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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The majority of Americans favor giving millions of illegal immigrants a way to earn citizenship, according to a survey released on Thursday, highlighting public support for efforts in Congress to reform immigration law. In the Public Religion Research Institute poll, 63...

AP - Americans are gaining faith that the economy is on the upswing. More...

(CNN) -- America's contentious and costly war in Iraq officially ended Thursday with an understated ceremony in Baghdad that contrasted sharply with its thundering start almost nine years ago. U.S. troops lowered the flag of command that flew over the Iraqi capital, carefully rolled it and cased...

I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the Native Americans. But vegan Thanksgiving -- that's just spitting on the graves, isn't it?

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BEIRUT – Two Americans detained at the outbreak of political unrest in Syria were released Friday after two weeks in custody, said a relative of one of them and an American official. Both Americans — a Vermont college student studying Arabic in Syria and an engineer from Austin, Texas, who had...

U.S. drones are currently used in "surveillance operations" in Yemen, its foreign minister says. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- In a rare public admission, Yemen's Foreign Minister told CNN that U.S. drones are aiding his country in its campaign against al Qaeda. "The [drone] attacks are...

Palin as president: 6 out of 10 say no NEW YORK, -- Despite Sarah Palin's prominence, a majority of Americans and a significant number of Republicans doubt she would be an effective president, a poll indicates. A 60 Minutes/Vanity Poll shows 59 percent of Americans overall doubt Palin...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's generally the case that liquor sales spike during an economic slump. So it's not exactly surprising to hear that teetotalers are about as common these days as compelling plot lines on the HBO series...

Obama signs jobless benefits extension WASHINGTON, President Obama Thursday signed a bill extending unemployment benefits for about 2.5 million Americans, again criticizing Republicans who tried to block it. The House voted 272-152 Thursday to pass the bill and send it to the White House, one...

90 percent of Americans eat too much salt ATLANTA, (UPI) -- U.S. adults consume more than twice the current recommended sodium limit for most Americans, federal health officials said. Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. adults restrict their daily salt consumption to the recommended levels -- less...

The scale of the earthquake devastation in Haiti is all but impossible to measure accurately now. Eventually, it will be reduced to hard numbers: so many people killed, so many buildings destroyed, so much wealth and infrastructure lost. There will, however, be invisible injuries too - to the...

The train was quite crowded, and a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat. There seemed to be one next to a well-dressed, middle-aged, French woman, but when he got there, he saw it was taken by the woman's poodle. The war-weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"...

Americans' net worth shrinks $1.33 trillion in 1Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON – American households lost $1.33 trillion of their wealth in the first three months of the year as the recession took a bite out of stock portfolios...

A little British humor: The train was quite crowded, so a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle.. The war- weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?" The French woman just...

GOING TO A HOCKEY GAME... Three Canadians and three Americans were traveling to a hockey game. The three Americans each buy tickets and watch as the three Canadians buy only a single ticket. How are the three people going to travel on only one ticket?", asks an American. Watch and you'll see,"...

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