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Obama ends tense debt talks with a warningU.S. President Barack Obama abruptly left debt negotiations with congressional leaders Wednesday at the White House when a top Republican said there was no longer time to engage in the large-scale deficit reduction discussions the White House is now seeki
Inmate sues over porn rights.A Michigan inmate filed a federal lawsuit saying authorities are violating his civil rights by denying him pornography
Source: Credibility issues jeopardize Strauss-Kahn caseNew York (CNN) -- In a revelation so serious that it could collapse the case, prosecutors will notify a court Friday of troubling credibility issues with the woman who alleged sexual assault against former International Monetary Fund Director Dominique St
Americans worried by soaring tuition fees
The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.
Blagojevich guilty
A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of corruption.
Same sex marriage bill passed in the state of New YorkALBANY — Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples can wed, and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.
2 Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy DebatePresident Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, according
Top Barack Obama donors net government jobs
More than two years after Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their busin
ATF chief regularly briefed on botched gun operationA federal firearms investigation that allowed weapons from the U.S. to pass into the hands of Mexican smugglers was closely monitored by the very top leaders of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to internal emails released
Judges sharply challenge healthcare law
Skeptical questions from three federal judges in Atlanta suggest they may be ready to declare unconstitutional all or part of the healthcare law promoted by the Obama administration and passed last year by Congress.
North Korea's happiness index rank: China top, US bottom
A Chinese media, Chaoxian.com.cn, reported on Thursday that North Korea's Chosun Central TV recently released the survey result of a 'Happiness Index (Gross National Happiness) of each nation,' which was conducted in North Korea.
According to the index
Obama won't release bin Laden photos
U.S. President Barack Obama won't release photos of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in Pakistan by Navy Seals because doing so would risk national security.
U.S. legislators reach budget deal
The White House and congressional leaders have reached a short-term deal to prevent the shutdown of the U.S. government, House Speaker John Boehner said Friday night.
More customers exposed as big data breach grows(Reuters) - The names and e-mails of customers of Citigroup Inc and other large U.S. companies, as well as College Board students, were exposed in a massive and growing data breach after a computer hacker penetrated online marketer Epsilon
Libya won't be another Iraq: Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama says that Libya and the world would be better off with Moammar Gadhafi out of power, but that the goal will be pursued without broadening the mission to include regime change.
Obama to explain military mission in Libya
WASHINGTON — To a nation and a Congress seeking answers, President Barack Obama on Monday will offer his most expansive explanation of the U.S. role in the Libyan war, delivering a speech that is expected to cover the path ahead and his rationale about th
Execution drug shortage in U.S. worsens
The United States government has told state attorneys general that it has run out of a key execution drug and is exploring alternatives, dashing some states' hopes of obtaining a federal supply of the drug, The Associated Press has learned.
NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller resigns
NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday, just one day after conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe released a video showing an NPR executive slamming Republicans and the Tea Party movement during a hidden-camera sting operation.
Bill for Texas Secession presented to legislature.
AUSTIN -- The Texas Nationalist Movement will host a rally at the state capitol Saturday urging lawmakers to put the matter of Texas independence before the state's voters in a non-binding plebiscite.
U.S. court allows anti-gay protests at military funerals
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that members of a fundamentalist church have a free-speech right to hold anti-gay protests at military funerals to promote their view that God hates America for tolerating homosexuality.
Tea party vision for Mont. raising concerns
Their state would be a place where officials can ignore U.S. laws, force FBI agents to get a sheriff's OK before arresting anyone, ban abortions, limit sex education in schools and create armed citizen militias.
U.S. accidentally shuts down 84,000 sites
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in an effort to clamp down on websites that host and advertise child pornography, inadvertently shut down more than 84,000 innocent websites across the Internet.
Military help sought on Canada-U.S. border
With the U.S.-Canada border under sudden intense scrutiny in the United States, a handful of American senators placed it under an ever-harsher spotlight Thursday by asking for the military's help in patrolling the boundary.
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