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Senate candidate Todd Akin, currently a representative from Missouri, told a news station Sunday that "legitimate rapes" aren't likely to result in pregnancy...

Burgers are getting more complicated by the day. They aren't just cookout food any more. They're quickly becoming symbols of both overconsumption and the wastefulness of Americans' food choices...

Another tech patent battle is emerging today, as Motorola has filed a new case against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission. Motorola, a Google subsidiary, alleges seven patent violations by Apple in their iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches...

Russia's riot grrl punk band Pussy Riot was sentenced to two years in jail Friday for "hooliganism" in a trial that has electrified sentiment against Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Chemical plants that process and produce deadly toxins are closer than a lot of Americans probably think — and they could be closer to danger, too...

The back-and-forth patent battle between tech giants Apple and Samsung moved forward in court today, as Samsung rested its case with a massive damages demand: $421 million...

A former researcher who says he left the Colorado School of Mines due to pressure from the oil and gas industry has now lost his university job in Wyoming after an industry association complained to his superiors about comments he made about fracking...

Indiana: boring. Maine: boring. Georgia: hot, racist, and boring...

Livestock, timber and off-road industry groups filed a lawsuit in federal court on Aug. 13 challenging the Obama administration’s 2012 planning rule for U.S. national forests...

Months ago, deep in the heart of Barcelona’s Fira Montjuic exhibition...

You’ve heard them on television and read them on POLITICO — cheerful...

So let me get this straight. We recently found out that July was the hottest month on record...