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Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., told Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson there is a "crisis of confidence" across the United States that demands action.

During a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, Kanjorski compared Paulson's statements that the financial situation had been stabilized sounded a lot like Great Depression-era statements by President Herbert Hoover.

The statement claims homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly.

The 15 year policy on homosexuals in the military, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is being criticized by more than 100 retired generals and admirals.

The high ranking veterans are recommending the repeal of the law which states that openly gay personnel cannot serve in the military, however people cannot be asked about their sexual preference.

Texas has become a major hub for human trafficking, state officials said yesterday while proposing a more aggressive response to what a senior government official described as "modern-day slavery".

Nearly 20% of human-trafficking victims found nationwide have been in Texas, according to a report released by the attorney general, Greg Abbott. The 57-page report, mandated by the legislature in 2007, also identifies Interstate 10 as a major route through Texas for human-trafficking rings.

No surprise here at all. On Monday, Yahoo! announced it was conducting a search for a new CEO, with embattled current CEO Jerry Yang stepping down. Yang will return to his position as Chief Yahoo! and Board Member, the titles he held prior to taking over in 2007 after former CEO Terry Semel departed.

Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even before this year’s sharp economic downturn, the Agriculture Department reported Monday.

Mark Cuban has been called abrasive, brash, egotistical and more. Not only is he the owner of the NBA franchise the Dallas Mavericks, he's a billionaire and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. He's also poked his nose into things some think he should stay out of, such as commenting --- and blogging --- on politics and tech.

With Congress returning Monday to deal with an auto industry in dire financial straits, the Bush White House stressed that it supports help, but not at the expense of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue program.

Nov. 17, 2008 Rebuked and humiliated by American voters on Election Day, the right-wing noise machine continues to blare as loudly as ever, currently devoting special attention to the Minnesota Senate recount.

The number of college and university presidents taking home eye-popping paychecks continues to climb even as more and more students have trouble paying their tuition bills.

deal would replace a U.N. mandate

BAGHDAD : Iraqi lawmakers on Monday debated a pact with the United States that will allow U.S. forces to remain for three more years, and neighboring Syria criticized the security agreement as a virtual ...

The CIA says Osama Bin Laden is isolated from the day-to-day operations of al-Qaeda, but that the organisation is still the greatest threat to the US.

CIA director Michael Hayden said the Saudi militant was probably hiding in the tribal area of north-west Pakistan.

Gen Hayden said that Bin Laden was "putting a lot of energy into his own survival" and that his capture remained the US government's top priority.

But he warned that al-Qaeda continued to grow in Africa and the Middle East.

Few observers have ever seen anything like the economic data that will be released in the coming week, with the consumer price index and housing starts each expected to breach records dating back to the late 1940s.

Rev. Martin Laughlin, Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleton - which covers the entirety of the State of South Carolina - spoke to the recent controversy that ensued after a pastoral letter ...

Sen. Hillary Clinton has emerged as a candidate for U.S. secretary of state -- the top diplomat in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama, who defeated her for the Democratic presidential ...

According to Sigmund Freud, projection is a psychological defense mechanism whereby one "projects" one's own undesirable thoughts, read more motivations, desires, and feelings onto someone else.

Looking at the ruby-red splotch showing shrunken Republican strength on county-level national maps of presidential returns, many party leaders are fretting over what went wrong.

A Congress, burned before by bailouts, returns to work this week to consider a once almost-unthinkable pitch: Put up billions of dollars in taxpayer-backed loans, and we just might save the domestic auto ...

Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed.

The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011.

Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, shut down major freeways and forced thousands of residents in the path of flames to flee to safety.