Debra S Koontz

… thousands packed central Madrid to give a hero' s welcome home Monday to "La Roja" — the ..... erased the economically struggling country' s gloomy mood by winning the Euro 2012 Championship ..... Cibeles plaza against the backdrop of Madrid' s majestic town hall and danced to pop music …

Welcome to reality, Monsieur Hollande. That' s the message France' s accounting watchdog sent to new President Francois Hollande ..... if it wants to meet its deficit targets. The audit' s findings, while roughly in line with economists' forecasts …

… Lawyers for New York Rep. Charlie Rangel' s Democratic opponent are planning to re-file ..... petition citing myriad problems with last week' s primary, after temporarily withdrawing the ..... ethics scandal two years ago. But Espaillat' s supporters charge that votes were intentionally …

A 25-nation group supervising Kosovo' s democratic progress announced Monday that it will end oversight of Europe' s youngest independent nation in September ..... Monday in Vienna by Pieter Feith of Kosovo' s International Civilian Office, reflected …

… the Energy Information Administration said the U. S . should consider permitting more U. S . oil to be exported. EIA Chief Adam Sieminski said ..... consider the costs and benefits of increasing U. S . crude exports now that the U. S . is one of the …

For all the scary headlines — a bailout of Spanish banks, JPMorgan' s huge trading loss, the sputtering job market, Facebook' s failed initial public offering — it' s a wonder stocks aren't down more this year. Actually, stocks aren't …

… card-carrying liberal George Stephanopoulos was incredulous on ABC' s "This Week" back in 2009 when he heard President Obama deny ObamaCare' s mandate constituted a tax. "It' s still a tax increase," Stephanopoulos insisted, to which Obama …