Senate panel OKs Kagan for US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elena Kagan is facing the first vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court before a Senate panel dominated by Democrats who are all but certain to support her...
Obama salutes WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury
WASHINGTON (AP) - He thanked the players for setting a good example, saying he lives with 'three tall, good-looking women who are quite competitive and push me around under the boards all the time.'...
USDA official's remarks put NAACP on defense in race debate
OPINION - Shirley Sherrod, the NAACP and the Tea Party are all reflections of the most extreme parts of all of us...
Teen arrested in Ind. Black Expo shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police have arrested a teenager who investigators believe fired the shots that wounded nine young people during the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration...
Tea Party group defensive over anti-NAACP blog
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Tea Party Express coordinator Joe Wierzbicki said it was 'arrogant and preposterous' for the Tea Party Federation to expel his group...
Democrats to give jobless benefits another vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - The measure is expected to pass later Tuesday. The House would take it up Wednesday and then send it to President Obama for his signature...
Jobless benefits battle holds millions of Americans hostage
OPINION - Either these politicians in Congress do not understand the depths of people's pain, or they simply don't care...
USDA worker quits over racial remarks at NAACP banquet
ATLANTA (AP) - National NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous welcomed the resignation because the group opposes racism of all kinds...
Is the Tea Party turning over a new leaf?
OPINION - The conservative movement is stranded like Alice in Wonderland -- and trying to take us with them down the rabbit hole...
Jordan knocks 'King James' off his pedestal
OPINION - What do LeBron James and Michael Jordan have in common? Outside of James wearing #23 for his first seven seasons in the NBA, not a damn thing...
