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June 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Under current law, homebuyers who signed purchase agreements by April 30 have until Wednesday to close on…
June 23, 2010
A policy analyst and former welfare recipient seeks a congressional bid in California with Palin at her side...
June 23, 2010
OPINION - Kesha Rogers's primary win raises the same daunting questions for Democrats that Alvin Greene's win in South Carolina…
June 22, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti has made little progress in rebuilding in the five months since its earthquake, because of…
June 21, 2010
The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high...
June 21, 2010
From the NY Daily News - Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) failed to disclose tens of thousands of dollars in personal…
June 18, 2010
OPINION - Words are one thing, but the terrifying reality is that to break our oil addiction, as with any…
June 18, 2010
OPINION - For all the historic symbolism inherent in the contest, both candidates have fastidiously avoided discussions about race...
June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The verbal onslaught had been anticipated for days and unfolded at a nearly relentless pace...
June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American slaves sweated in the summer heat and shivered in the winter's cold while helping to build…
June 16, 2010
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - There are black men in the White House and at the helm of the GOP, but…
June 16, 2010
OPINION - Unfortunately for him, Steve King is part of a dying breed that struggles to regain the racial imbalances…
June 10, 2010
HAVANA (AP) - Seventy-four Cuban opposition activists signed a letter Thursday cheering proposed legislation that would lift the U.S. travel…
June 10, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Herenton tried to stir up his low-key congressional campaign Wednesday by claiming again that his…
June 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and congressional Democrats are trying to prevent a political disaster along with the environmental one…
June 7, 2010
OPINION - BP's corporate arrogance is made out of cash. It can and has bought its way out of trouble…
June 7, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Rangel was first elected to the House in 1970. He defeated Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.,…
June 4, 2010
VIDEO - If the military does adapt its facilities and policies to accommodate gay soldiers -- is there a possibility…
June 3, 2010
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Davis also said he has no interest in an appointed government job, including the U.S. attorney's…
June 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by a series of inquiries, nearly half the members of the Congressional Black Caucus want to…