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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied ...
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and KARL RITTER CARACAS, Venezuela - First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running ...
By FARID HOSSAIN COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages ...
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is pursuing closed-door negotiations with other key senators to ease requirements that high-tech companies first offer jobs to ...
By BILL BARROW and THOMAS BEAUMONT ATLANTA – Republicans aren’t the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects…
By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES WASHINGTON – There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups. The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller…
By KARIN LAUB BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down before elections are held, rejecting a demand by the country’s opposition…
By MALIN RISING MALMO, Sweden – An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers’ favorite to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features…
There has been a tradition of scholarship on Leo Strauss that has emphasized his philosophical kinship with Nietzsche. some have used this comparison as means to criticize Strauss’ project as…
Rod Dreher, by his own admission in “The Little Way of Ruthie Leming,” was a geeky bookworm who never quite fit in his small Louisiana hometown. His younger sister, Ruthie,…
May 16–From hero and Internet sensation to murder suspect, the spotlight has shifted quickly and not in a good way for the man known as Kai. Kai, whose real name…
May 17–CLARK, N.J. — A homeless drifter who says he is from Raleigh County and who gained national attention after police said he stopped an attacker in California, has been…
By KAY JOHNSON KABUL, Afghanistan – Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women’s freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles…
By ERIKA KINETZ and MATTHEW PENNINGTON YANGON, Myanmar – If you’re American and want to do business in Myanmar, there’s a list of people and companies you have to steer…
By The Associated Press CANNES, France – Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: REV RUN, KING OF … DJs? Rev Run is one of…
VATICAN CITY – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Francis how Europe’s economy should better serve people. Merkel…
