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A federal appeals court is about to consider a lawsuit challenging Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring.
The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job.
Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350.
A California state judge has rejected a proposed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of state residents who took the painkiller Vioxx before it was pulled from the market in 2004.
Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he's missing the real war — in Afghanistan, where his brother is fighting the Taliban.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged a Michigan law banning racial and gender preferences in government hiring and public university admissions.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three Michigan universities should not have been given a six-month extension to comply with parts of a new state law banning some public affirmative action programs.
A district court judge in Iowa has ordered Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in person at a trial in Iowa later this month.
Community action on GuantánamoA step has been taken to right the injustices being done to the remaining detainees at the Guantánamo naval base.
'Boondock Saints'' Troy Duffy and Billy Connolly Praise Fans, Blast CriticsLast night at an all-media screening for The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, audience members – both fans who had lined up for blocks to get in to see the stars and director of this long-awaited sequel and journalists – were treated to a colorful Q&A session with the dire …
How to prepare for an earthquakeUnlike natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes are an "out of sight, out of mind" proposition. But there's no question that geologists reckon we're due for a major quake.
Secret No More: Obama True Health Care Plan Unmasked - Take Action!TAKE ACTION: Contact your U.S. Senators and Representative and ask them: "Show Me The Bill." Oppose any effort to nationalize our health care system.
Pigs Use MirrorsGive pigs a chance to experiment with a mirror first and most of them can find dinner based on only a food bowl's reflection, says Donald Broom of the University of Cambridge in England, who studies animal cognition and welfare.
Lawmakers pledge action on psychiatric drugs in foster careAlarmed lawmakers said Wednesday they plan to push through legislation next year to try to prevent overuse of mind-altering drugs by foster children after the apparent suicide of a 7-year-old boy last April.
Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand AnimationA talented, youthful, artist tells a story of Russia in 1945 through sand drawings. Music, everchanging drawings inspire and create tears in the crowd.
How to Approach the Mega-Misogynists Among Us?Post about recent examples of over-the-top misogyny in pop culture, and possible responses to it. "...it's important to pay attention to hatefully, "out-there" rhetoric: it's not all that out there, but permeates our culture."
Tesco threatens two students with legal action... for squeezing a 30p muffin to see how fresh it wasTwo foreign exchange students were threatened with legal action by Tesco after they were caught 'contaminating food' - by squeezing a muffin.
Want health reform? 5 things to do TODAYTo follow up on President Obama's speech on health care reform, a DailyKos action diary with five things to do today to further the cause. Click and read!! It has handy links to:
Two churches join forces to help womanA few months ago, Doreen Franklin lived in a house that was falling apart. When it rained, she stuffed rags in the cracks of the walls to stop the water from coming inside. Her house had no air conditioning or heat.
Thomas: Barack Obama's falling star - The Denver PostThe words spoken by Mr. Thomas ring true and we have heard them before; are they a "call to action" by conservatives the nation over. We'll see.
Military Researches Role of Hunches & Emotion in Detecting DangerEveryone has hunches — about friends' motives, about the stock market, about when to fold a hand of poker and when to hold it.
Citizen journalist your talents are needed. The citizens of Iran have been subjected to a religious dictator ship that pretends it's a democratic state. It is thought that the majority want the country to be a real democratic state.
For most of my life I have believed that most people have sufficient knowledge and sufficient intelligence to get a lot more out of life.
From Impulse to Reality"There are all kinds of pitfalls in social life, everywhere we look; not just errors but worst possible errors come to mind, and they come to mind easily," said the paper's author, Daniel M. Wegner, a psychologist at Harvard.
You might hear a lot about how to achieve success and, especially on the Internet, there are zillions of advice as t how to reach personal goals. But the simple steps outlined below shows how we interact with success and how we can help it to materialise.
As we all know, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano. The impact on the existing affirmative action apparatus in America will certainly be appreciable and felt by the vast majority of us in the coming years.
Are your Federal Taxes Lower Today?In order to confront the five major problems confronting America we have to provide workable solutions. Words & Promises Do Matter. Missouri Will Show The Way!
Days before it opens to American movie theaters, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opened in the U.K. to a hearty welcome.
This thing we call Love, which is often misunderstood, is most likely to emerge from a common connection between two strangers. It then blossoms out of mutual interest, mutual respect, mutual aims and a close friendship.
Tom Cruise has reportedly accepted the mission of a fourth installment. Cruise will co-produce "Mission Impossible 4" along with J.J. Abrams, each signing on with Paramount Pictures, according to Variety. Whether he will take the starring role once more is uncertain.
20 Marvel Heroes Who Deserve A Shot At The Movie Big TimeIf Marvel really wants to make four movies a year, then they're going to have to dig deep into their toybox to find enough characters to fill them. Luckily, we're here to help out with some suggestions.
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