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Political Commentary: For the past few months now, we have all been witness to the plummeting approval ratings of our President Barack Obama - which have now dropped below 50%. Only 2 other Presidents have reached an approval rating below...

"Given Secretary Clinton's commitment to women's rights and her pledge to fight violence against women, we are asking her to speak out about the dangerous and appalling situation faced by Honduran women." Jody Williams, Nobel Laureate More than 175 human...

WASHINGTON, D.C . - After ten months in office, President Obama granted his first pardon. The lucky recipient was Courage, a 45 pound turkey who was spared being eaten on Thanksgiving day this year, thanks to the interventions of daughters...

The Emerging Technologies Conference at M.I.T. ended a few days ago with a focus on developing universal flu vaccines. Which companies are going to develop those vaccines, and when will they begin research? NanoViricides are coming soon. The planet needs...

Barack Obama will head to Copenhagen on Dec. 9—the day before his Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo—to advocate for a comprehensive global climate accord. The White House had vacillated on whether Obama should go, since no one expects a legally...

AP President Barack Obama stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson (R), his daughter, Sasha and first lady Michelle Obama as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, D.C., 25 Nov 2009 Share This...

Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, is an Obama adviser and his next meeting with the boss is going to be as fun as that time I had to explain this site to my mom. "For most of the past...

Given all the new security in the white house, you would never imagine if someone could crash a State dinner. Two guys from the cast of “The Real Housewives of DC” reality show crashed the White House party. Tareq and...

Wikileaks will publish over half a million text pager messages sent on 9/11 over a 24-hour period beginning today. "Please don't leave the building," reads one of the texts. "One of the towers just collapsed! Please, please be careful!" Another...

Semyon Varlamov recorded his first career shutout Wednesday, backstopping Washington's 2-0 win over Buffalo that snapped a three-game losing streak. Varlamov repelled a 10-shot Buffalo third-period barrage and finished with 25 saves overall. Alexander Ovechkin scored his 17th goal this...