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Bernanke: With unemployment high, Fed can do more 31 Aug 2012 | 10:54 pm
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP)—Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear Friday that the Federal Reserve will do more to boost the economy because of high U.S. unemployment and an economic recovery that remains “far ...
Christie to Romney: Lead! 31 Aug 2012 | 10:30 pm
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivered a peculiar keynote address Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention (see video below). There was no red meat for the partisan troops. No Jersey-styl...
Globe Trot 08.31 31 Aug 2012 | 09:39 pm
For the end of the week, a few reads—plus one video—to carry you through a long “holiday” weekend (no “Globe Trot “on Labor Day). Watch Condoleezza Rice’s address to the Republican National Convention...
Signs and Wonders 08.31 31 Aug 2012 | 06:47 pm
Regnerus cleared. The University of Texas at Austin has found no evidence of scientific misconduct by Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology whose study on the effects of homosexual parent...
Straight ahead, please 31 Aug 2012 | 06:27 pm
We had a running gag in our house about the way our parents boasted in their childhood deprivations: “We know, we know. You walked to school every day, 10 miles, and uphill both ways.” King Solomon wr...
Romney brings his personal life and faith more into the open 31 Aug 2012 | 05:45 pm
TAMPA, Fla.—Balloons fell on new Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his family on Thursday, the final night of the Republican National Convention, and GOP delegates danced in their seats....
Whirled Views 08.31 31 Aug 2012 | 03:53 pm
Welcome to WORLD’s online community. This is our daily open thread, where you, the commenters, get to choose the topics of conversation and politely interact with one [...]
Pakistan: Bail delayed in Christian blasphemy case 31 Aug 2012 | 02:38 am
ISLAMABAD (AP)—A judge hearing the case of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy delayed her bail hearing on Thursday after a lawyer questioned a medical report putting the girl’s age at 14,...
Family of Tonya Reaves sues Planned Parenthood 31 Aug 2012 | 12:58 am
Dorsey Johns, mother of Tonya Reaves, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Planned Parenthood of Illinois, following her 24-year-old daughter’s death after a botched abortion. Johns’ suit allege...
Battle over homosexual rights playing out in America’s heartland 31 Aug 2012 | 12:04 am
The national debate over same-sex “marriage” will center this fall on the platforms set out in the national conventions of the Republicans, currently underway in Tampa, Fla., and the Democrats, set fo...