents had wanted several children, but would have you only, they are most likely to pour into you all the energy and attention that had been intended for several [...]
The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one — he could not say the name of his native town — Kotano. The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say "Kotano", but he never succeeded. At [...]
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