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Here’s the internal American Petroleum Institute analysis that breaks down the economic effects that regulations proposed in light of the Deepwater Horizon oil

Michelle Rhee and Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Broward County pubic schools would consider operating charter schools in an effort to “stem a drop in enrollment spurred by a growing number of charter schools,” according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel .

Sixty anti-abortion rights billboards placed throughout Oakland in mid-June have created controversy and generated publicity for the groups that sponsored them. Now they’re coming down.

Maybe now we’ll finally get to find out where the high court’s newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, really stands when it comes to whether the Second Amendment

Neither chamber takes aim at the underlying fiscal problems of Medicaid, the state-federal partnership that covers the poorest Americans.

An ongoing EPA investigation of possible contamination from hydrofracking in Wyoming has found significant amounts of cancer-causing fracking chemicals in a freshwater aquifer in that state. ProPublica reports : A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyo., contain high levels of cancer-causing compounds and at least one chemical commonly used in hydraulic fracturing, according to new water test results released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Speculation about the Ft. Hood shooting suspect’s motivations may be overtaken by events. The Austin American-Statesman: Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is awake and

John Cook at Gawker is going after Sarah Palin for collaborating with Lynn Vincent on her forthcoming book Going Rogue. As Charles Johnson noted, and as I

David Krikorian, the Reagan conservative-turned-Democrat who was vying for the chance to run against Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) in November, might be conceding

A huge airstrike in northern Afghanistan has left at least 80 dead, including some civilians. The strike hit fuel trucks taken by insurgents as civilians were

The AP has obtained a memo written by the non-Hamas wing of the Palestinian national movement: All hopes placed in the new U.S. administration and President

It’s been about two weeks since President Obama officially announced that Chris Hill was his choice to become the next ambassador to Iraq. He’ll have a big job,

The Obama administration announced first-of-their-kind national standards today to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and increase the fuel economy of

Seems that Louisiana lawmakers aren’t the only ones downplaying the size of the Gulf oil spill this month. BP CEO Tony Hayward told the Guardian on Friday that

Andrew Sullivan takes a shot at the Obama administration’s plan to help homeowners, noting that he’s diligently paid three mortgages and now is expected to bail

A draft report released today by the national oil spill commission provides new details on a much-criticized August assessment by the Obama administration of

After a meeting today with the Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that this week’s trilateral talks between

In a short speech to supporters, Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) just announced his run for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate. Crist, once the

Just a few weeks after Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) requested information from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about White House plans to sidestep executive pay