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Family Glance: 'Fast & Furious 6,' 'Star Trek Into...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:55:15 -0400

A guide to movies from a family perspective: - "Fast & Furious 6"

De la Isla: Flawed report on Hispanics takes GOP toll

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:02 -0400

By JOSE de la ISLA - The Republican Party blowback from the Jason Richwine bomb is just beginning.

Ambrose: It's raining cats, dogs and scandals

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:23:42 -0400

By JAY AMBROSE - Please, please, there's no reason to impeach President Barack Obama and it is overreach to say we're getting Watergate all over again. But the scandals are indeed piling up on each other, or, to use another metaphor, it's not just raining. It's pouring. And the message to the nation is to take cover.

Editorial: Too much to ask? A Congress-proof recovery?

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:49:42 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - The consensus has been that the economy will continue to recover slowly but steadily unless Congress does something stupid, always a possibility, to mess it up.

Federal workers would get cash for pinpointing government...

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:47:44 -0400

WASHINGTON - By MICHAEL COLLINS

Judge asks enviros for ideas to punish gas company

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:29:44 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Apparently frustrated by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down an $18 million penalty for a Texas natural gas firm, a federal judge is taking the unusual step of asking the environmental community for suggestions on how to sentence the company in a way that will have "the broadest possible impact."

Who owns your genes? Supreme Court weighs the answer

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:46:16 -0400

By GABRIELLE BANKS - You own your DNA.

Editorial: French socialists fall out of love with their...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:19:19 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - French President Francois Hollande, deliriously welcomed into office last May 6 by the Socialists, who had been out of power for nearly 20 years, is setting a postwar record for a plunge in popularity, from 60 percent to 44 percent.

Walters: Superstores battle for grocery dollars

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:17:21 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - A given number of Californians with a given amount of income will spend a given amount on groceries -- and with 38 million residents, the state's grocery business is not only huge, over $100 billion a year, but hugely competitive.

US Sen. Scott making stops in Union, Jenkinsville

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:07:51 -0400

UNION, South Carolina - U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is making a few stops in South Carolina while Congress is in recess.

Senate unlikely to pass cyber security bill in present...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:46:12 -0400

A cyber security bill that riled privacy advocates when it was approved in the House last week is looking like a non-starter in the Senate. Both opponents and proponents say its best chance at resurrection is to put a leash on what types of information companies can share. - The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, was introduced in November by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. The act, which passed the House easily April 18, sets standards for how digital information owned by private sector companies can be shared with government agencies to assess potential threats.