A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming of for air again.  The Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires  Epecuen was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people served 20,000 tourists a season. During Argentina’s golden age, the same trains that carried grain to the outside world brought visitors from...

The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping – for many a largely tax-free frontier – to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike. But opposition from some...

Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Rob Bishop are demanding answers over apparent conflicting statements from federal officials related to Ogden Hinckley Airport’s control tower. The tower was one of the smaller airport towers flagged for closure under the Federal Aviation Administration’s initial plan to deal with automatic spending cuts. Lee and Bishop sent...