Why is the United States so worked up about the creation of 1,600 new housing units within an exclusively Jewish area in what William...

"At least there's no tar sands mining in the United States." We've all heard the horror stories from Canada. The Alberta tar sands project is among the most environmentally destructive projects in the world: strip mining and pulveri...

F Anyone’s I, here: The Division of Health Interview Statistics announces the release of a new report Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 2004-2008: Description/Highlights...

Jason Gentile is like many high school students in the United States. He plays video games, religiously follows the Mets, and enjoys spending time with his family. But unlike most kids, Jason can launch 500-foot-plus home runs. The ...

One day after BMW's chairman spoke about front-wheel-drive BMWs, the company's vice president of engineering in the United States spoke about electric Minis and start-stop systems in New York.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that relations between Russia and the United States have become warmer, but urged fundamental changes....

William Shields reports on a debate between Steve Coll, Tom Friedman, and David Ignatius: [Ignatius] recounted writing a column arguing that the United States should support Salam Fayyad's two-year transitional plan towards statehoo...

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations WASHINGTON, DC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2010 Contact: Frederick Jones, Communications Director, 202-224-3468 Chairman Kerry Marks The Celebration Of Nowruz, The Iranian New ...

Drinks, FeaturesA weekly look at the draft selections in beer-friendly bars across the country. Dublin isn't just the capital and largest city of Ireland. A number of Dublins exist right here in the United States. One ...

HandsFrom: Los Angeles United States Hands, an ambitious, ambient experimental duo from Los Angeles are the musical equivalent of the Keep Calm & Carry On posters that have been doing the rounds in the UK s...

Anna Nicole Smith A United States Court of Appeals just ruled Anna Nicole Smith's estate will get a big ZERO from estate of the late J. Howard Marshall. Anna was asking for more than $300 million she claims Marshall pro...

Amistad, the famed former slave ship, will be sailing the Caribbean waving both the Cuban flag and the flag of the United States of America. What a lovely sight that will be.

WASHINGTON—Citizens across the United States have selected the exact same teams to win every single game of the NCAA Tournament, handing in millions of completely identical brackets, college-basketball-pool organizers reported Thurs...

If you live in the United States and haven’t yet done so (or haven’t done so recently), take action on the health care debate. First, learn why the U.S. bishops insist that the current Senate legislation must be defeated.Next, go...

NEW DELHI — Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the...

A few months back, Karl reviewed how to prepare for jury duty. And we later learned one way to get out of jury duty is to be President of the United States. Well, Railton Loy of South Bend, Indiana recently showed us another way t...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday he hopes for successful cooperation with the United States in efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict....

One of them takes drugs even though she shouldn't, and the other doesn't take drugs even though she should. Showtime's troubled ladies are back on Monday. "Nurse Jackie" and "The United States of Tara" air at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30......

It was 30 years ago tomorrow, May 20, 1980, that Mount St. Helens began to wake from its 123 year slumber. When it finally rested again, Washington state had experienced  the most destructive volcanic eruption in United States histo...

The arcade revision of the original BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, which was already announced for Japanese consoles, will be getting an official release in the United States. The game features sweeping game-mechanic and character b...