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Colorado River seen as depleting regional resource
The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official ...
Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already ...
Report: Asian economies will surpass US, Europe
The United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, ...
Pakistan's largest city rocked by wave of violence
Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is ...
Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise
New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of ...
AP Exclusive: Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship
Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at ...
To parents, youth sports an 'athletic arms race'
Shawn Worthy admits he's a competitive guy — and a competitive parent, sometimes. Yet even he was floored when a couple of moms he met at a pro junior ...
Tel Aviv: Beloved oasis outraged by rocket fire
Leehee Goldenberg was having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Tel Aviv, Israel's largest metropolis, when an air-raid siren wailed. She and other diners ...
Face of US changing; elections to look different
It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America. The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded ...
GOP showing in Calif. worries party strategists
If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem. The nation's most populous state — home to 1 in 8 Americans — has ...
Population bulge tests India's growth aspirations
Vijay Kumar clutched a worn plastic folder containing his high school diploma and his nursing aide certificate as he joined a long queue at an ...
Texas school finance case focuses on demographics
A boom in Texas' Hispanic population, coupled with starkly higher poverty rates for minorities statewide, could so hurt future household income that ...
Lawsuits put Texas school finance system on trial
Attorneys representing around 600 school districts argued Monday that Texas' school financing system is so "hopelessly broken" that it violates the ...
Virginia politics shaped by population shifts
For 10 presidential races in a row, Virginia voted reliably Republican. Then came 2008, and Barack Obama's victory. Now the GOP is battling to take ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Race
The issue: The nation's complexion is rapidly changing. A more racially and ethnically diverse population is rising so that, perhaps within three ...
GOP focuses on monthly jobs report, but do voters?
The government's monthly jobs report has become Washington's most anticipated and studied economic indicator, pounced upon by politicians, economists ...
Falklands Census: no growth, population aging
Census results show zero population growth in the Falkland Islands. A survey in April found just 2,563 residents, a term that excludes civilian ...
Dems see Latino-based future as union clout wanes
On a precarious political bridge, Democrats are desperately trying to reach a promising future before their old foundation crumbles behind them.
A test looms for Egypt's new leader: Garbage
The pile of trash overwhelmed the median divider on Ahmed Zaki Street and spilled into oncoming traffic — egg shells, rotten eggplants, soiled ...
Federal court rejects GOP-drawn Texas voting maps
Stadiums and hospitals removed from the districts of black congressional members and country clubs newly drawn into those of white incumbents.
Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales
What began as bizarre bird behavior has turned into something out of a horror film for threatened whales in Argentina, where seagulls have learned ...
Happy now for tea party help, GOP faces challenges
The Republican Party that's showing its face to America this week is a restless institution that relies heavily on the uncompromising passions of tea ...
Hispanics set school, college enrollment records
Hispanic population growth and improved high school completion rates helped Latino young people become the largest minority group on college campuses ...
Florida highway offers clues to presidential race
Beyond the theme park billboards that promise worlds of fantasy and adventure there is reality along this road that ripples across the state, small ...
The other Paul Ryan plan: $800B in Medicaid cuts
There's another Paul Ryan plan for health care, a fundamental change in caring for the poor and disabled that would affect many more people than the ...