Politics

SPIN METER: Romney's public, private jobs claims

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's frequent remarks about the nation's unemployment problem have long included one curiosity, if not an outright contradiction: It's bad for private-sector workers to lose their jobs, he says, but it's often good for government workers to do so....

SPIN METER: Romney's public, private jobs claims

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's frequent remarks about the nation's unemployment problem have long included one curiosity, if not an outright contradiction: It's bad for private-sector workers to lose their jobs, he says, but it's often good for government workers to do so....

Italy's Reform Stall

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
Monti wants growth but can't pass policies to spur it.


Syria's Cease-Fire of the Grave

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
Assad, Russia and Iran are rolling over a timid West.


Sherk and Zywicki: Obama's United Auto Workers Bailout

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
If the administration treated the UAW in the manner required by bankruptcy law, it could have saved U.S. taxpayers $26.5 billion.


Gay parenting studies disputed by association

Amid a firestorm of criticism over a pair of new studies on gay parenting, the world's largest organization of psychologists has affirmed its own position that sexual orientation is not a factor in parental fitness.

The American Psychological Association (APA) said this week that it and other prominent health and ...

'Great strides' made combatting human trafficking

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery whose victims include young women coming to the U.S. in search of a new life, children who grew up here but fall into a life of desperation and migrant workers robbed of the means to ensure their independence, a top Justice Department official said Wednesday.

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New York is set to join fracking-friendly states, within limits

New York is poised to become the latest state to cash in on the nation's natural gas boom.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, reportedly will lift a moratorium on fracking this summer, allowing the popular yet controversial gas-extraction technique to be used in the southern part of the state near ...

Witnesses tell jurors of gifts, threats in Sandusky trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — One, a foster child, said he was threatened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town - Penn State football.

That ...

Fracking wars hit the silver screen with supporters' film 'Truthland'

The heated war over fracking is returning to the silver screen.

Natural-gas industry groups Wednesday released their documentary film "Truthland," billed as a factual response to the popular but controversial "Gasland," an Oscar-nominated film beloved by environmental activists for its highly critical portrayal of fracking and its effect on small ...

Rove: Obama's Health-Care Opportunity

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
If his reform is struck down, he can pivot to the center and reclaim some of the aura of 2008.


Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

Doctors transplant vein grown with patient's own stem cells

For the first time, doctors have successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells, another example of scientists producing human body parts in the lab.

In this case, the patient was a 10-year-old girl in Sweden who was suffering from a severe vein blockage to her liver. ...

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