It's the card-check provision because it require employers to recognize a union as soon as a majority of workers signed cards saying they wanted a union. It's better than a secret-ballot election, so why did Democrat senators scrap it?

The Obama administration has approved the sale of timber in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest. Tongass is a 17-million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska. The national forest is home to both endangered species and native Alaskan tribes and is the largest temperate rain forest in the United States. 

Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf, when questioned by members of the Senate Budget Committee Thursday morning, said that the bills proposed in the House and Senate would not reduce the amount of money the government spends on health care in the long run.

A stage being built for a Madonna concert in Marseille collapsed Thursday, leaving one worker dead and nine injured. 

Since announcing her resignation as governor of Alaska, no one's been able to pinpoint Sarah Palin's reasons for quitting, or even her future plans. One thing is for sure: without all that time wasted legislating, Palin is finally freed up to follow her heart and Tweet about bears. 

The Obama administration has approved the sale of timber in the roadless area of the Tongass National Forest. Tongass is a 17 million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska. The national forest is home to both endangered species and native Alaskan tribes and is the largest temperate rain forest in the United States.

Rape has taken its place alongside guns, tear gas, and beatings in the Iranian regime's arsenal against protesters. Reports from arrested protesters that describe violent rape are becoming the new rallying cry for the resistence movement, and Taraneh, a young female protester, is their figurehead. 

A stage being built for a Madonna concert in Marseille collapsed on Thursday, leaving one worker dead and nine injured.

When the AIG first received federal bailout money, then used some of that money to pay out bonuses to the same executives that flushed the company down the tubes, it sparked national outrage in the streets and in legislative chambers, famously prompting Sen. Chuck Grassley to tell the executives to "resign, or go commit suicide." Last week, however, AIG requested a new round of executive bonuses, and Congress has been silent.

Mischa Barton was removed from her West Hollywood home by police on Wednesday. Sources say the actress called the police on herself after having a "freak out."