Nation Apr 22 Supreme Court upholds Michigan ban on affirmative action in college admissions Updated 10:59 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions. The justices said in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan voters had the right to change their state…
Nation Apr 21 Justice Department encourages imprisoned drug offenders to seek clemency In a video statement Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said the change is designed to help federal drug offenders imprisoned under now out-of-date sentencing guidelines.
World Apr 20 Land grabs by elites may endanger elephants across Africa Political and military elites are seizing protected areas in one of Africa's last bastions for elephants, putting broad swaths of Zimbabwe at risk of becoming fronts for ivory poaching, according to a nonprofit research group's report that examines government collusion…
Politics Apr 19 National energy boom blurs traditional political allegiances The U.S. energy boom is blurring the traditional political battle lines across the country. Democrats are split between environmentalists and business and labor groups, with the proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline a major wedge.
Nation Apr 13 'Escalating tensions' led Feds to release cattle in Nevada Federal land managers say "escalating tensions" led them to release all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority.
Nation Apr 13 As cuts and new duties strain IRS, chance of audit relatively low As millions of Americans race to meet Tuesday's tax deadline, their chances of getting audited are lower than they have been in years.
Politics Apr 12 In weekly address, Obama reiterates call for equal pay Obama says in his weekly radio and Internet address that it's an embarrassment that women earn less than men even in the same professions and with the same education.
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Politics Apr 11 Obama names budget chief his choice of successor for Sebelius Updated | 11:15 a.m. EDT: President Barack Obama praised outgoing Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for helping to steer his health care law's comeback after a rocky rollout, even as he nominated a successor aimed at helping…
Nation Apr 09 Northwestern appeals NLRB ruling that athletes are employees Northwestern University is asking the National Labor Relations Board to overturn a regional director's ruling that the school's football players are employees under federal law and thus entitled to unionize.