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Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:28:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.

Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:38:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.

O'Connor voices regret over Bush v. Gore

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:59:21 -0400

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is suggesting for the first time that the court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential election dispute between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

US loans from China at issue in debt-ceiling fight

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:59:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite what you may have heard, China isn't the country's biggest creditor. America is.

Republican businessman to run for Minn. governor

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:30:39 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota's slow-starting 2014 governor's race got its first serious Republican contender on Wednesday when a successful businessman and political newcomer launched a campaign.

Profile: A talk with Lewis Black

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:49:54 -0400

Lewis Black has a theory about why life seems so jacked up these days. - "In my humble opinion, we all have ADD," he pronounces, speaking in a slightly more subdued tone than the feverish shouting fans know from his standup specials and appearances on "The Daily Show."