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Houma is one of the coastal Louisiana town that sustained damage during Hurricane Gustav. There, power lines and utility poles are down everywhere and trees are blocking most roads — but the good news is, there is little flooding.

Following in the footsteps of former presidential hopeful and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Edwards will set off on a 12-city tour of poor America this weekend.

In the Gaza Strip there are no functioning courts and most of the Fatah-backed police force refuses to return to work. But Hamas, now the territory's sole power, has moved quickly to try to restore internal law and order after removing its rival faction just over two weeks ago.

The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.

The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he made universal health care law. But the 2006 law didn't do anything about controlling costs, which were already among the nation's highest. So now the conversation has turned to cost control, and some very interesting things are beginning to happen.

The biggest antitrust trial in nearly 25 years kicks off on Tuesday as the Justice Department makes its case that Google is an illegal monopoly.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) says he is glad former Sen. Tom Daschle withdrew as President Barack Obama's pick to be Health and Human Services secretary. DeMint says senators were receiving angry calls from the public about Daschle's tax troubles, and the issue raised question about Obama's ability to lead in a crisis.

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.

Chuck Palahniuk's new novel is a black-hearted satire that imagines an America in which angry men engineer a purge of everyone who's ever upset them — and then have to rebuild the country afterwards.