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Toyota, Microsoft sign $12 million tech deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday announced a $12 million partnership with Microsoft Corp. aimed at bolstering the Japanese automaker's in-car technology...
Americans split over whether Obama has taken on too much
WASHINGTON — Americans hold mixed views of President Barack Obama's...
Obama urges Muslims to reject al-Qaida
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Muslims worldwide to reject al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations, saying they had no claim to leadership in the Islamic world...
Chipotle fires hundreds in Minnesota after immigration probe
MINNEAPOLIS — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc...
Louisville library hosting ‘Love in the Afternoon’
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Louisville Public Library...
Obama to lower premiums for high-risk insurance plans
WASHINGTON — Trying to spur enrollment in a key new...
How Obama Missed an Opportunity for Middle East Peace
There aren't many reasons for optimism...
In the climate struggle, a hunt for realistic solutions
A new study says the chance of a drought in Texas is 20 times more likely during a La Niña year now compared with the 1960s. Another predicts 4 feet of sea level rise along the Eastern Seaboard over the next century. Have your eyes glazed over yet...
Global temperatures above average for 333rd straight month
At some point, the concept of 'average' becomes meaningless...
America the exception: 7 other treaties the U.S. hasn’t ratified
The Obama administration, this month, decided to take up the fairly unrewarding task of pushing for the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. In a piece for FP today, James Kraska explains why ratification is long overdue...
Democrat Ron Barber Retains Gabby Giffords’s Arizona Congressional Seat
In a special Arizona election that garnered widespread national interest...
San Francisco Deems Apple Computers Not Green Enough to Buy
Just when you thought Apple was really starting to go green—announcing plans to power its newest data center largely with renewable energy—the tech company took a big step backward last week, requesting that all of its products be removed from EPEAT...
