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Canada ships about 2.5 million barrels of oil to the U.S. every day, much of which comes through a pipeline system that dead-ends in Cushing, Okla., a town where incoming oil supplies have backed up enough to keep oil prices in the middle of the country lower than on the coasts.

Dan Savage is an advice columnist who spawned a worldwide movement after hearing one too many times about anguished gay teens committing suicide. Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, talk about their "It Gets Better" project, which now has over 10,000 video submissions.

Days after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated a huge swath of Japan, the nation faces immediate fears of a nuclear disaster and longer-term worries about assisting millions of people in need of food, water and shelter.

Days after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated a huge swath of Japan, the nation faces immediate fears of a nuclear disaster and longer-term worries about assisting millions of people in need of food, water and shelter.

The agency faces a $600 million cut to its budget for the rest of the current fiscal year, if congressional Republicans have their way. The agency says such a large budget cut would hinder its tax-collection efforts, and that in turn could reduce revenues coming into the Treasury.

So far, there's no sign Libya's dictator Moammar Gadhafi will leave office. He says he'll stay in his country and fight to the bitter end. As both sides in the crisis dig in, how strong are the forces at his side? Will they follow the example of some in the army and abandon him? If not, why? How strong and organized are Gadhafi's opponents, who now control the east?

Yemen's American-backed president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, said that the U.S. and Israel were behind the protest movements that have swept across Northern Africa and the Middle East. He said there is an operations room in Tel Aviv run by the White House that has the "aim of destabilizing the Arab world."

Libyan army units and militiamen reportedly attacked a mosque where protesters had taken refuge and fired on others protecting a local airport to push back a rebellion that has moved closer to Moammar Gadhafi's bastion in the capital. The revolt has broken away nearly the eastern half of Libya and unraveled parts of the regime.

Insurance companies often are blamed for rising health costs, but hospitals also play a role. One California health care chain has so much clout that it dictates what insurance companies pay for its services.

In her memoir, The Dirty Life, former Manhattan travel writer Kristin Kimball recounts her move from the big city to a muddy farm — with a love story along the way.