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September 1, 2010

Paterson signs historic domestic worker rights bill

ALBANY, New York (AP) - The measure will guarantee overtime pay for domestic workers, as well as time off and…
September 1, 2010

Is the Tea Party becoming the new Grand Old Party?

WASHINGTON (AP) - The coalition's challenge will be to prove that its might is more than a fluke by ensuring…
September 1, 2010

Obama opens long-shot talks on Mideast peace

WASHINGTON (AP) - Expectations were low as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas arrived for preparatory talks with…
September 1, 2010

Mr. President, don't turn the Iraq page before reading it

OPINION - American's can't "turn the page" since they've never been allowed to read it. What they really need to…
August 31, 2010

Obama ends Iraq combat effort: Time to turn page

WASHINGTON (AP) - From the Oval Office, where Bush first announced the invasion that would come to define his time…
August 31, 2010

Alvin Greene dances during radio interview

Greene sat down with WBT-AM's Keith Larson, who, despite it being the Senate hopeful's 33rd birthday, grilled him with some…
August 31, 2010

The Obamas dish on their daughters' doings

WASHINGTON (AP) - It was President Barack Obama who revealed, perhaps to his daughter's utter embarrassment, that Malia had been…
August 31, 2010

Black Caucus Foundation to probe its scholarships

WASHINGTON (AP) - The recent corruption scandal around Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is prompting the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to…
August 31, 2010

Obama honors troops as Iraq combat mission ends

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama was an early critic of the war, promising during his presidential campaign to bring the conflict…
August 31, 2010

Congressional Black Caucus bogged down by new ethics scandal

OPINION - The actions of several of its members betray a hubris that suggests a belief that black public officials…
August 31, 2010

War — what is it good for when people are out of work?

OPINION - Now, Barack Obama must decide what type of president he wants to become: A Herbert Hoover or a…
August 31, 2010

Eddie Johnson's actions are par for course in today's politics

OPINION - But there is a deeper, more relevant question to be asked about the allegations against Eddie Johnson: Even…
August 30, 2010

Rep. Johnson admits to awarding relatives CBC scholarships

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eddie Bernice Johnson's actions could lead to a House ethics investigation...
August 30, 2010

Obama: GOP should let small business bill through

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a week likely to be dominated by foreign policy, Obama is trying to show he's still…
August 30, 2010

Alvin Greene mocks White House staff as 'Harvard rich kids'

"Do any of these fat cats know what it's like to be unemployed? To not know how you will feed…