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After High-Cost Campaign, Obama Wins Re-Election

President Obama successfully won the re-election Nov. 6, 2012, but after the costliest -- and one of the nastiest -- campaigns in history, divided government was alive and well, especially in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

Ballot Measures Have Historical Results on Same-Sex Marriage and Legal Marijuana

In all, there were 176 measures on the ballots Election Day in 38 states. But two issues made history in four states. Maine and Maryland voters approved same-sex marriage while Washington state and Colorado legalized recreational use of marijuana.

Analysis: Obama Wins But Washington Unchanged

President Obama has won the election and has four more years to push for economic and social policies passed in his first-term presidency. But with the balance of power in Congress unchanged, Obama may face the same gridlock in Washington.

Red Hook’s Resilience Tested by Sandy

Red Hook is a remarkably close-knit and neighborly community. Sandy tested that social infrastructure but did not damage it, even though half the neighborhood lacks power and hundreds of residents have lost piles of personal possessions and family memorabilia.

If Ann Romney Is Next First Lady, What Would that Mean for M.S.?

For Ann Romney, it started as it has for millions of Americans. Numbness. Dizziness. "Foggy brain." Simple things that, when combined, added up to a startling diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis. After a year of aggressive intravenous steroid treatment in…

‘The President Is Ill’: How Health Has Impacted the U.S. Presidency

Never Aired 1976 Gerald Ford Ad Too Emotionally Charged for Its Time

EmbedVideo(4883, 482, 304); Film is courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library While thinking about how last minute events like Hurricane Sandy, speeches and political commercials might influence the outcome of the 2012 election, I recalled hearing about…

Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS?

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security…

Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’

Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As…

The Daily Frame

A woman walks her dogs over one of three giant painted poppies next to the M8 motorway in Livingston, Scotland. The poppies mark the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal, which is being celebrated this month.