Redistricting happens every ten years, and it is always followed by court challenges, political fights, and incumbents scrambling for a place to run. Here's some of this cycle's more interesting cases of redistricting madness.
The magazine will be temporarily renamed ‘Sharia Hebdo,’ for its next weekly issue.
The principal opposition party New Democrats, have called for early elections, warning that the referendum that Papandreou has proposed could endanger Greece’s membership in the European Union (EU).
Six members of the budget deficit super committee have formed a mini-group in an effort to iron-out a deal that just barely meets or slightly surpasses the committee's $1.2 trillion deficit reduction goal.
With Gadhafi gone and Libya's new government still in its infancy, the United Nations Security Council is worried that the weapons could fall into the hands of militants groups or be put into circulation.
Conservatives are likening the allegations against Herman Cain to the treatment U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received during his 1991 confirmation hearings.
French banks Credit Agricole, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas --all of which are believed to be heavily exposed to Greek debt-- are down more than 10 percent.
Has Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou lost his mind, with a shocking decision to call a referendum on Greece's bailout offer from European nations hoping to avert a global financial meltdown spurred by Greece default?
The Chinese government slapped a $2.4 million tax notice on one of its most prominent artists; one who played a key part in the design of the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest where the 2008 Summer Olympics were held.
With 12,000 pro-democracy activists having been sent to military trial ever since the junta took the reins and an oppressive law that criminalizes strikes and protest marches put in place, Egyptians are wondering if this was the emancipating they had risked their lives to achieve.
All 200 employees of Shorter University in Rome, Ga., must sign a personal lifestyle statement disavowing all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible, including premarital sex and homosexuality.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied as entirely baseless a report that he had held a special meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after last week's summit meeting of European Union leaders.
European stocks extended their early losses Tuesday, suffering their biggest one-day sell-off in six weeks after Greek prime minister called a referendum on the latest bailout deal, risking a new euro zone crisis.
The FBI has released a series of documents, photos and videos detailing the actions of Anna Chapman and other members of a Russian spy ring apparently secretly exchanging information and money.
The United States announced to stop financial contribution to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation after the UN body voted to admit Palestine as its full member, which the Obama administration termed as regrettable and premature.
Cain has vehemently denied POLITICO's accusations, but the candidate and his staff are still being asked about nothing else, with commenters grilling the GOP frontrunner mere hours after the story broke. Will Cain be able to rebound from this scandal? or will his use of the Clarence Thomas race card and unconvincing denials by chief manager Mark Block end his chance at the presidency?
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday that a proposal to bring an applied sciences university to the city continues to move forward. Under Applied Sciences NYC, dubbed one of the most exciting projects the city has undertaken in the past decade by U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, seven proposals are under consideration for the groundbreaking program. The winner will be awarded free city land and up to $100 million in city capital funding in exchange for constructing a ma...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor's plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts. But another key reason for the abbreviated schedule that Congress has followed for decades is the increasing importance of campaign finance, which leaves fundraising as top priority in an election year.
The Iranian government has demanded that the United States apologize over false claims that they had planned a terrorist attack against a Saudi ambassador in Washington, D.C.
Soft-drink and soda companies are targeting children and teens in the United States more than ever with marketing and advertisements across various platforms, according to a study released Monday.
According to Japanese media, there are currently 126 prisoners languishing on death row.
Newt Gingrich calls the Arab Spring the anti-christian spring, uses uprisings to criticize President Obama
Despite lacking a definitive Republican candidate, presidential candidates can mark their calendars -- the Commission on Presidential Debates has released its 2012 schedule.
The world's population reaches seven billion and urbanization increases.
Rick Perry cannot count on winning the Republican primary in the state he has governed for 10 years, according to a new University of Texas-Texas Tribune poll.
Palestinian militants in Gaza renewed a rocket attack on Israel, firing seven missiles at the cities of Be'er Sheva and Sderot.
As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, President al-Assad warns the Middle East will burn with Western interference.
Texas park rangers have been given permission to shoot free-roaming donkeys at Big Bend State Park, in an effort to eradicate the intruding Mexican species from taking away vital resources from the native species.
During a speech on Friday in Wilmington, Del, Joe Biden repeatedly referred to his “future son-in-law.”
Nobody would ask who the top five men are in U.S. technology because their ranks fill the executive suites at Intel, Apple, Texas Instruments, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Motorola Mobility. But finding the women is harder because there are fewer, especially at the CEO level, where they can really influence the company and the industry.
