Japan's arrest of a Chinese fishing captain in disputed waters reveals sharp tensions over regional dominance. The incident requires a calm resolution.
President Obama has a formal Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), plus informal access to every economic blogger out there. Are these intellects used to create new plans or justify old ones?
Nonprofit groups, which are not supposed to be primarily political, are becoming big players in midterm elections, in part because of the anonymity they afford donors.
After the shooting death of an El Diario intern, a front-page editorial in the paper asked the leaders of organized crime to tell the publication what it should or should not publish.
AP - A Senate bill to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy appeared headed for defeat Tuesday, a major setback for gay groups that saw the vote as their last chance this year to overturn the 17-year-old ban.
AP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that capitalism faces inevitable defeat and called for the overhaul of "undemocratic and unjust" global decision-making bodies.
The hunt for the American-born Islamic cleric who allegedly inspired the deadly shootings at Fort Hood may be near an end. Authorities in Yemen say the country's army and security forces have surrounded Anwar al-Awlaki and a group of suspected al Qaeda leaders with whom he is believed to be hiding.
The Senate may vote today on whether to debate a bill that includes repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. But Republicans are threatening a filibuster.
Eight current and former Bell, California, city officials were arrested Tuesday in connection with a probe conducted by the Los Angeles County district attorney, a source close to the investigation told CNN.
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