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Nov 18 2009
The Honduran Congress has scheduled a debate on the reinstatement of ousted President Mel Zelaya for three days after the Nov. 29 presidential election, ignoring threats from the international community not to recognize the balloting as legitimate...
Nov 14 2009
In a cavernous warehouse amid rolling hills and dairy farms, a group of farmers recently gathered around a buyer in a conversation heralding a sea change in the United States.
Nov 12 2009
It seems like such a simple act of compassion - allowing the partners of committed same-sex couples to make funeral arrangements for their significant others. But according to Governor Donald L. Carcieri of Rhode Island, bestowing this small but vital...
Nov 7 2009
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned. The very existence of the technology, known as a “two-point...
Nov 3 2009
Iran’s leadership has once again equivocated after agreeing to a deal that would ease its nuclear standoff with the West. But this time, that may be as much a product of the nation’s smoldering political crisis as it is a negotiating tactic,...
Nov 3 2009
A Detroit-area man who prosecutors say tried to use HIV as a weapon when he bit through his neighbor’s lip will stand trial. Forty-four-year-old Daniel Allen of Clinton Township faces charges of assault with intent to maim, assault with intent to...
Nov 2 2009
Recently I received an email labeled “Strictly Confidential” from Dr. Bakare Tunde, who said he was astronautics project manager at Nigeria’s space agency. He also told me he was the cousin of the first African in space, Air Force Major...
Nov 2 2009
A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighborhood after police found six decomposing bodies at his home. Police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said Anthony Sowell was...
Oct 27 2009
A California high school student who police said was gang raped in a two-and-a-half-hour assault outside a homecoming dance remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday, two days after she was flown from the attack scene in critical condition. As...
Oct 27 2009
Before she appeared at the American Bankers Association annual convention today, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation head Sheila Bair addressed protesters at the conference. (Check out HuffPost’s coverage of the protests here.) Bair said she...