WASHINGTON - The best hope for a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" may lie with the alternative minimum tax, an obscure provision of the tax code that is about to become alarmingly relevant to millions of middle-class taxpayers

Americans could be waiting another five years for a return to normal employment based on the sluggish pace of the U.S. economy. After nearly four years in office, President Obama has overseen the worst recovery since the 1960s. This week's chart comes on the heels of Friday's employment report, whic...

Seasoned counterterrorism reporter Catherine Herridge, part of a Fox News team that has been dogging the story of the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that resulted in the death of four Americans, has revealed the existence of a cable sent to the Office of the Secretary of State we...

On Monday, Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA) and Senator Charles Grassley (R–IA) released Part II of their promised three-part report titled Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation. As described in a Heritage Legal Memorandum, Part I focused on the involvement of the Bureau of Alcohol, ...

Newport News Shipbuilding has christened the new U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine Minnesota.

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN) will attend the christening of the USS Minnesota, a nuclear-powered subma ...

Duluth, MN (Northland's Newscenter) - In early 2013, Cliffs Natrual Resources, Inc. may be shutting down one taconite line.Thursday morning officials with Cliffs Natrual Resources, Inc. released their third quarter report with management.

Another wave of 148th Fighter Wing members returned home to Duluth early this morning after a two-month deployment overseas providing support to ground troops in Afghanistan.

A North Shore high school running back has set a state record for points in a game and tied the single-game mark for touchdowns.

The Nelson family of six edged ever so slightly toward the rope separating them from the traffic on the tarmac Monday at the 148 Fighter Wing base in Duluth.

In The Wall Street Journal, energy analyst Daniel Yergin writes that the impact of the U.S. energy revolution is only beginning but is already providing a foundation for a domestic renaissance in manufacturing.

A former Lawrenceville firm that was a major source of classroom paper orchestrated an international conspiracy to reap huge profits by illegally importing low-cost products from China, federal authorities say.

Workers at LG Chem, a $300 million lithium-ion battery plant heavily funded by taxpayers, tell Target 8 that they have so little work to do that they spend hours playing cards and board games, reading magazines or watching movies.

In the wake of the Treasury Department’s newly released summary of federal spending for 2012, it’s now possible to detail just how profligate the Obama years have been. Here’s the upshot: Under Obama, for every $7 we’ve had, we’ve spent nearly $11 (or, to be more exact, $10.95). That’s like a fam...

CHICAGO<br /> - An official wants to try to curb Chicago's homicide rate by imposing a new tax — a nickel for each bullet and $25 for each gun sold in the surrounding county

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