(CNN) — Senate Republicans are expected on Wednesday to strip Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski of her post as ranking Republican on the Senate Energy Committee. Republicans say they will vote to elect an acting ranking member and then the full GOP...

he extraction of oil from the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada has been a source of immense controversy as production continues to expand. The technique is known to be detrimental to the environment — much more so than traditional oil well...

An Ohio Grand Jury indicted Jeffrey York, 47, of Madison Township on 19 counts this past Friday, September 3, 2010. Included among the charges are gross sexual imposition and domestic violence. The father of seven (7) may have held his family captive...

A stumbling Governor Brewer appeared to have lost her train of thought as Wednesday night’s debate got underway and she attempted to spell out her accomplishments as governor, a job she inherited in January 2009 when she was secretary of state. But...

Facebook on Thursday announced a new security feature that will allow users to see if they are logged into their accounts on a different computer and to remotely log out if so. This will address the problem that many of us have of leaving a...

A transient, who was nicknamed “The Box Cutter,” was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison for a knifing rampage against several California women. Charles Juan Proctor was convicted this month of 22 charges including robbery and...

Inmates continue to experience sexual victimization in shocking numbers inside America’s prisons and jails, even as Attorney General Eric Holder defies a congressional deadline to develop and enact national standards to address the problem. A new...

A plane crash in Colombia killed a passenger Monday morning, BNO News reports. The Aires airplane is thought to have been struck by lightning while attempting to land in San Andres. The high number of survivors has led some to consider the incident a...

The White House’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf has been ramped up in recent weeks, and is only going to get stronger. As the President prepares for tomorrow’s trip to the Gulf region — his fourth since the spill began in...

I know I already posted about the World Cup ball problem this morning, but sometimes I keep researching a topic even after I post it, and in this case I’m glad I did. It’s just come to my attention that two days ago, the International Labor...