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Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to shape the public perception of global warming.

Coca-Cola is spearheading a coalition of more than 100 companies pushing a United Nations climate treaty to bind the U.S. to cap-and-trade emissions regulation, commit the world's wealthiest nations to a potential $10 trillion in foreign aid and, possibly

Lou Dobbs, who recently resigned from hosting a nightly show on CNN, said in his first interview since his resignation that he is "going to remain in the public arena."

New Hampshire talk radio host Doug Lambert has lost his radio gig, the friendship of his co-host, his newspaper column, and his position with Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta’s congressional campaign - all for calling the local Democrat Party chairman f-gg

Levi Johnston watched with cameras from "The Insider" rolling as Sarah Palin was interviewed by Winfrey and took exception again and again to things Palin was saying about him.

Palin's national book tour will build on the Internet strategy that has allowed her to leapfrog traditional media outlets and appeal directly to her dedicated fan base.

Why right-of-center candidates are succeeding in the age of Obama. All year, leading democrats from the president on down have argued that the Republican Party is in the midst of a catastrophic civil war. You know the story. Successive election defeats...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.

MILAN -- An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was later tortured.

President Obama promised to renovate American society, but is trapped in the money pits of a recession and two wars. Shortly before midnight, he donned a dark overcoat, boarded Marine One and flew to Dover Air Force Base. On the tarmac in the darkness, he

"I think this would be a good time for a beer," Franklin D. Roosevelt said upon signing a bill that made 3.2-percent lager legal again, some months ahead of the full repeal of Prohibition. I hope Barack Obama will come up with some comparably witty remark

One law would require women to fill out a lengthy survey that asks, among other things, about their race, education and reason for seeking an abortion. The other would require women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound and to have a doctor talk them

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. directed federal prosecutors Monday to back away from pursuing cases against medical marijuana patients, signaling a broad policy shift that drug reform advocates interpret as the first step toward legalization of...

One singular leader who wrote elegantly about his ideals, was swept into the presidency and then collided with harsh reality had some advice for another. In an interview with Alison Smale in The Times last week, Vaclav Havel sipped Champagne in the middle

I imagine that if you called the new consulting firm of Cheney, Cheney & Cheney and got put on hold, you’d hear the “Ghostbusters” theme: “If there’s someone weak, if you’ve sprung a leak, if the world looks bleak, if you hide and seek,

President Obama is calling on Congress to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year. The White House put the cost at $13 billion.

Police and grounds keepers at a Massachusetts golf course are trying to figure out how someone snuck onto the grounds and carved a giant swastika message for Barack Obama onto the field - and what exactly did they mean with their message.