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Economists find presidential contenders' economic policies lacking.

(CNSNews.com) - The Department of Homeland Security has re-issued a rule that labor unions and some Business groups oppose. The "no-match" rule is intended to stop employers from hiring illegal aliens, but critics say it will have unintended consequences.

(CNSNews.com) - Thursday's report from the Social Security and Medicare trustees prompted renewed calls for reform of the large entitlement programs.

(CNSNews.com) - The United Nations' Human Rights Council has elected onto a panel of special advisors a left-wing Swiss sociologist with a record of sympathizing with the Castro and Mugabe regimes and criticizing the United States and Israel.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama called on Thursday for a second economic stimulus package of $30 billion and for greater oversight of the U.S. financial system to prevent another housing crisis.

Anger over the government's Basra crackdown spreads.

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The guards called their prisoner "Vic," and let him plant a little garden near his cell. The rest of the world knew him as Saddam Hussein, the man blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis during his years as president. CNN has exclusive video of Hussein's Baghdad cell that shows how he lived in the days before his execution in December 2006.

(03-27) 08:04 PDT New York (AP) -- Democrat Barack obama said Thursday tougher government regulations that reflect the realities of modern finance are needed to get a grip on the economy before it gets even worse. "We do American Business _ and the American...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the ultimate survivor. Not only did he live through 5-1/2 years as a Vietnam prisoner of war, he also has stared down the deadly cancer melanoma.