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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting fr...

When T. Boone Pickens talks about the need to find alternative energy sources, America's addiction to oil really has hit rock bottom. Pickens, 80, is a rich and colorful...

You'd think it would be enough that U.S. forces are showing great progress bringing Shias, Sunnis and Kurds together. But no. They're bridging divisions at home, too, in...

Congress failed for years to heed warnings from leaders such as Florida Sen. Mel Martinez about the dangers that lax regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posed to th...

U.S.-based automakers have no one but themselves to blame for their dilemma. Had they long ago embraced, rather than fought, higher fuel economy stand-ards, they might n...

As legendary oil investor T. Boone Pickens tells the story, Republican Bob Dole wanted him to head up his 1996 presidential campaign in Texas. In return, Pickens wanted ...

If you want to understand the macroeconomic implications of paying more than $4 a gallon (and rising) for gasoline, just look at the skyline of Dubai. It is cluttered wi...

WASHINGTON — John McCain is the candidate who actually had experience as a wartime flyer, but Barack Obama is the one who has most successfully adapted a favorite tactic...

WASHINGTON — La cucaracha, la cucaracha, ya no puede caminar. La cucaracha, la cuca ... Oh, perdón. I was just tuning up for an interview with Baracko Oba...

The presidential candidates focused on the economy last week, pushing plans that are designed to appeal to huge swaths of voters — from college students to Medicare reci...