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A Reasoned Moment From an Arizona Perspective 5-3-10

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reiterates the president's commitment to be stern with Iran at AIPAC.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana woman who saved her two children by binding them together with a blanket and shielding them with her body as a tornado ripped apart their house lost parts of both her legs, which were crushed by the falling debris, her husband says.

Stephanie Decker, a 36-year-old ...

Empty Chambers: Our U.S. Congress 8-23-10

In the simmering battle over abortion and mental-health problems, a reproductive-health organization says a published study linking the two has been "decisively debunked," while the lead author of the study says her findings still stand.

The mental-health issue is relevant because at least 35 states require women seeking abortions to ...

The Power Elite and the Muslim Brotherhood, Part 9, 3-5-12

The Economist on Rod Blagojevich, who begins his jail term this month, and Illinois's amazing record of political corruption.

The Catholic Cardinal describes a chilling visit to the White House.

You can beat city hall.

New York's elites put the antiterror cops on trial.

A student demands that a Catholic school give up its religion to pay for her birth-control pills.

The U.S. secretary of state should have more to say than simply that anti-Assad forces will 'somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves.'

There's no evidence that low doses of radiation are harmful and no reason to paralyze our economy out of fear of nuclear power.

Don't believe Obama when he says he has Israel's back.

CRANSTON — Officials at a Rhode Island public high school have taken down a prayer banner that a federal judge ordered removed.

The state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued over the banner's constitutionality, says the display at Cranston West High School has been permanently removed.

Executive ...

Conventional wisdom about Republican presidential prospects sounds mighty familiar.

MINNEAPOLIS — Fliers can stop sharpening their elbows. Overhead bins are getting bigger.

Packed planes and a high volume of carry-ons are forcing airlines to expand the space above passengers' heads. United and Delta are the latest airlines to replace or upgrade bins so they hold more luggage. And engineers ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A judge has cleared the way for an Alabama county to move forward with the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, overruling Wall Street claims that state law didn't allow the county to file the case.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett issued his order late Sunday, allowing ...

Setting the stage for America's degraded future, Part 1, 12-13-10

WILLOW, Alaska — To a rousing send-off from fans, dozens of teams took to the trail for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, embarking on a near thousand-mile journey through the Alaskan wilderness.

The 66 mushers and their dog teams will spend roughly eight days trying to ...