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Obama was wrong to mislead people but right to scrap dysfunctional insurance products.

Allsbrook said he believes the bust was done to affect the outcome of several races -- two involving African Americans running for town hall commissioner seats and the re-election of Mayor Patty Almond, a white woman who had the support of the black community.

Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) will go down as one of the deadliest and most destructive weather events ever recorded - a surge, very high winds and torrential rains. The Philippine people need urgent assistance - here are ways about how you can help.

Silicon Valley Dreams of Secession; Ms. Marvel is a Muslim; Homeland has a Muslim Problem; NFL Player Quits Football After Studying Chomsky; "Conventional" Racism

Puget Sound workers are latest to join the strike wave, with weeks to go before a Black Friday showdown

New Gallup poll shows 76% of Americans want wage to increase; trend shows consistent support for increased federal minimum wage.

War, for those who actually experienced it ... is hell. Those who saw combat do not return whole. Their dreams reek of death, of comrades torn apart, of foreign children shot by accident.

Michelle Bachelet will approach a second term with an agenda which is more radical and progressive than that of her first.