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Six black students from Washington University who say they were turned away from a Chicago bar said Wednesday they've reached an agreement with the business that will help them combat racial discrimination.
Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to the head of the President's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with concerns that the policy will block offshore energy development and cost jobs.
The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she's allowing her police officers to run after suspects again.
When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the NFL waived its television blackout policy so Saints fans could watch even if games moved to Baton Rouge didn't sell out.
NFL players have been warned the league's drug-testing program is still in effect despite commissioner Roger Goodell's ruling to delay suspending several players who tested positive for a banned substance.
The Obama administration on Thursday released the first glimpse of a plan to strengthen the way the nation manages the oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes.
Leave your purse in the car, or you won't get service at one Colorado Springs liquor store.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower grappled with topics like relations with Iran and stability in Iraq during an era fraught with delicate policy challenges, newly declassified documents show.
President Barack Obama said Monday that federal policy has encouraged urban sprawl, has hurt city residents and damaged the environment.
Although NASCAR contends it has the best anti-doping procedures in sports, some experts see flaws in the policy and question whether drivers are getting a fair shake in the lab or a safe ride on the track.
President Barack Obama remains publicly hopeful that Iran will emerge from its political crisis more open to international concerns about its nuclear ambitions, but the administration is preparing on several fronts for a darker outcome.
Mrs. Chen can't imagine abandoning one of her two best friends: her scruffy terrier mutt and a white fluffy Pekingese mix with buggy eyes.
An increasingly emboldened Iran is both complicating and giving promise to the Obama administration's efforts to forge peace in the Middle East.
When President Barack Obama chose Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state, skeptics foresaw trouble: a clash of ego and ambition, a conflict of policy priorities between former campaign rivals.
President Barack Obama has gone abroad and gored an ox — the deeply held belief that the United States does not make mistakes in dealings with either friends or foes.
United Airlines on Wednesday joined Southwest Airlines and others formalizing and putting into effect a policy for how it deals with “seatmates of size.”
Canada's federal police will no longer use stun guns against suspects who are merely resisting arrest or refusing to cooperate — saying the guns can cause death.
The Obama administration promises sweeping changes in American foreign policy, and some U.S. adversaries are nibbling the bait.
President Barack Obama already has senior envoys working on crises in South Asia and the Middle East. The new administration has said little, however, about how it will handle a standoff with an increasingly hostile, nuclear-armed North Korea.
President Barack Obama emphasized a desire to build stronger working relationships with Russia, Germany, France and Brazil in telephone conversations Monday with his counterparts in those countries.
President George W. Bush, making his final visit to the State Department, said Thursday that the U.S. should confidently engage the world with the "transformative power of freedom and liberty."
President-elect Barack Obama says his administration will "uphold our highest values and ideals" in its approach to fighting terrorism.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign claimed Tuesday that comments by a top adviser to John McCain reinforced Obama's contention that millions would be worse off if they lose employer-sponsored health coverage and end up buying it themselves.
NASCAR has toughened its drug policy and will do random tests in 2009 on everyone in the three national series — from star Chase drivers to anonymous tire changers.
Major farm policies advanced by presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama:
White House backs off cancer test guidelinesA top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for health-care reform.
Ed Balls's plan to replace traditional subjects with 'thematic' lessonsNew children, schools and families bill to increase children's secretary's powers to close failing schools
Limbaugh: Going Rogue is "one of the most substantive policy books I've read."Rush (to judgement) says of "Going Rogue": "I just got it a couple days ago, three days ago, and I've had a chance to go through it, and I made a prediction to her when I talked to her yesterday.
Growing number of medical marijuana clinics in California, spark debate.California's compassionate use law was passed over 10 years ago. The intended purpose of the legislation was to allow patients who would medically benefit from the use of medicinal marijuana, to grow or purchase the herb for their own use.
Armenian President Defends Turkey PolicyRelations are tightly woven around the genocide carried out by the Turks in the beginning of the 20th century.
Suggestions offered to reduce emissionsMore telecommuting, more traffic circles and more mass-transit options will help the county reduce emissions of climate-warming gases, according to a new report from the University of San Diego School of Law that recommends solutions large and small for policymakers.
The Kansas Free Press: Bold, Simple, Authentic and YoursMany of our journalists desire to exercise their 1st Amendment rights by gathering information about what happens in school board meetings, community events, county commission meetings or in the state legislature.
I started supporting Obama's Presidential run as soon as he announced his candidacy, and for a number of reasons. I truly believed in his vision for our future, and I still do. But no President can ever be perfect, and President Obama has of course made a few mistakes thus far.
PJM Book Club: Blogging Rules for RadicalsSaul Alinsky begins Rules for Radicals, his impassioned 1971 missive to the political counterculture which had been galvanized into protest mode during the Vietnam War.
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Politically Correct Counter-TerrorismDo counter-terrorism measures targeting bombers who dress as women offend the rights of transexuals? This is one of the pressing questions addressed in a new United Nations report on "Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism." The 23-page doc …
Greg Palast: Time to Change Bernanke's Medication? Secret White House letter to G-20And while he's watching over the people's money, who is watching him?
The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: A Deadly Fairy TaleIsn't it a shame how they want to make a profit from their greed at any cost to the American Public. It does not matter if you are Democrat, Republican, or an Independent.
6 Shockers About Women's Health CareWhat is at stake for women in health care reform? Plenty.
Are the Obamanoids as dumb as they seem?Are the Obamanoids as dumb as they seem?Team Obama certainly ran a brilliant election campaign, but since they left Chicago for Washington, they seem to have dropped about twenty-five IQ points – or do they think the rest of the world is like Chicago? I'm not even sure it's …
They Don't CareIt has finally dawned on me why President Obama and the Democrats in control of the Congress rushed to pass an unread "stimulus" bill "redistributing" billions of taxpayer dollars, have been voting bills out of committee to "reform" our national healthcare system, and …
Hub Hospital To Workers: No Tweeting For YouBOSTON -- New England Baptist Hospital, which has treated members of the Boston Celtics and other athletes, said it is blocking access to social networking Web sites on its computers because of concerns that workers could share information that might violate patient privacy rules …
Afghan policy exposes divisions among Obama advisersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's review of his Afghanistan war strategy has exposed divisions among top aides that will be difficult to reconcile for a president who often gravitates toward middle-ground solutions.
President Obama's Policy DisasterIs history repeating itself? Is President Obama reenacting President Carter's tragic policy blunder toward Iran? Is Mr. Obama going to sacrifice the Iranian people at the altar of a misguided expediency as did Jimmy Carter some three decades ago? To what end?
Although many in Europe might applaud loss of American prestige and power, many Americans still believe in American "exceptionalism". According to Pew Research:
Politics trumps policy - St. Petersburg TimesFlorida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is using the issue of civil rights restoration for ex-felons to position herself as a law-and-order candidate for governor in 2010.
Partisan Economics in ActionFor now, there is little reason to think the Republicans are on the verge of a Clinton-like reform. But it is hard to see how they can ultimately stick to their current platform. At some point, the government will have to figure out how to pay for the baby boomers' retirement.
Navy to let women serve on submarinesThe Navy is preparing to notify Congress of a change that would put women on some submarines for the first time - but not initially on the attack submarines based at Pearly Harbor.
President Obama has decided not to pull out of Afghanistan. Leaders from both the right and the left have declared their support for the President, whatever his decision might be in the continuing occupation of Afghanistan.
4,000 US troops to exit sooner from Iraq. More ready for Afghanistan? | csmonitor.comBy next summer, more than half the US troops in Iraq will have come home. General McChrystal wants up to 40,000 more for Afghanistan.
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