The House voted late Tuesday to open waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to oil and gas drilling but only 50 or more miles out to sea and only if a state agrees to energy development off its shore. ...more

September 17, 2008

With school now under way and educators facing the daunting task of trying to capture the attention of their sometimes reluctant charges, I think I've come up with a bold step that might lead to a dramatic increase in the amount of reading that teenagers do. ...more

August 27, 2008

Iraq's drive to forge ties with Sunni-led Arab neighbors, who it says have shunned its Shiite Muslim leadership, got a boost Monday when Jordan's King Abdullah II became the first leader of an Arab nation to visit since the fall of Saddam Hussein. ...more

August 12, 2008

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June 10, 2008

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gathered emotional endorsements Friday from two prominent black women who implored blacks to set aside their excitement about her rival Sen. Barack Obama's campaign to be the first black president. ...more

January 26, 2008

Israel's government on Monday endorsed the ambitious plan of a private entrepreneur to install the world's first electric car network here by 2011, with half a million recharging stations to crisscross the tiny nation. ...more

January 22, 2008