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Two women legislators in Michigan were banned from speaking on the state House floor this week in opposition to an anti-abortion legislation. One believes it was because she is Jewish and said the word vagina; the other believes it was because she used the word vasectomy.

Continuing its push to realign immigration enforcement, the Obama administration announced on Friday a sweeping initiative that would shield many young immigrants from deportation.

Political brinksmanship is a common feature of modern democratic politics. Nowhere on the planet, however, is the convoluted logic of basing your electoral strategy on claiming the other guy is bluffing seen as splendidly as in Greece.

The book ?Founding Myths? was particularly critical of what Garaudy viewed as excessive Jewish influence on U.S. foreign policy.

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President Barack Obama is set to unveil a policy that would shield many young undocumented immigrants from deportation, advancing the central thrust of the stalled DREAM Act.

Samsung's latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S3 has not been launched in the United States yet, but retailers and carriers are already out to attract customers. Here're two discounts that are on offer for the device's AT&T variant.

South Korea and the West are concerned that North Korea is determined to develop nuclear weapons

Poland looks to shale exploration, despite concerns over fracking.

US Airways has been very publicly circling AMR Corp., the bankrupt parent of American Airlines. Yet industry experts expressed concerns that, while a potential merger would be a boon to the labor unions, the flying public would end up footing the bill.

Crude oil futures advanced Friday as sentiment was buoyed on expectations that the major central banks around the world would act to strengthen the global economy.

European markets rose Friday amid expectation that central banks around the world would coordinate to announce stimulus measures to rejuvenate the global economic growth.

Asian markets rose Friday as investor confidence was boosted by expectation for stimulus measures from policymakers globally.

Stock markets in Hong Kong and China advanced Friday as weak U.S. economic data and worsening euro zone crisis raised hopes that the major central banks would act to tackle deteriorating global economic conditions.

Wal-Mart was accused Thursday of breaching food safety standards in China by selling sesame oil containing excessive amounts of benzopyrene and squid containing hazardous levels of cadmium, both chemicals classified as carcinogenic.

Sandra Fluke, the former Georgetown University Law School student who was called slut by radio host Rush Limbaugh, has given United States President Barack Obama her endorsement.

The Internet was ablaze with a scandalous rumor on Thursday. Word spread that Kanye West had tweeted a naked photo of girlfriend Kim Kardashian. The photo featured a naked Kim Kardashian lookalike munching on fruit from room service in a fancy hotel. However, the woman in the photo is not Kardashian. It is porn star, Amia Miley.

A week before a court was to rule on a challenge to the Department of Labor's reforms to the way low-skilled foreign seasonal workers are brought into the country on the H-2B non-agricultural work visa, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to hobble the department's efforts.

The number cancer survivors in America will increase to almost 18 million by 2022, a new report by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute said.

The U.N. has stopped short of supporting a request from African leaders for a military intervention in politically unstable Mali until more information is obtained about the operation.

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