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Oil prices have hit another record, topping $82 a barrel. Despite the rising cost of energy, the global economy keeps growing. But some observers wonder how long that can last, despite the fact that both consumers and companies are better able to withstand high oil prices than they used to be.

Pennsylvania’s highest court is rejecting a bid by a top state Republican lawmaker to use the existing boundaries of legislative districts in this year’s election, instead of new boundaries redrawn as part of a once-a-decade adjustment for demographic shifts.

There is growing speculation that the Bush administration may increase the number troops in Iraq. That contradicts what many critics of the war have suggested. But it's what was suggested Wednesday by some military officials as President Bush met with Robert Gates, Donald Rumsfeld and top military brass.

The tenor's musical tastes aren't confined to Puccini, Bizet and Strauss. His new, self-titled album gives him a chance to put his mark on everything from American spirituals to Top 40 hits.

Federal investigators have interviewed top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. They're asking whether her email practices as secretary of state compromised government secrets.

David Franklin Slater, a retired U.S. Army officer, was accused of leaking top classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, spent time in the hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson said.

Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you'll find on TV this year.

A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of last Thursday's news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.

The former president now says an audiotape that came out this week, of him apparently showing reporters a top-secret document that he'd kept was all bravado.