The following was an op-ed I wrote and was printed in about a half dozen Illinois papers in the last couple of weeksLast week, state Comptroller Dan Hynes reported that the backlog of state bills has reached over $4 billion.

Contradicting past statements from President Bush, former White House strategist Karl Rove said on Tuesday evening that had Bush known Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the United States would not have gone to war. "Absent that, I

Americans' broad support for providing government assistance to the auto industry is built mainly on a genuine fear that a failed GM, Ford, and Chrysler could lead to a depression," said Peter Hart, chairman of the national polling firm.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign committee sent an e-mail to supporters Tuesday inviting them to congratulate the New York senator on her nomination as secretary of State -- and help pay off her remaining debt. The campaign had nearly $7.5

Lawyers for the film director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States before his sentencing for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago, asked a judge in California to dismiss the case against him based on claims

The White House will not display a Christmas tree ornament that calls for President George W. Bush's impeachment. The red-and-white striped ball, submitted by artist Deborah Lawrence, salutes an impeachment resolution with tiny glued-on text.

After winning a contest to vacation at a $9 million mansion in Aspen, Colo., Parker and Caroline Lofgren and their two children died over the Thanksgiving holiday when a faulty heating system leaked carbon monoxide gas while they slept.

The rising cost of college is putting higher education out of reach for most Americans, reports the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. College tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while

Newly released tapes from the Nixon Administration reveal the president and his senior staff dishing dirt on critics and public figures, such as marital, mental and drinking problems, and struggling to contain growing public unrest over the war in Vietnam.

Al Franken now leads Sen. Norm Coleman by a margin of 22 votes in the recount of the Minnesota Senate election, his lead recount lawyer Marc Elias claimed today in a conference call with reporters.

The Capitol Visitor Center in Washington D.C. opened Tuesday amid great fanfare and excitement -- and a $621 million pricetag. "In the summertime, because the high humidity and how hot it gets in here, you could literally smell the tourists

Gharial crocodiles, fish-eating reptiles once prevalent throughout the Indian subcontinent, were down to just 200 breeding adults found in 2007 and have lost more than 100 who turned up dead on the banks of India's Chambal river. The cause? Gout

The incoming Obama administration has notified all politically-appointed ambassadors that they must vacate their posts as of Jan. 20, the day President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office, a State Department official said.

Action Institute Commentary Millions of high school seniors have started the process of deciding which college or university to attend in the next academic year. Prospective students will take into consideration cost, academics, social life, and location. And while many

The first world report on child injury prevention will be introduced at the University of Washington in an international forum Thursday Dec. 11 from 2-5 p.m. at Hogness Auditorium.

When I opened the paper this morning and read the account of your terrible accident , I was shocked. Only the past week, we had made plans to meet after Thanksgiving about articles for your new magazine. As my former

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This current political crisis has certainly energized many Canadians, after an election with a dismally low turnout of only 59.1%. There is lots of action to watch, but not sure if there's a direction or firm leadership. Watching Question Period...

One of two men videotaped last year giving pot to young children accepted a plea deal Tuesday and was sentenced to seven years in prison - saving himself from a possible life sentence. Vanswan Polty, 20, of Fort Worth pleaded

to work with VML. I tried to come up with a way to mimic border-radius and to be able to implement simple rounded corners into a design.The first implementation I saw that tried to do this in a seamless way