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Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy

President says US must get beyond 'short-term tactical thinking' and gives highly personal commencement address in Atlanta

President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger US economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most

The Republican wolves are out for Obama but they are yet to draw blood Gary Younge

Beset by scandal at home and abroad, Obama's only luck has been in his opponents' tin ear for the public mood

The thing people often forget about the story of the boy who cried wolf was that, at the end of the day, there was a wolf.

Mice, Newts Retrieved After a Month Orbiting Earth At 345 Miles Up

The Associated Press (as carried by the Washington Post) reports that a living payload of newts and mice has been retrieved after a month orbiting earth in a Russian space capsule at an altitude of 345 miles, far higher than the ISS's orbital distance of 205 miles.

AP boss condemns US government for 'unconstitutional' phone seizures

Gary Pruitt tells CBS Justice Department grab sends message that 'if you talk to the press, we are going to go after you'

The Obama administration's decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was "unconstitutional" and sends

Winning $600m Powerball lottery ticket sold in Florida

Single winning ticket sold at supermarket in Zephyrhills near Tampa, but officials waiting to identify lottery winner publicly

It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an

Hofstra student was accidentally killed by officer, police admit

Andrea Rebello, 21, who was being held at gunpoint by an intruder in her home, was shot once by a Nassau County officer

A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidentally shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasio

Syrian Electronic Army Hits Financial Times Sites, Feeds

puddingebola writes with an excerpt from the New York Times: "The Web site and several Twitter accounts belonging to The Financial Times were hacked on Friday by the Syrian Electronic Army in a continuing campaign that has aimed at an array of media outlets ranging from The Associated

David Beckham's Recent Success Will Have Huge Long-Term Impact for PSG

David Beckham—like he's done so many times before—finished his career a winner, with Paris Saint Germain running out 3-1 winners over Brest in the final game.

Barack Obama must act like a true leader Observer editorial

It is always hard for an American president in the second term, but both his country and the world need Obama to show strength and courage and put scandal behind him

It is a simple fact of American politics that power starts to fade away from a second-term president almost from the moment t

Associated Press quietly nukes its dumber-than-dumb DRM-for-newssystem

Do you remember the Associated Press's 2009 announcement that they had discovered a magic-beans technology that would let them stop people from quoting the news unless they paid for license fees (for quotes as short as 12 words, yet!)?

Since the laun