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For an ugly vision of how Missouri’s Capitol operates, look no further than the current push to renew an expensive and unnecessary mandate requiring eye exams for children entering public school.This mandate has been around since 2007.

AUSTIN, Texas - This week three federal judges in San Antonio will start resolving one of the great political mysteries of the year: When will Texas hold primary elections and what will the congressional and legislative districts look like? Texas was supposed to take part in the Super Tuesday vote on March 6, but the failure of the state to win ... (more)

Fields associated to the New Biology suggest that alternative medicine tools may impact cellular health and biochemistry and psychological well-being. 12 of these tools will be taught Feb 16, 2012, by Psychologist Dr.

Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the "Resident Evil" franchise, confessed she knew little about what actually goes on behind the cameras.

In a briefing paper for the new minister, the Ethnic Affairs Office said there was a push within some communities to have their cultural rights enshrined in law.

By Robin Siteneski - The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel was turned into conservative nirvana Friday during the Conservative Political Action Conference .

Rick Santorum has taken his first national lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll that put him ahead of Mitt Romney by a double-digit margin.

"A missing blond girl sells, but this shows a dedication by NBC News to break beyond that and allow us to take a guy that nobody knows and investigate his story to find the truth," says Luke Russert of the case of Jon-Adrian Velazquez.

New York, NY, February 10, 2012 ... In recognition of his leading role in shaping the U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process, Ambassador Dennis Ross was honored by the Anti-Defamation League with its inaugural award for distinguished public service.

The video follows two characters who resemble Janet and Brad from "Rocky Horror." After stopping at a hotel during a nasty storm, the couple stumbles into a whirlwind of a scene.

Two Earth -size worlds orbiting perilously close to their dying star may be the fractured remnants of a Jupiter -like gas giant, a new study suggests .

Weekly's blog, Bent! It's home to the only liquor bar on Winterfest grounds along with alternative sources of entertainment to further warm your loins.

We all know about love at first sight, and the dangers that can entail. Just ask Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian or Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney or every other member of a celebrity marriage that expired faster than a tub of butter. There’s obviously less of a risk with love at first listen, and what you gamble on a newly discovered band depends on what you spend: $20 for a concert, $15 for a CD, 99 cents per MP3 or five to 10 minutes to check out a few streaming tracks. I’ve had some real let-downs in my day. Cornershop caught my ear and won my heart with the brilliant “Brimful of Asha,” which recalled late-period Velvet Underground and featured a sweet video with a little girl jamming out to the song’s 45 rpm record. Of course I ran out and went all in and bought the album that contained the track, “When I Was Born for the 7th Time,” and guess what? It’s a steaming pile of dung. Never could get through it. The Canadian band Sloan, The Shins and every Matthew Sweet album got me the same way. Thinking about all that now I want to recreate the “You are tearing me apart, Lisa!” scene from the 2003 flick “The Room.” Google it. So it was with great trepidation that I considered further investigation and investment in the band Honeychurch after getting completely blown out of the water by their gorgeously gut-wrenching song “Miko II.” It’s almost as if George Harrison got in a time machine and wound up at the session for this song somewhere in Bucks County, Pa., circa 2011, instead of going into the studio with Phil Spector and Badfinger to record the title track to “All Things Must Pass.” I don’t want to get into hyperbole here, but it’s that good, thanks to the combination of the shades of “All Things” and husband and wife Shilough and Larissa Hopwood’s vocal harmonies. And since it was that good, I bit the bullet and delved a little deeper into this band’s catalog. The news is good: There’s more good stuff, especially on the forthcoming album “Will You Be There With Me.” There’s more dabs of Fab, as some of the guitar fingering from “Dear Prudence” shows up in “Work Suspended,” which in all actuality is more of an indie-rock track that recalls Lou Barlow and Sebadoh. The boot-stomping “Tennessee Valley,” meanwhile, recalls The Jayhawks. Could I have gotten through this without comparing Honeychurch to a slew of awesome bands from yesteryear? Sure. But without those references, would you have even considered checking them out at the risk of getting burned? I dare say no. The band is at Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, on Sunday. The Explorers Club and Roomtone open at 9 p.m. (doors open at 8). Tickets are $10. Visit www.ticketfly.com.

Neighbourhhod officers are making this a number one priority after several reported incidents near St Andrew's Church, Ivy Andrew Hall and Fountain Court.

Three of the four GOP presidential candidates are addressing a major conservative gathering in Washington, giving them a high-profile stage to reshape their messages at a moment of uncertainty in the contest.

Ten years ago, Dan Slepian began receiving letters from an inmate at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining.

To say that Northeast and East Asia-Japan, China, the Koreas, and Russia, with the U.S. as the non-regional but fully engaged player-is in strategic military and political transition may be to state the obvious.A Discerning where change is leading is difficult, though, not least because of the sedulousness with which all the players-and ... (more)

Picture: Mark Berry aka Bez from 'The Happy Mondays ' and Vanessa Walker Television X Soft And Hard Adult Film And Television Awards held at For Your Eyes Only - Departures London, England .... Recently-reformed British band the Happy Mondays have "absolutely no plans" to record a new album, according to frontman Shaun Ryder.

I hate to sound like a Grinch, or whatever the Valntine's Day equivalent is, but I'm with my fellow Herald columnist Mike Hale, aka The Grub Hunter.

Small business owners will benefit from the new All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group Entrepreneurship Inquiry.