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Obama takes plunge to show Gulf safe
U.S. President Barack Obama went swimming off the coast of Florida Saturday and declared the Gulf area’s beaches “open for business,” trying to show by example that a region hit by the BP oil spill was safe for tourists to enjoy.
Maywood: A city that sacked its entire staff
To the casual eye, nothing about Maywood looks unusual. Police cars patrol the city’s palm-tree lined streets a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, red-shorted lifeguards watch over the public swimming pool and, inside the striking Art Deco city hall
Obama charms hosts, defends policies on 'The View'
U.S. President Barack Obama spent some time on the couch Thursday, but he wasn't relaxing. Instead, Obama sat on the custard-coloured couch seen by millions each day on the set of the daytime talk show "The View."
Carp invasion fear causes states to sue
Fearing an invasion of the Great Lakes by the voracious Asian carp, five states are suing the U.S. government and Chicago's water department in federal court.
Appeals Court Tosses FCC Profanity PolicyThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan struck down the 2004 Federal Communications Commission policy, which said that profanity referring to sex or excrement is always indecent.
109 Canada geese euthanized in Oregon
The Canada geese in the parks of a central Oregon city are no longer welcome visitors – in fact, they've been such a nuisance that more than 100 of them were euthanized this week.
CIA defends Blackwater contract worth $100m
The head of CIA has defended awarding a large contract to the controversial security company formerly known as Blackwater.
The director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, said the company's bid was US $26m less than its nearest rival.
The contract, worth $10
Rand Paul Pitches Electric Underground Border Fence
Border fence proposals are a dime a dozen among Republican candidates, but Rand Paul's is different: it's underground, and it's electrified. "My plans include an underground electric fence, with helicopter stations to respond quickly to breaches of the bo
U.S. deepwater drilling ban overturned
A U.S. federal judge has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The White House said immediately it would appeal the decision.

Case files piling up by the thousands, phones ringing off the hook, forced midweek courthouse closings and occasional brawls as frustrated citizens queue for hours to pay parking fines.
Dozens of human heads found on Southwest flight
Officials in Arkansas are investigating a shipment of 40 to 60 human heads found by Southwest Airlines employees at a cargo facility last week in Little Rock, the Pulaski County coroner said Thursday
A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world’s heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.
U.S.�s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP
President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation�s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a �debt super cycle.�
CIA drone killings trouble UN rights expert
Targeted killings, where lethal force is intentionally used against perceived enemies of states, sometimes using drones, blur the line of international law when carried out on foreign soil, a UN independent human rights expert says
Cow-beating video leads to arrest of farm worker
A dairy farm worker was charged Wednesday with 12 counts of cruelty to animals after a welfare group released a video it says shows him and others beating cows with crowbars and poking them with pitchforks.
Obama, Calderon oppose Arizona law
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the White House and pledged co-operation on immigration and battling a violent drug war and economic struggles.
AZ Governor's Latest Boycott Solution: Rebranding
Facing an increasing number of boycotts and an avalanche of bad publicity over the passage of its new immigration law, Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer announced what she believes will solve the problem.
Some in Arizona canceling trips to S.D.San Diego tourism leaders and hoteliers fear they could lose a sizable chunk of business this summer from valued “Zonies” who are so angered by elected leaders’ recent censure of Arizona for its illegal-immigration law that they’re mounting an informal b
KSU Student Ignites Immigration Debate
In the roughly six weeks since she was arrested for driving without a license, the case of Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and college student in suburban Atlanta, has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate.
Since spill, US has given 27 waivers to offshore oil
WASHINGTON � Since the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded on April 20, the Obama administration has granted oil and gas companies at least 27 exemptions from doing in-depth environmental studies of oil exploration and production in the Gulf of
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