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Creepy atmospheric music aside, the federal government truly has crossed a threshold which in most people’s wildest dreams would never have appeared on the horizon, even in this administration.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZLincoln Brown

This is a shift in the position of Europe's creditor nations, particularly Germany. Berlin has realized that it has no choice but to fund this and other bailouts.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZGeorge Friedman

Vincent Gray, who is the mayor of Washington, D.C., which has some of the worst public schools in America, has an idea he believes will improve them: Keep children there longer.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZTerry Jeffrey

Last month, when President Obama finally endorsed gay marriage after years of equivocation, he emphasized that he still thinks states should be free to address the issue as they see fit. Since many voters strongly oppose gay marriage, it is clear why Obama advocates a federalist approach to the question. But it is not clear that he logically can2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZJacob Sullum

If there are 27 million small business owners and 23% have not received any pay for a year, there are 6.21 million business owners who received no paycheck for at least a year. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZMike Shedlock

Art Laffer and Steve Moore investigate Obama’s claim in today’s Wall Street Journal. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZDaniel J. Mitchell

Parenting is tougher than it used to be. And if California is any indication, parents may soon have to fight for the right to exercise any influence--not to mention authority--over their children's sexual behaviors. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZRebecca Hagelin

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man accused of killing three people at a party near Auburn University turned himself in Tuesday after a three-day manhunt that included a tense but fruitless search of a Montgomery home by police tactical units, a defense attorney said.

Attorney Susan James said that her ...

BOSTON — The longtime girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for helping one of the FBI's most-wanted men stay on the run for 16 years, a life her attorney said she doesn't regret because she still loves Mr. Bulger.

Catherine Greig showed ...

CHICAGO | Maybe it is the splintering of established drug gangs that has young men grabbing the tools of their trade - handguns - to jockey for position? Or it is that rival gangs, once miles apart in different public housing complexes, suddenly finding themselves sharing the same street corner?

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The wife of the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin was charged with perjury Tuesday, accused of lying when she told a judge that the couple had limited funds, resulting in her husband being released on $150,000 bond.

Shellie Zimmerman, 25, was released on $1,000 ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. | Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary told jurors in Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial Tuesday that he saw his ex-colleague with a prepubescent boy in an on-campus shower and that he heard "skin-on-skin smacking sound."

His account of the night differed little from his appearance ...

It's the contextualization of the caveats in the complex, nuanced narrative, stupid.

The new rule on 'gainful employment' exempts nonprofit schools.

A vote to protect 5,000 farmers—or the general welfare.

Some Republicans try to scuttle 401(k)-style reform.

Do individuals serve the military or does the military serve them?

Regulators need to know the options in advance if we are to avoid future bailouts.

The country's growth rate is slowing, but its politicians still distrust private enterprise and would-be reformers lack political imagination.

RT | Parliament is considering a legislation making website operators identify users posting 'defamatory' comments.