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OMG! Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he won’t stand in the way of a vote on President Obama’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Well, sort of. McConnell says that out of the president’s bipartisan package of five nominees, Republicans won’t filibuster the two Republicans and just one of the three Democratic nominees.

While the Great Recession started only a few years ago, journalist and playwright Barbara Garson argues that “the trouble actually started decades earlier.”In a piece for the Los Angeles Times, Garson tells America's workers to do their patriotic duty and ask for a raise.

LIMESTONE, Maine -- A motorcycle racer trying to top 300 mph died Sunday after losing control and zooming off a runway at a former air base in northern Maine.Bill Warner, 44, of Wimauma, Fla.

Gambling on sports is legal in Nevada, where the Las Vegas casino sports books hum with activity under the glow of giant boards that show the point spreads.

I'll betcha five bucks you can't guess how much money was bet on the Super Bowl this year.Double or nothing: How much do Americans wager on March Madness annually?

The weapon George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin will likely be returned to him, if he requests it.

What may already be the worst fire season for parts of the West is only going to get worse.