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The federal debt is at record levels and growing. States are "grappling with unprecedented fiscal crises," a new report says. And Europe's debt mess threatens the world economy. Some scholars think, like Plato, that democracy is the problem.

Raspberry's newspaper column was marked by a fierce independence, not beholden to politics nor ideology.

Athletes at the London Olympics will be subjected to more testing for performance-enhancing drugs than at any other games. Just one positive test can ruin their chances at gold, but these elite athletes might not be the ones who have the most to lose.

The notorious Internet gang tracked down a poster who bragged about stomping Burger King lettuce.

Florida's pact with federal officials clears a path for other states, including some in key battlegrounds, to verify voters' citizenship using a database known as SAVE, or Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements.

The group says Hugo Chávez has worked to consolidate power in the executive.

A Senate subcommittee investigation found the bank made it easier for Mexican cartels to launder money and for Iranian firms to bypass sanctions.

Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo, is not the first woman to head a high-profile technology company. But the former Google executive is one of the few female computer scientists to reach such a pinnacle. Will her rise inspire more women to enter the technology field?

In his new memoir Love Is the Cure, John says his struggles with addiction have left him stronger as both a man and a musician.

Some conservative scholars think they may have discovered a flaw that could send the law back to court, or at least cause some big problems for its implementation.