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As more and more news organizations go out of business, a commission is studying how people get their information today.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says it’s time for both parties to support a “Truth Commission” to investigate the...
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A Democratic-proposed “truth commission” to investigate the Bush administration is generating more partisanship in a Congress already filled with it.
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A Democratic-proposed “truth commission” to investigate the Bush administration is generating more partisanship in a Congress already filled with it.
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President Barack Obama has named a former Nevada consumer advocate as the acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Two U.S. senators are proposing a Sept. 11-style commission with subpoena powers and a $3 million budget to investigate what caused the banking and financial crisis.
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If Tim Tebow’s No. 15 jersey is flying off the shelves in Florida, shouldn’t the Gators’ quarterback be getting a cut? Or if Sam Bradford’s big...
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Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will participate in three 90-minute debates in the next three weeks. Their running mates, Republican Sarah Palin and...
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A former Liberian warlord whose drugged fighters once appeared on camera holding up a human heart dodged questions Wednesday and refused to accept any wrongdoing during...
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed further away from rival John McCain’s challenge for a series of Lincoln-Douglas debates, agreeing only to the...
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Several thousand protesters allied with exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra marched toward the prime minister’s office Tuesday, demanding a...
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A lone criminal robbed a bank Thursday at the European Union Parliament complex and made off with an undisclosed sum.
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Canada’s opposition leader says he won’t topple the Conservative government if they agree to give periodic economic status reports in Parliament.
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An anti-government demonstration in Sofia turned violent Wednesday, with protesters clashing with police and hurling stones and bottles at the Parliament building.
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North Korea said Wednesday it would finally elect new members to its rubber stamp legislature _ a move delayed for several months amid speculation about leader Kim Jong...
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, right, is congratulated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, after he took his oath of office as new German Economy Minister at the German federal parliament in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
