Proponents of legalizing the carrying of concealed weapons generally feel that such laws deter crime and, in cases when the deterrent effect doesn't kick in, enable citizens to defend themselves and  

Every 10 years, legislators in most states redraw the political map of America to reflect the population changes quantified in the new census. The majority party in each state creates new federal a  

The purpose of nearly any competition is to determine the best or, in some cases, the luckiest individual or team from a field of competitors. To isolate the skill being tested, rules prevent compet  

The combustion in a perfect gasoline-powered engine would produce only water and nitrogen -- harmless byproducts -- and carbon dioxide. In reality, no such engine exists, and even the most sophistic  

Zipping around the Internet and plucking products from the collectively massive inventory offered by thousands of retailers around the world is easier, faster and usually cheaper than fighting throu  

On May 20, 2000, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled for the second time that the state's education finance system is unconstitutional. The court set a June 15, 2001 deadline for lawmakers to remedy the pr  

The prosperity of the past few years has all but erased from our minds the inherently cyclical nature of the economy. But cyclical it is, and a general slowing of the economy will eventually, certa  

Over the past three decades, cable television has freed the nation's viewers from the limited, often stale offerings of the three-network oligopoly. Pioneering companies and individuals are simila  

Both traditional and Internet-based stores are jammed full of an unprecedented array of the cutting edge, completely unnecessary and totally indulgent products that are a gadget lover's fix. Com  

President Clinton recently signed a bill requiring the government to swipe federal highway dollars from states that fail to set a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent as the legal stand