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July 1, 2010

Preval rejects US advice on presidential election

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Preval also declined to answer questions about another U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report that criticizes…
July 1, 2010

Obama puts immigration atop priorities list

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama on blamed Washington's deadlock over overhauling U.S. immigration laws on 'political posturing and special interest…
July 1, 2010

Supreme Court 'activism' is in the eye of the beholder

OPINION - How can Justices Scalia, Roberts, and Thomas rule to overturn 71 years of Supreme Court precedent based solely…
June 30, 2010

Obama attacks GOP over lack of economic vision

RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) - As midterm elections loom and economic anxiety remains high, Obama criticized Republicans for being 'out of…
June 30, 2010

Bank bill faces House passage, Senate delays vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate, its votes still in flux, planned to take up the bill in mid-July, denying President…
June 30, 2010

Confirmation all but sure, Kagan ending hearings

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring an unexpected turn, Kagan will succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens and become the fourth woman…
June 30, 2010

Attorney General Holder in Kabul to assess corruption

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was in the Afghan capital to talk with officials about improving…
June 30, 2010

Meet the new face of BP's damage control campaign

theGRIO Q&A - A native of New Orleans, a geophysicist by profession and lacking a British accent, Darryl Willis seems…
June 30, 2010

Five of the biggest charter school myths debunked

OPINION - With the growth of the charter school movement since the 1990s to offer choice and accountability in public…
June 30, 2010

Bank bill gets patched up, moves closer to passage

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats are inching closer to passage of a major rewrite of financial industry regulations, making fixes…
June 29, 2010

Congress votes to extend homebuyer tax credit

WASHINGTON (AP) - Under current law, homebuyers who signed purchase agreements by April 30 have until Wednesday to close on…
June 29, 2010

Senators willing to scale back their energy bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman made the comments after meeting at the White House with fellow…
June 29, 2010

Jesse Jackson Jr. a pawn in Blagojevich's schemes

CHICAGO (AP) - Blagojevich used Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. as political leverage to secure vacant Senate seat for himself,…
June 29, 2010

Emancipation Proclamation to exit Oval Office perch

WASHINGTON (AP) - A rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Oval Office…
June 29, 2010

GOP puts Thurgood Marshall on trial at Kagan hearings

OPINION - Their goal remains to bully, cow, and badger her to insure that she toes the line not solely…