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Republican Senator David Vitter and other conservatives planning to boycott President Barack Obama's major jobs speech before Congress Thursday night are out of line.

Paul opposes the Patriot Act --security measures imposed by the administration of George W. Bush in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks -- and has suggested they have worsened security, not eased it.

When appearing in court, Breivik likes to wear Lacoste clothes, a fact which is a nightmare for the company. Additionally, in what is perhaps the most famous image of Breivik, the Norwegian killer sits in a police car with a unfazed expression on his face, wearing an orange Lacoste sweater, the signature crocodile clearly visible.

In 1987, Paul temporarily resigned from the Republican Party.

China's central bank chief poured cold water on Thursday on talk that Beijing could make the yuan fully convertible as soon as 2015.

A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out Virginia's challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama last year.

When a Russian rocket failed on its way to orbit last month, it exposed a vulnerability in the International Space Station program that a former NASA astronaut thinks China could help address.

Ralph Nader is a five-time candidate for President of the United States, with a particular concern for consumer protection, eviromentalism and democratic goverment. Some claim the lecturer and attorney has been merely a political disrupter over the years, acting as a third-party spoiler for instance in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

New York City alone could suffer damage as high as $20 billion if it suffered direct effects of an earthquake as large as the Aug. 23 earthquake, Eqecat determined.

She's been ordered by the court to cease contacting the man.

The night after the first Republican debate with all the major candidates present, the big question is this: Who won the Republican debate? Who were the winners and losers?

I have not seen anything that the Pakistanis were aiding his refuge there.”

Even before President Barack Obama announces the details of his jobs plan Thursday night, Republicans are lining up to denounce the proposal and in some cases skip the president's speech altogether. The White House has sought to put the onus for a sagging economy on Congress if lawmakers do not act on the plan.

At the Sept. 7 Republican debate, Ron Paul clashed with fellow Texan Rick Perry once again.

Experts predict the world's cities will double by 2050 -- from 3.3 billion people today, to 6.4 billion in 39 years. Synonymous with this growth is the need for sustainable, reliant resources -- the need for smarter energy. And India is already ahead of the curve.

In another audio address delivered to Syria's Al-Rai TV, Gadhafi verbally attacked the rebels who are now in control of most of Libya and vowed never to leave the land of his ancestors.

Prosecutors could have demanded a prison sentence.

Texas Governor Rick Perry came out swinging in his national debut on Wednesday, all but calling President Barack Obama a liar, describing Social Security as a fraud and attacking his main Republican rival in the presidential race.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman delivered a forceful performance during Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, drawing on his experience as a governor and an ambassador to China to distinguish himself from heavyweights Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.

Candles flickered beside mounds of red carnations at the stadium of one of Russia's top ice hockey teams on Thursday after almost the entire team was wiped out in a plane crash that killed 43 people.

“Repeated terror attacks on innocent civilians are clearly an indication of poor security arrangements on the part of the government.

New U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, further evidence of a weak labor market just hours before President Barack Obama delivers a major address to Congress on the issue.

Confusion is growing over which terrorist group was really behind the Wednesday bombing of the New Delhi courthouse.

We knew that moment terrorists attacked the U.S. on 9/11 and we all stopped, literally, in our tracks, watching the horror and grieving over the death of so many individuals and a freedom that had for so long seemed so easy.We knew then that America would never be the same. We didn't exactly know what that meant. But we knew it would never be the same, that we would never be the same. We tried to pick ourselves up, best we could, embossing our lives for a bit in the national colors of red...

Rick Perry and Mitt Romney battled over jobs creation. Each claimed to have the stronger record and each had the statistics to prove it. Numbers sound good, but they don't mean anything out of context.

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) published by the World Economic Forum, which ranks the world's most competitive economies, has pushed the U.S. down the list to a No. 5 spot. Escalating government debts and declining faith of the public in its administration were cited as the critical factors that contributed to the plunge of the country which was No. 1 in 2008 and No. 4 last year.

An Internet café owner in Kashmir has been arrested by Indian police as part of the investigation into the bomb blast outside Delhi High Court that killed 12 people on Wednesday, even as serious doubts emerged about the government's ability to prevent terror strikes on the country.

Indian police detained for questioning three people Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir, over an e-mail allegedly claiming responsibility for the deadly bombing at the New Delhi High Court, police said.

Republican Michele Bachmann's presidential bid is teetering under a challenge from Texas Governor Rick Perry that has created tension within her team and clashes with advisers over fundraising and strategy.