For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up during weekends (presumably from par...
AP | ROBERT H. REID and KATHY GANNON | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his tw...
AP | HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administ...
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World
President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....
Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.25.2009 | World
President Hamid Karzai's team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger A...
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
In honor of the underwater meeting that the Maldives' Cabinet held on Saturday to raise awareness about the threat of climate change, HuffPost Green t...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy
In a stunning victory, Afghan president Hamid Karzai today was declared the winner of the runoff election scheduled to take place November 7.
New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a fi...
Dan Cantor | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York
I speak for thousands of Working Families Party members when I say that we are thrilled to have played a part in the victories of John Liu and Bill de Blasio.
Dan Collins | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York
The Working Families Party wants New York to believe that it can make or break a Democrat running in a tough primary, and that therefore everybody had better treat their issues, and opinions, with extreme respect.
The Observer | Declan Walsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
Five US soldiers were among dozens killed in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as pressure grew on President Hamid Karzai last night to strike a power...
Nancy Stoner | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
The Chesapeake Bay watershed spans portions of six states and more than 60,000 square miles. The only way to clean up the Bay is to get all of those states to work at home to clean up the streams.
Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
I needn't remind you that Oklahoma is a stronghold for climate change deniers like Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe. But Oklahoma could be poised to redeem itself, taking on the unsustainability of industrial agriculture.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.
news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green