By Hal DardickClout Street

9:15 p.m. CST, February 15, 2012

Reuters

9:02 a.m. CST, February 16, 2012

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The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, a gathering in Times Square of skeptics on global warming.

By JUSTIN GILLIS and …

A state senator and his wife said Saturday they were attacked and beaten at a Niagara Falls casino hotel after the lawmaker tried to break up an argument between two men, one of whom accused him of hating the Indian tribe that owned the resort.

The Associated Press

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. —

A state senator and his wife said Saturday they were attacked and beaten at a Niagara Falls casino hotel after the lawmaker tried to break up…

CURTIS TATE - MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS…

While white separatists for years have called for a racial homeland in the inland Pacific Northwest, an even bigger movement of survivalists, Christian fundamentalists and political doomsayers is fueling the idea of a defensible retreat west of the Rockies.

The federal budget deficit fell sharply in January compared to a year earlier, as an improving economy lifts income tax revenue.

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

AP Economics Writer

February 6, 2012

REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican economy is "hemorrhaging" billions of dollars annually because of money laundering, tax evasion and other forms of corruption, …

The judge's fans see him as the rare authority trying to impose Wall Street penalties that fit the offense. His critics see him as a headline-chaser who could end up undermining his own agenda by forcing the SEC to actually win its cases.

By David S. Hilzenrath

The Washington Post

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. - With more soldiers stationed there than ever before, crime is on the rise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

The News Tribune of Tacoma reports ( http://is.gd/BGoV5v) that the base recorded new highs last year for misdemeanor crimes and for offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Felonies and domestic violence were also up last year compared with the previous year,…

In a striking reversal in state policy that has gained momentum this week, doctors are receiving stark warnings that the painkilling drug methadone is riskier and more dangerous than previously believed — a drug of last resort because it's unpredictable and poses a heightened risk of accidental death.

By Michael J. Berens and …

January 12, 2012 by Chris Lefkow…

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

Published: January 12, 2012

Surgeons in Sweden have replaced the cancerous windpipe of a Maryland man with one made in a laboratory and seeded with the man’s cells.…

Daimler Trucks North America, the U.S. truck division of Mercedes-Benz, said it will hire 1,100 workers this year to build more commercial trucks in North Carolina. (Daimler Trucks North America)

Iran said Saturday it has evidence that the United States was behind the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist this week in Tehran, state media reported.

By NASSER KARIMI

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran —

Iran said Saturday it has evidence that the United States was behind the assassination of an…

December 17, 2011 by Nancy Owano 

 

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December 18, 2011

Iran state television has broadcast a video of a young man who the Tehran government says is a CIA…

Tehran, December 16 (KCNA) -- The commander for mobilization of Iran, addressing a meeting on Dec. 14, scathingly accused the U.S. of opening a virtual embassy.

The U.S. will need a virtual White House as it opened a virtual embassy in Tehran, he said, adding that the U.S. should think about the virtual White House now that the capitalist system is facing its ruin.

The U.S. is now left with no option but to recover from its defeats and setbacks by playing computer games not only on…