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Could America build a lunar base during an eight-year Newt Gingrich presidency, as Mr. Gingrich promised this week? The obstacles would lie in money and politics.

Twitter’s announcement that it would agree to block certain messages in countries where they were deemed illegal prompted outcry, argument and even calls for a boycott.

The growing assertiveness of a loosely organized force in Syria hinted at the expanding role of the armed opposition in a movement that began peacefully more than 10 months ago.

A look at the clemency applications of felons who were pardoned reveal that many contained personal appeals from friends of Gov. Haley Barbour and major Republican donors.

Whether the American economy, which grew last quarter at its fastest pace in a year and a half, can sustain that momentum is critical to millions of people out of work.

Despite changes in procedures and airline schedules, flight delays last year in the New York area were as bad as ever, and rippled across the country.

Written by an adviser to the Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the book, “The World America Made,” makes the case that the nation’s decline is a myth.

President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said French troops would leave a year early, by the end of 2013.

Israel wants existing settlement blocks to become of a part of Israel, an approach that the Palestinians rejected as unacceptable.

Among the feature films presented at the somewhat lower-key 28th Sundance Film Festival, there was “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” and there was everything else.

The Scottish government recently passed a law making it illegal for fans to attack each other using religious or ethnic slurs in chants, Internet postings and even stray remarks at the pub.

News Corporation is said to be in advanced discussions with Lex Fenwick to become chief executive of Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and the Dow Jones Newswires.

The former governor of Massachusetts moved past his rival, Newt Gingrich, heading into the final weekend before the vote.

Under popular pressure, Chinese officials have begun to track the most pernicious measure of urban air pollution and promise to set new health standards and publish data on air pollution.

An overhaul would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs to the institutions’ success in improving value and affordability for students.

With all the focus on tax rates, I sat down with my 2010 returns, calculator in hand. I’m still reeling from the results.

From 2003 to 2005, Thomas Holton followed the Lams, a Chinese family living in a two-room apartment on Ludlow Street in Manhattan. Five years later, he returned to find a messier reality.

The disconnect between expectations going into Sundance and the results coming out has been particularly pronounced this year.

Producers cite credibility and resonance when explaining how it is that women are the second-choice sex when it comes to voicing movie trailers.

The operator of the Costa Concordia made its first attempt on Friday to limit the legal consequences of the shipwreck, offering a settlement of about $14,400 to each uninjured passenger.