A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump.
The California Coastal Commission approved building the Western Hemisphere's largest desalination plant - a move aimed at relieving water shortages in the nation's most populated state.
Jimmy Carter is campaigning against a plan to build three dams to provide water for drought-stricken Georgia - freshly picking a fight he won three decades ago as governor.
The federal government is opposing a request by would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. to have expanded visits with his family in Virginia.
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