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Winter honey bee deaths devastate keepers, puzzle scientists

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Something is killing the honey bees of Maryland. Close to 60 percent of the managed hives died last fall and over the winter — about twice the national average, according to the state bee inspector and local keepers. "I had a healthy hive that...

Tony Blair tells crowd at Loyola about global challenges

2013-04-09 19:18:11

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Baltimore audience Tuesday night that the world's challenges have never been greater, nor come with such speed, and he advocated intervention in struggling countries by powers such as Great Britain and the...

Less testing on animals, better science

2013-04-08 08:32:00

Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...

A bit of stirring, if inarticulate, Beethoven for your Midweek Madness treat

2013-03-18 09:18:00

The European Union has been in the news lately, especially with regard to the UK's continued participation, so I thought I would use this Midweek Madness installment to remind everyone of the joy of brotherhood. The Union happens to have an anthem...

Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]

2013-02-12 18:28:00

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:� Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...

The threat to Internet privacy

2013-01-31 08:00:00

This week, the United States, Canada, and the 27 countries in the European Union "celebrated" Internet Privacy Day. However, it seems there is little to really celebrate; the past few years have given rise to the largest increase in electronic wiretapping...

The difference between Greece and the U.S.

2012-12-12 09:45:00

The only difference between the U.S. and Greece is that the European Union stops Greece from printing money and going deeper in debt. When the U.S. dollar crashes, it will be worse than most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. We need all the...

Redskins, Jenni Rivera and an unfaithful Coco lead off a dreary Monday on the web

2012-12-10 05:59:00

It's entirely possibly that I'm fudging the online trends this morning to give more weight to news of a monkey in fancy coat wandering around an Ikea. It is just that depressing today and who knows if even�Ikea monkey can counteract this clinical case...

Criticisms of Israel ignore the facts

2012-11-27 07:30:00

Op-ed contributor G. Jefferson Price III ("For Israel, it's different this time," Nov. 20) alleges that "Israeli leaders have consistently obstructed and resisted arrangements that would have brought a dignified peace to the region." As in 2000 and...

Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'

2013-01-02 14:09:50

Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...

Why all the focus on Israel?

2012-10-25 11:11:00

One of the striking aspects of the third presidential debate was the frequent mention of Israel (34 times). Western Europe and the challenges facing the European Union or Latin America hardly registered. It is as if the Israel issue is a burning one in...

We need another debate

2012-10-23 09:47:00

The third and final debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney included a few memorable lines — Mr. Romney's promise that in his administration, Russian President Vladimir Putin would be on the receiving end of "more backbone,"...

From left, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, European Union Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn and Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan talk prior to a Eurozone meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

2013-05-13 08:12:21

British Prime Minister David Cameron, during a joint news conference with President Obama at the White House, said it was in Britain's interests to "reform the European Union, to make it more open, more competitive, more flexible."

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Staff of a solar power plant works on their solar panels in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2013. The EU executive on May 8 proposed heavy anti-dumping tariffs of around 47 percent on imports of Chinese solar panels, a European Union source said.

2013-05-08 00:00:00