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By Allysia Finley The Chicago school district and teachers union can't agree on a new contract, and the biggest roadblock is (surprise!) collective bargaining.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and others on the ground, peering into burned faces in hopes of claiming the remains of their loved ones on Tuesday....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian airline whose airplane crashed in the country's largest city, killing 153 on board and more on the ground, defended itself Wednesday against growing public criticism, saying its own chief engineer died on the doomed flight....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and others on the ground, peering into burned faces in hopes of claiming the remains of their loved ones on Tuesday....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Mourners silently walked between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and others on the ground, peering into burned faces in hopes of claiming the remains of their loved ones on Tuesday....

Culture of Life News | Fukushima is mostly ignored by our media which also ignores the Bilderberg gang.

In a special message to the nation, the Queen says she has been "touched deeply" by seeing so many people celebrating her Diamond Jubilee together.

The divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California may become another landmark case taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appeals court judges refused Tuesday to revisit an earlier ruling.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday they plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a landmark appellate court ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional.

Alliance Defense Fund lawyer Brian Raum said Proposition 8 backers "absolutely" would take the case to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday they plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a landmark appellate court ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional....

Crowds relive their highlights of the Jubilee weekend

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Researchers have found the long-lost report of the first doctor to treat President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot at a Washington theater....

Kurt Nimmo | Clinton actually added $281 billion to the debt.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic and Republican senators are moving ahead on President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq even though a top GOP lawmaker has "grave concerns" about the nomination of Brett McGurk....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic and Republican senators are moving ahead on President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq even though a top GOP lawmaker has "grave concerns" about the nomination of Brett McGurk....

LZ Granderson says there are unignorable parallels between fat states, life expectancy, poverty -- and health care costs. Why don't politicians address the core issues of obesity?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says a drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says a drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region has killed al-Qaida's second-in-command....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank has a powerful weapon that just might push political leaders into solving the continent's financial crisis once and for all: withholding further help....

LONDON (AP) -- Pealing church bells, artillery salutes and crowds cheering "God save the queen!" greeted Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, the last of four days of Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring her 60 years on the throne....