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Bradley I. Abelow, a key figure in the collapse of brokerage house MF Global Holdings Ltd., has left his post as chairman of an outside board providing financial advice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The move comes months after Mr. Abelow, chief operating officer at MF Global, appeared before ...

In the wake of President Obama's shift last week in support for gay marriage, a Senate panel announced plans to mark up a bill Wednesday that would extend marital and retirement benefits to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships.

This bill is "the next step to achieving equality for the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's governor declared Monday that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.

The order signed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee in a Statehouse ceremony directs ...

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Man who cared for famed old tree dies at 103

PORTLAND | Frank Knight's decades-long battle to save New England's tallest elm served as an inspiring tale of devotion, so it is fitting that he will be laid to rest in a coffin made from the tree he made ...

TRENTON, N.J. — Several hundred protesters gathered Monday at the New Jersey Statehouse to show support for a former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation and to call attention to what they see as injustices in New Jersey's hate-crime laws.

The rally was in support of Dharun Ravi, a 20-year-old ...

RT.com | Human Rights Watch report slams NATO for downplaying 72 Libyan civilian deaths during 2011.

CNN | Caesar Achellam, 'big fish' and top commander of Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, has been captured.

CS Monitor | Thousands of Palestinian prisoners end their weeks-long hunger strike lobbying for better jail conditions.

MSNBC | Report shows TSA does a poor job of tracking security breaches at airports.

Red Ice Creations | Futuristic town in New Mexico not taking new-resident applications.

Washington's Blog | 12-year-old Victoria Grant: "...the banks and the government have colluded to financially enslave the people of Canada."

NY Post | Blake Allison: “9/11 was a particularly egregious and appalling crime...I just think it’s wrong to take a life.”

telegraph.co.uk | The working paper warned a combination of rising demand and constrained supply could have major consequences.

CBS DC | None of the agents seemed to know who he was (a war criminal who should be arrested).

All Africa | The United States should move in to provide anti-aircraft defense systems to South Sudan, former special envoy to Sudan said.

Dave Lindorff | There was and is a nationally coordinated campaign to disrupt and crush the Occupy Movement.

Matt Larson | Ron Paul is poised to secure a majority of delegates in Virginia.

Ron Paul 2012 | Message from Ron Paul 5/14/2012

You Tube | Berkshire Hathaway board members tell the little people to keep investing in bonds and stocks, asssets, but not precious metals.

Washington Post | Obama "takes off the gloves" in his documentary-style attack ad that attempts to vilify Romney's past.