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Keystone I, the first phase of TransCanada’s pipeline system that brings tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to southern Illinois, has shut down once again after mechanical problems. Reuters reports that there is “no word yet on the extent of the problems affecting the 591,000 barrel a day pipeline.” This comes as controversy continues to grow over the approval process for the second phase of the project, Keystone XL, which will continue the line all the way to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Keystone I has been in operation for less than two years.

If circumstances have put you in a car on a long drive in the very, very early morning, you’ve probably heard Coast to Coast AM host George Noory dish with

The officers’ involvement signals the debate has moved past a rigid choice between expansive counterinsurgency missions and narrowly tailored efforts to find and kill terrorists.

The U.S. Census Bureau released a report today that finds income declined and poverty rose in the United States from 2009 to 2010. According to the “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010″ (.pdf) report: Real median household income in the United States in 2010 was $49,445, a 2.3 percent decline from the 2009 median.

Here’s another interesting tidbit from The Wall Street Journal: The Obama Administration is expected to unveil new incentives today to encourage servicers to

A Boulder-based conservation group is pushing for much stronger language in a draft rule by the state of Colorado requiring oil and gas companies to disclose chemicals used in the controversial drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Western Resource Advocates (WRA) officials said on Wednesday that the new rule contains “a significant loophole” that would allow companies to withhold information by claiming an exemption for chemicals they consider trade secrets. A natural gas rig at the entrance to Battlement Mesa in Garfield County on Colorado’s Western Slope (David O.

When the question arises of whether Texas’ imminent voter ID law will pass U.S. Department of Justice muster, GOP lawmakers routinely point to the existing law

There have been rumblings this week of another push to block the Obama administration’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act,

Senate Democrats may have leaned too heavily on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) when funding recent

Republicans might be marching lockstep in their opposition to President Obama in Congress, but the same cannot be said of GOP candidates on the campaign

The drone attacks that killed Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen have sparked renewed talks of due process for U.S. born citizens alleged to have been involved in terrorist activity.

GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann concluded a weekend of Florida events with a Sarasota rally cosponsored by the local Republican Party and a handful of tea party and 912 groups, repeating her calls to eliminate both the EPA and the Department of Education and promising to lead the charge to repeal “ObamaCare.” # Hundreds of Sarasota residents packed the Sahib Shrine Temple Sunday afternoon, many wearing yellow “Tea Party Manatee” or red “Venice 912″ T-shirts. Local Republican Party chairman Joe Gruters MCed the event, developer Pat Neal offered a prayer and state Rep.

Iowa’s two largest print outlets spent some ink this week to call attention to Gov. Terry Branstad ‘s push to replace certain state leaders. The attention wasn’t of the positive variety.

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The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, an aggressive political action committee whose previous work included a campaign to collect daily donations until

Just in time for your holiday listening pleasure, here are two songs making their way around the blogosphere to celebrate the season and mark another year of

Senate Republicans have long criticized the Obama administration as lax on immigration enforcement, and their argument was bolstered by news this week that

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – For those, like myself, who’ve never before been to Afghanistan, the sprawling Bagram Air Field is known for two things: