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Matt Welch says Dick Lugar lost because voters excercised their right to reject a candidate who has accommodated to failed fiscal policies and a worsening economy. Anything wrong with that?

PHOENIX (AP) -- As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will be America's tallest when completed....

ABC Local | Beaumont, CA woman completely blinded by pepper spray gun says deepest regret, not being able to see her child.

Stephen Lendman | It's an American tradition.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily, at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered.

Arnold's heroic actions in the Revolutionary War's Battles of Saratoga are detailed in a new exhibit opening Thursday at Saratoga National Historical Park, ...

McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton join a chorus of drivers calling for clarity on overtaking rules.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking the agency's cost-cutting efforts to offset declining mail volume and mounting costs for future retiree health benefits....

Dekalb County News | Georgia - A Dekalb County Police officer under criminal investigation for kicking pregnant woman in stomach.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving to protect the Pentagon, Republicans controlling the House are pressing for cuts to food stamps, health care and pensions for federal workers as an alternative to an automatic 10 percent cut to the military next year....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

A 37-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of wasting police time, after reports of a baby falling from a ferry turned out not to be true.

Washington Times | Legislation would allow domestic attacks on service members to be reviewed the same way as international terrorist attacks.

LONDON (AP) -- The secretive spin doctor who helped bring Prime Minister David Cameron to power made a rare public appearance Thursday at Britain's media ethics inquiry - denying that he got the job to boost Cameron's clout with Rupert Murdoch's powerful media empire....

A 90-year-old British expat's campaign for permission to vote in UK elections moves on a step as he prepares a submission for UN.

A teenager is arrested in Newcastle over alleged involvement with hacking group Team Poison.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Prosecutors rested their campaign fraud case against John Edwards on Thursday after 14 days of dramatic and often unflattering testimony that focused on the once-promising politician's infidelity and the secret money they say he used to cover up the affair he feared would derail his presidential ambitions.

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The number of international adoptions has fallen to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with domestic families....