What if you were engaged to your professional partner and called off the wedding — but decided to keep working together anyway?? It could be a plot line from a movie like “The Vow” or “He’s Just Not That Into You.” But it’s something a tad more surreal: the real-life story of the writing duo [...]

Outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour (R) gave reprieves to 208 inmates, including 14 convicted murderers, prompting Democratic legislators to reintroduce a bill that would curb pardon powers. A law-and-order Republican governor, Haley Barbour of Mississippi, has given full pardons or clemency to 208 inmates, including 14 convicted murderers, setting off a political uproar over the limits [...]

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After a surge last month, housing starts dropped in February by 1.1 percent, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. However, the slip was offset by a hopeful sign for builders that a recovery is still on track: Permits for future construction soared 5.1 percent, reaching its highest level in more than three years. Permits for single-family [...]

Participants raise banners with a slogan, “Good bye, nuclear power station”, at a rally protesting against the usage of nuclear energy in Tokyo Saturday, May 5, 2012. Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation’s 50 nuclear reactors switching off Saturday, shaking banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent [...]