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He’s a famous politician and a key player in the end of Northern Ireland’s civil war. This could be a big deal.


Obamacare might not be doing as well as the White House reports.


Illinois, Connecticut, and Maryland residents are all displeased with their states, but should they pack up and leave?


Bob Hoskins, a British actor known for his great range of work which includes films like the noir drama Mona Lisa and the gangster treasure The Long Good Friday, has died at the age of 71.


And also what you need to know about how they play into the broader controversy surrounding the attack on the US embassy on September 11th, 2012.


The controversial pipeline and what the fight is all about explained in under 2 minutes.


Despite a disappointing GDP report, the FOMC has decided to stick with the low-interest-rate, slow-taper roadmap


To them, more medical spending is proof that Obamacare is working: more people are getting health insurance, so they’re using more medical care.


Marriage has been declining for generations.


A Turkish journalist got convicted this week for insulting the Prime Minister on Twitter. He claims it was a typo. But is the tweet just an excuse for the govenment to harass him?


It contains potentially harmful levels of acetaminophen that can lead to liver damage and overdose


A new study finds that the amount of public money spent per student at charter schools is less than at traditional public schools.


Senate Republicans filibustered a minimum wage increase to death today, citing concerns that it will hurt jobs and growth, but surveys show that the economics largely favor an increase.


The rapper got Major League Lacrosse really mad by calling Drake “soft as a lacrosse team.” He’s right on the sociology, but not on the physiology.


Liberal activists have accused FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler of throwing network neutrality under the bus. But Wheeler says he plans to use “every power at our disposal” to protect the open internet.