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August 5, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean helped found Yele Haiti five years ago to raise money and build awareness of the…
August 5, 2010
SLIDESHOW - An appeal was expected, as lawyers on both sides of the legal battle repeatedly vowed to carry the…
August 5, 2010
VIDEO - The game "Alien Attack" encouraged players to shoot foam darts at an African-American man dressed in a suit,…
August 5, 2010
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) - A federal court has rejected a lawsuit filed by an independent candidate for the state Assembly…
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - These were supposed to be heady days for African-Americans in Congress...
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The California Democrat has been charged with ethics violations for asking regulators to help a bank in…
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have harshly criticized Kagan, 50, as a political activist who would be unable to put aside…
August 5, 2010
OPINION - Many gay rights activists see the yesterday's decision as a direct extension of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court…
August 4, 2010
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The game featured a large painted image of a black man wearing a belt buckle with…
August 4, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Another potential powerhouse emerged Wednesday in the race for Haiti's presidency as the ruling party nominated…
August 4, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California voters passed the ban as Proposition 8 in November 2008, five months after the state…
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama hasn't shied away from talking about his birthday, noting that his hair is getting grayer and…
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - No more oil is likely to leak into the Gulf of Mexico now that efforts to plug…
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama also described the plight of the unemployed in personal, labor-friendly terms...
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill would extend programs enacted in last year's stimulus law to help preserve the jobs of…