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  • James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team

    LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection.


  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Unfinished Empire'

    A more appropriate title for this book might be "Empire Happens." No British king or minister made a conscious decision to create the greatest empire in history. The imperium was created as a patchwork over the centuries beginning with the subjugation of Scotland, Wales and Ireland.


  • Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

    MAXON: Why Big Abortion shares Gosnell's guilt

    Two weeks ago, I sat less than 10 feet away from Kermit Gosnell in the Philadelphia courtroom where his fate was ultimately decided.


  • Column: Boogaard a sad example for hockey goons

    The lawsuit doesn't read nearly as well as the story, which laid bare the life of an NHL enforcer for all to see. The way John Branch wrote about Derek Boogaard in the New York Times should have been enough to cause even the most hardcore hockey fan to reconsider the peculiar role that goons play in the sport.


  • **FILE** President Obama visited the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March 2012. Embarking on a second term, he faces mounting pressure on a decision he put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada. (Associated Press)

    U.S. pumps up oil production as demand rises in developing world

    The rapid growth of U.S. oil production is transforming global markets and easing supplies just as China and the rest of the developing world move to overtake the developed world for the first time in consumption, the International Energy Agency reported Tuesday.


  • Illustration: Immigration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times.

    RAHN: Putting out the welcome mat for prosperity

    How many new immigrants should the United States allow each year? How many guest workers? These are not easy questions, which is why there is as much fierce debate within the two parties as between them.


  • Matt Kenseth pleased with appeal outcome

    Matt Kenseth was in Canada when J.D. Gibbs sent him the results of their appeal to NASCAR to reduce sweeping penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing.


  • Tunisian man indicted in visa ploy to foment terrorism

    Federal authorities have charged a Tunisian man with fraud in applying for a work visa to remain in the U.S. to facilitate what officials said were acts of terrorism, to develop a network of terrorists in the United States, and to use this country as a base to support the efforts of terrorists internationally.


  • ** FILE ** Cuban ladies smoke the country's famous cigars. (AP Photo)

    Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

    Cuba has filed its first legal challenge with the World Trade Organization, joining the fight against Australia's tough tobacco packaging laws, the Geneva-based trade body announced Monday.


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