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The claim that President Obama was born outside the country may appeal to the right-wing base of the Republican Party, but the repetition of a falsity could do more harm to Republicans than Democrats.

Cuba's dictatorship is the same age as those in the Middle East. But when Castro's cronies got a new lease on leadership, the next generation did not rise up in protest.

Organizers of today's Earth Day observances have called for "A Billion Acts of Green" — small, individual things that add up to big improvements in the planet's health.

Two-thirds of Americans tell pollsters this country's longest war is no longer fighting, at the cost of many casualties and billions of dollars...

Antibiotics are essential to the "miracle" of modern medicine. Now, antibiotic-resistant bacteria have shown up in meat and poultry sold at American grocery stores.

One year after the worst oil spill in US history, what's the condition of the environment, the economy and the culture from Louisiana to Florida?

Raising taxes has been anathema in Washington for 30 years, but the

Corporate America has more than $1 trillion in untaxed overseas earnings. President Obama says Congress should change that to help bring down the deficit, but...

Congressional votes today and tomorrow will help set the stage for next year's election campaigns. We hear about Medicare, taxes, women's rights and deficit reduction.

College admissions have become a multi-billion dollar industry, financed by parents' hopes for their children. What does it ultimately mean for the kids?