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May 18, 2010

Ala. teacher uses Obama assassination in geometry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Secret Service questioned an Alabama teacher after school officials said he used an hypothetical example…
May 18, 2010

Slideshow: The life of Elena Kagan

SLIDESHOW - In nominating Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, President Obama has chosen a brilliant legal scholar with…
May 18, 2010

Obama raps Republicans on trip to heartland

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - In a campaign stop promoting his economic efforts, Obama took swipes at what he called the…
May 18, 2010

Super Tuesday: Primaries put incumbents in danger

WASHINGTON (AP) - Intensely competitive Senate primary races in three states will test the durability of incumbent Democrats the strength…
May 18, 2010

Rev. Jeremiah Wright: ‘Obama threw me under the bus’

NEW YORK (AP) - "No one in the Obama administration will respond to me, listen to me, talk to me…
May 18, 2010

Teen sentencing still a national embarrassment

OPINION - The latest Supreme Court ruling banning life terms for juveniles who aren't guilty of murder is not nearly…
May 17, 2010

Kan. governor signs bill on Brown v. Board mural

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Parkinson had the signing ceremony on the 56th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education…
May 17, 2010

NAACP backs Supreme Court nominee Kagan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's oldest and largest civil rights group voted unanimously at a board meeting in Florida to…
May 17, 2010

Obama signs Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - The law expands an annual report on human rights practices to include information about media treatment, and…
May 16, 2010

Palin and Brewer blame Obama for immigration law

PHOENIX (AP) - As calls spread for an economic boycott of Arizona, the state's governor enlisted the help of former…
May 14, 2010

Palin tells NRA Obama would ban guns if he could

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Palin, the GOP's 2008 vice presidential nominee, also praised tea party activism as a "beautiful movement,"…
May 14, 2010

Kagan’s record on race has White House on edge

OPINION - If Kagan didn't have the courage to stand up against injustice at Harvard Law School, what makes us…
May 14, 2010

Obama slams spill blame game, ‘cozy’ oil links

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president pledged to end a "cozy relationship" between the oil industry and federal regulators that he…
May 14, 2010

More jobs might be created this year than during George W. Bush’s entire presidency

Over time, voters are likely to judge Obama by his degree of success in eliminating that deficit and reducing unemployment...
May 14, 2010

‘Buffalo Cougar’: I’m sorry I flirted with Obama

VIDEO - A single mother from Buffalo boldly compliments President Obama during a town visit...