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In announcing a new expansion of commercial efforts to launch earthlings into space, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the launch pads at Cape Canaveral have been dormant for too long.

In the 1990s, California passed a ballot measure to deny state services to people in the country illegally. It was overturned, but some say it's responsible for swinging the state heavily Democratic.

Nicaragua's civil war and dictatorship exacerbated social problems and economic disparity. But the richest and the poorest eat vigorón, a hearty dish of yucca and pork, side by side.

The announcement is welcome news for political campaigns, which all want to make it as seamless as possible for supporters to turn over their money and personal information.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is naming a combat ship after the city of Tulsa.Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Tuesday that the next…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is naming a combat ship after the city of Tulsa.Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Tuesday that the next…

A Saudi royal court says the Saudi Binladin Group, which has operated in the kingdom since the 1930s, can't pursue new projects until an inquiry is closed.

These days, green tea has its health halo pretty firmly affixed. But in Victorian England, adulteration was rampant, and the drink was seen as a "stomach-churning, nerve-jangling threat to health."

We hear a lot about the cost of college getting out of control. The fact is, on many college campuses, the cost of room and board is actually more than the cost of tuition.

Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of writing about loved ones and the pain of deleting 1,200 pages because "there was something untrue about them." Her new book is The Art of Memoir.