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Sugar remains one of the most heavily regulated commodities in the European Union, with domestic sugar beet growers benefiting from national production quotas and fixed prices that are overseen by the EU's executive.
The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nominees to serve as ambassadors to Iraq and Pakistan. By voice vote lawmakers backed Richard Olson to be US envoy in Pakistan and Robert Beecroft for the post in Iraq.
A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an October 1 government shutdown.
Among the more than 2 dozen American personnel evacuated from the city after the assault on the American mission and a nearby annex were about 12 CIA operatives and contractors, who played a crucial role in conducting surveillance and
Wang Lijun, a police chief who helped derail the career of one of China’s most prominent Communist Party figures, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges including covering up a murder and then attempting to defect to the United States.
A double amputee in a wheelchair was shot and killed by police after threatening an officer with a pen. The shooting took place at a home for the mentally ill. An employee called police to report that resident was acting aggressively
The debate rages on within religious historian circles that Jesus of Nazareth may have had a wife. The latest to stake a claim that the revered founder of Christianity might not have been celibate or single is well-respected historian and scholar of
As President Karzai indicated, one of the most vexing difficulties is that---unlike America---the Afghan constitutional system has no provisions allowing the indefinite detention of prisoners without trial or charges. Efforts are being made to clear
The armed forces of Syria and Jordan clashed after Syria fired into Jordanian territory, where thousands of refugees have fled from an 18-month-long civil war. The Syrian army has moved its brigade to block any possible attack from Israel to the
-The 10% bracket rises to a new and expanded 15% -The 25% bracket rises to 28% -The 28% bracket rises to 31% -The 33% bracket rises to 36% -The 35% bracket rises to 39.6% Higher taxes on marriage and family coming on January 1, 2013.
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson filed an anti-trust lawsuit suit in federal court alleging the Democratic and Republican parties are conspiring to keep third-party candidates out of the presidential debates and,
Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, thinks the euro will survive; however, predicts a “10 to 15 year managed depression” in Southern Europe. In a worst case scenario, he painted a much darker picture.
. . . force a student to take a Ron Paul Revolution sign down from his dorm window for "safety reasons," but allow every other kind of sign imaginable, including ones for other politicians.
Singer Fiona Apple may face serious jail time in Texas thanks to a state law that classifies possession of any amount of hashish as a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison, or no less than two. Arrested at a narcotics checkpoint
CaspianReport video on the Origins of the Israel/Palestinian Conflict: The Israeli/Arab conflict is the result of interactions of superpowers in the early 20th century. British and French strategic interests in the Middle East were related t
After a 3-day trial and 4 hours of deliberation, a jury found Alvin Schlangen not guilty of three misdemeanor counts of selling unpasteurized milk, operating without a food license and handling adulterated or misbranded food.
Just over a year after a judge threw out a lawsuit on the basis that cops shouldn’t be expected to know the law when it comes to recording them in public, a panel of appellate judges threw the suit back in his face, ordering him to
Just how should districts’ voting power be allocated such that each individual voter has the same power? A fair allocation would be proportional to the square root of districts’ populations, rather than directly proportional to the populations, accor
The cause of publisher Katharine Graham's fatal injuries remains a mystery. Here is a plausible explanation as to why.
The Presidential election is just over a month away. Which means the scripted shows known as Presidential Debates will soon be televised. Of course, these so-called debates will only present two of the two dozen Presidential Candidates, despite the f
Newly formed emotional memories can be erased from the human brain. This is shown by researchers from Uppsala University in a new study now being published by the academic journal Science. The findings may represent a breakthrough in research on memo
You have to love the ease and convenience of NFC technology in smartphones. Unless you run a mass transit system in a major city that moves millions of people in and out of trains, morning noon and night, then love alone is not enough.
As the ever-growing giant flotilla of floating refuse known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will show us, we shouldn't be putting plastic waste in our waterways. A new project, however, is aimed at helping the environment by doing so ... in a roun
When Daniel McCune graduated from college three years ago, he was optimistic his good grades would earn him a job as an intelligence analyst with the government.
A mosquito sample collected three decades ago in Israel's Negev Desert has yielded an unexpected discovery...
With the retirement of 110 government-owned chimpanzees, the end of medical research on man’s closest living relative may be near.
... Details magazine had dubbed them “Another Kickstarter Success”, and they were closing in on the deadline. Then, 10 hours before the project was due to succeed, it vanished — replaced by a page that simply says, “Sorry, this project is no longer a
A test of driving range by Nissan Leaf owners seeks to find out if the electric car's battery capacity is being negatively affected by hot temperatures.
The digitization of communications radios could mean cheaper, less power-hungry devices.
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