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Exxon Posts First-Quarter Profit of $8.4 Billion

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, reports that higher oil prices drove its first-quarter profit up 7 percent from the prior year. Net income rose to $8.4 billion, from $7.86 billion in the same period a year ago.

A woman wearing face protection walks across a street during a hazy day in Beijing on March 27. Worsening air pollution is fueling a slow exodus of expatriates from the Chinese capital.

Beijing: From Hardship Post To Plum Assignment And Back Again

In past decades, foreign firms offered lavish perks for people to work in Beijing because of how hard life was there. China's booming economy ended that. Now, air pollution is driving many to leave.

Atlantic City's boardwalk, with its shops, restaurants, casinos and hotels, was mostly protected during Hurricane Sandy by a dune restoration project. But TV images of one small section that was damaged gave the impression that the whole thing was destroyed.

Post-Sandy: Atlantic City Wants Its Tourists Back

A month after Hurricane Sandy pounded the New Jersey Shore, Atlantic City is back in business. Even though most of the casinos, restaurants and the famous boardwalk sustained very little damage in the storm, they're now suffering from a lack of visitors.

Post 9/11 Veterans Encouraged to Start Their Own Businesses

Florida’s current unemployment rate is 8.8 percent. But that’s an average. When you drill down into the numbers a bit you can find higher rates among…

After two weeks of recovery from an addiction to opioids prescribed by her surgeon, Katie Herzog takes a walk with her dog, Pippen.

Should Hospitals Be Punished For Post-Surgical Patients' Opioid Addiction?

In April this year, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back surgery. The 68-year-old...

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., speaks at the Democratic National Convention last year in Charlotte, N.C. She's the first woman ever to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee.

From Leadership Posts, Women Said To Be Changing Senate Tone

The 20 women in the U.S. Senate this year is the largest number in history. Female senators also now claim an unprecedented number of leadership positions. And several female senators interviewed say that is causing a change on Capitol Hill in the tone and process of legislating.

President Bush speaks to rescue workers at Ground Zero a few days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In the wake of the attacks, a slew of new terms with political implications -- including jihad and Islamofascism -- entered the American lexicon.

Exploring the Language of Post-Sept. 11 U.S. Policy

Within weeks after Sept. 11, such terms as "jihadist" and "war on terror" entered the American English lexicon. Understanding the political impact of that language may shed light on some of the geopolitical fractures that have come to define the early 21st century.

Roh Moo-hyun (right), then the president of South Korea, is greeted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 2, 2007. North Korea has released little information about its leader's health.

Questions Emerge About Post-Kim Era In N. Korea

As questions swirl over Kim Jong Il's health, there is no sign he has relinquished control over the secluded North Korea. Experts say that whoever succeeds Kim may feel compelled to demonstrate control through military means.

Defense Posts In Libya's Rival Governments Illustrate Country's Decline

Libya is a country divided. We hear from the defense ministers for the rival governments at war with each other. Extremism is thriving in the security vacuum.

Post Arab Spring, Where Do Islamist Parties Stand?

Steve Inskeep talks with author Shadi Hamid about his new book, Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East.

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