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The city of Inkster, Mich., has just laid off 20 percent of its police force in an effort to make ends meet. The cutbacks illustrate a larger paradox currently at work in the labor market: While the private sector is slowly adding jobs, the public sector continues to shed them.

As U.S. troops depart Iraq, many observers assume the country will fall into lockstep with its powerful Shiite neighbor to the east, Iran. But, at least in the short term, other countries in the region are expected to keep Iran in check, and Turkey is already playing a significant economic role.

We do know that it's a lot easier to tell a pollster you're for somebody than it is to vote for that somebody. The former is theory, the latter is fact. People know when they are going to vote and they get ready. No one knows when or even whether they're going to be polled.

Two recent explosions and the unlikely capture of an American stealth drone have left a flood of questions — but very few answers — in Iran. Was it the action of Israel? Has a covert war already begun? Iranians are unnerved, feeling that the country is constantly under attack.

A steady stream of voters showed up Wednesday at polling centers in Suez and in eight other governorates in Egypt. Suez has suffered since the revolution, and some voters are turning to Islamists for help.

The House passed a bill on Tuesday forcing President Obama to decide on the controversial pipeline project within 60 days. Republicans say the pipeline should be approved quickly because it would create "more than 100,000 jobs."

Many Cubans have been dreaming of greater Internet access for years. But for now, it remains one of the world's least connected countries.

A new analysis of 2010 election money shows that a relatively small number of rich donors accounted for a quarter of itemized contributions to congressional campaigns and party committees. The analysis comes from the Sunlight Foundation.

Today is likely the last chance this year to get a look at an impressive meteor shower.

A new report says just 78 offenders were handed capital sentences this year, marking the first time in more than three decades that fewer than 100 people were sent to death row. Some experts say Americans are becoming ambivalent or opposed to the death penalty, but others note that may be because there is another option: life without parole.