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The owners of Detroit's aging Ambassador Bridge - the privately owned span that has a monopoly on commercial truck traffic linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario - are taking their fight to the people, seeking a ballot question on whether state officials can go ahead with a second, publicly financed bridge.

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The Administration tries to nullify a state immigration statute.

The austerity vs. spending fight ignores essential reforms.

Paul Wolfowitz on Saudi Arabia's desire to save Iraq's Shiite population after the first Gulf War in 1991.

Maintaining the president's higher spending levels will require raising taxes for all Americans, including an 11% increase on those earning less than $200,000.

Higher earnings would keep more people from retiring early.

A no-fly, no-drive zone on the border with Turkey would critically alter the terms of engagement. Everyone is waiting on Washington's leadership.

NEW YORK — A federal prosecutor has announced criminal charges and a $40.5 million settlement related to an investigation of a construction company involved in New York City projects including the New York Mets' stadium and the 9/11 Memorial.

Court papers in Brooklyn show Lend Lease U.S. Construction, a division ...

Iceland's former prime minister is found guilty of not holding enough meetings.

Growth could hit 4% this year, and the Karachi Stock Exchange has doubled in four years.

Multinationals in an unfamiliar market face a choice: Play by the local rules or change the rules.

LOS ANGELES — A veterans group can restore a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert under a court settlement that ends a decade-old legal battle, the National Park Service said Tuesday.

A federal judge approved the lawsuit settlement Monday, permitting the Park Service to turn over a remote hilltop area ...

Ruben Navarrette says it's time to acknowledge what's really behind Arizona's immigration law as it goes before the Supreme Court.

Mexican migration to the United States may have stalled, as a new study shows, but the political and social debates over immigrants living in the United States aren't going anywhere, experts say.

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that he wants an outside investigation to determine whether any White House staff members engaged in inappropriate behavior in Colombia as part of the alleged prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents and military personnel.

The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Arizona can enforce its controversial immigration law over the strong objections of the Obama administration. Oral arguments will be held Wednesday.

The Republicans have a new campaign slogan. Wait, make that the Democrats.

SALT LAKE CITY — The 20-pound spiked boulder was rigged to swing at head-level with just a trip of a thin wire — a militarylike booby trap set on a popular Utah canyon trail.

Any unsuspecting hiker exploring the makeshift shelter, just a half-mile from a busy trailhead, could have ...

"Twelve Desperate Miles" tells the story of how a Standard Fruit Co. vessel that hauled bananas from the U.S. to the Caribbean was drafted for an attack on North Africa's coast. Mark Yost reviews.

President Obama targets the youth vote in calling for lower college costs.