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NFL Players Association President DeMaurice Smith is calling on circles of people well beyond football fans to help the league avoid an owners' lockout in 2011.

Two words: Michael Bloomberg.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s alliance with peeping con James O’Keefe is about more than just hating unions.

Fox News called the settlement "chump change."

Today marked the return of automaker GM to public trading on the stock market. All hail the American automakers, returning to profitability in a little over a year after bankruptcy proceedings and billions of government dollars in bailouts, right?

The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.

When given power, Pelosi aggressively wielded it, which is more than you can say for Obama or Senate Democrats. They should now follow her lead.

Jay-Z backs the message, if not the rhetoric, of racial challenges to George Bush's record.

As news of UK government cuts come daily, what could be a better moment to announce a royal wedding?

She's no nature lover—she just plays one on TV.