"It's essential to bring humanism and spirituality into the public policy debate," said Sfeir-Younis, 59, who grew up in Chile and now lives in Portugal after retiring from the World Bank two years ago, where he was a senior adviser focusing on human rights and globalization.

Sfeir-Younis, who has written extensively and lectures widely about fighting poverty, is an advocate of the so-ca...

Some of Iowa's top high school graduates who were named to the Register's Academic All-State teams during the past five years reveal why many left to study out of state and why a few stayed. Read more of their thoughts at DesMoinesRegister.com.

"Iowa should not be afraid to lose some young people. Midwesterners who relocate to other parts of the country are a great advertisement for the...

RALEIGH - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Friday accused his Democratic rivals of embracing health care plans that would amount to socialized medicine.

The former New York City mayor, responding to comments made during the first Democratic primary debate Thursday night in Orangeburg, claimed Democrats favor "mandatory" universal health care and the plans would only exac...

Lawmakers agreed to restore state oversight of health insurance rates, but a proposal to help the financially troubled Hawaii Medical Center died without being heard in the final two weeks of the session.

, giving the state insurance commissioner final say over health insurance rates, essentially restores a law that expired last year.

The proposal to help Hawaii Medical Center, form...

Rand is a vice president of M&T Bank and a director of Rand Capital Corp., with strong communications skills and an ability to digest financial data that would serve the district well. She also is committed to working with teachers, and her 20 years in deal-making as a mortgage banker has honed her ability to hear concerns, balance interests, focus on collaboration and reach consensus.

Sh...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Democratic presidential hopefuls flashed their anti-war credentials Thursday night, heaping criticism on President Bush's Iraq policy in the first debate of the 2008 campaign.

"The first day I would get us out of Iraq by diplomacy," said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, one of eight rivals on the debate stage.

"If this president does not get us out of Iraq, when...

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If you have a serious illness, you may want to consider a course of treatment that your doctor is not likely to offer: a clinical trial. The thousands of cli...