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For Republicans and certain presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the best defense appears to be a good offense on issues and themes being pushed by President Barack Obama and Democrats.

The long overdue verdict in the case of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor will be widely celebrated as a critical achievement for international criminal law. Taylor has been on trial at the special court for Sierra Leone since 2006 on 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, pillage and the conscription of child soldiers.

A teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana is suing the diocese where she worked after allegedly being fired because of in vitro fertilization.

Fourteen members of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's family were being deported Thursday night to Saudi Arabia, Pakistani officials said.

For Republicans and certain presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the best defense appears to be a good offense on issues and themes being pushed by President Barack Obama and Democrats.

A day after U.S. lawmakers were briefed on an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia involving Secret Service members, a report emerged Thursday of similar allegations, this time in El Salvador.

"People make mistakes" and it's to be expected, an official said, given the agency's long history. The remarks follow new reports of agents getting drunk and paying for sex.

Marco Rubio has been entrusted with pulling the GOP out of the hole it has dug with Latinos because of harsh rhetoric on immigration. But his hardline views on the issue clash with his family history.

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Anya Kamenetz says proposals to help students dig out from college debt don't go far enough. Bankruptcy would give lenders incentive for negotiating, and lower the cost of college in the long term

Singer Bobby Brown pleaded no contest Wednesday to driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or higher and was sentenced to 36 months of probation, his attorney said.

Ali Noorani says that if Republicans can't come up with a smart immigration policy, they will see the consequences in the fall election

Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul.

Jeffrey Miron says Wal-mart should be punished if it broke the law, but the law against bribing officials overseas is a mistake.

A former campaign aide of John Edwards will face more questions Thursday, a day after he was quizzed about his motives and asked whether he made up stories about how Edwards allegedly concealed contributions from campaign donors.

Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday affirmed his support for likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, after initially backing Newt Gingrich's rival campaign following his own withdrawal from the race.

The ex-Liberian president's conviction was the first war crimes conviction of a former head of state by an international court since the trials of Nazi leaders after World War II.

Two current and two former TSA employees have been arrested in an alleged drug and bribery scheme by screeners who allowed large shipments of narcotics to pass through security at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for cash.

John Edwards' defense team hammered away at a former campaign aide on Thursday after he was quizzed about his motives and asked whether he made up stories about how Edwards allegedly concealed contributions from campaign donors.