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Republican aide resigns over comments about Sasha and Malia Obama

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, said Malia Obama, 16, and Sasha, 13, should have shown more "class" at a turkey-pardoning ceremony last week at the White House.

This is why the middle class can't get ahead

By Nick Hanauer

Billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer explains why today's middle class is feeling stuck, how that hurts the whole economy and what President Obama can do about it -- with a stroke of his executive pen.

Should threatening speech be protected on Facebook?

By Sam Hananel, Associated Press

The justices will hear arguments Monday in the case of a man who was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for posting graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and…

Wal-Mart investors to reconsider gun sales after NYC church challenge

By Carey Reed

Wal-Mart investors may now have a say in whether the retailer continues selling high-capacity guns, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Generations apart, Ozark musicians find friendship through fiddling

By PBS News Hour

An accomplished Kansas musician known for her fiery style of fiddling recounts the special relationship she has with her 97-year-old fiddling mentor from Arkansas. The two discuss their life lessons learned from fiddling, the nuances of their individual sounds, and…

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Will new student loan options make a dent in debt?

By PBS News Hour

Millions of Americans live with student debt for years, even decades after they graduate from college. Now, two of the nation's largest private student lenders have introduced options to allow borrowers to modify the terms on their loans. NewsHour's Hari…

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UPDATE: Ferguson police officer who killed Michael Brown resigns

By Elisabeth Ponsot, Andrew Mach

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo. police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August, sparking months of protests, has resigned in the wake of the shooting.

Activists begin seven-day march from Ferguson to state capital

By Rialda Zukic

Activists gathered in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday to take part in a seven-day march to the state's capital to protest the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

New York teens will have new say in city's government

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

A new law lets 16- and 17-year-olds apply to serve on community boards, the panels that function as the front lines of local government in the nation's biggest city.