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Study: USDA still plagued by civil rights problems

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Despite acknowledging a legacy of discrimination, the Agriculture Department is still plagued by civil rights problems that have in the past led to unequal treatment of minorities seeking loans and other help, according to a government-commissioned report Wednesday.

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Evangelist Graham, 92, hospitalized with pneumonia

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Evangelist Billy Graham has been admitted to an Asheville hospital for treatment for pneumonia. Doctors say the 92-year-old Graham came to Mission Hospital Wednesday morning after suffering a health episode overnight. Initial testing suggested pneumonia, and diagnostic studies showed his heart was normal.

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Republicans say aid efforts in Haiti are a failure

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:30 PM PDT

House Republicans have told the top U.S. foreign aid official that the country's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti have been pathetic.

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Boston Globe in talks to print rival Boston Herald

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:30 PM PDT

The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald said Wednesday they are negotiating a plan under which the Globe would print and distribute some editions of its tabloid rival.

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Suit seeks to nullify Schwarzenegger commutation

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

The San Diego County district attorney's office is filing a civil lawsuit that seeks to nullify Arnold Schwarzenegger's commutation of a prison sentence for a political ally's son shortly before his term as California governor ended in January.

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Conn. mayor sides with student barred from prom

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Officials in a Connecticut town want a high school headmaster to take a second look at the case of a senior who asked a girl to the prom by taping a message to the front of the school and then was barred from attending.

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Union seeks to repair controllers' reputations

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:11 PM PDT

The air traffic controllers' union is trying to repair their members' damaged reputation with an online video emphasizing their professionalism and the safety of air travel.

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Critics call for AZ sheriff to resign, be indicted

Posted: 11 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Critics of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff are calling for his resignation and indictment, and for the sheriff's office to be placed into receivership.

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Ill. panel balks at measure linked to Scientology

Posted: 11 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Not even the voice Bart Simpson could convince Illinois lawmakers to approve a resolution aimed at teaching character in public schools because of its link to the Church of Scientology.

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House passes bill to speed up oil drilling

Posted: 11 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The Republican-controlled House has passed another bill putting offshore oil and gas drilling on the fast track.

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Demand for bin Laden memorabilia tapers off fast

Posted: 11 May 2011 12:01 PM PDT

After President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, vendors rushed to print up T-shirts bearing the terrorist's name.

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Trump: Torture was needed to catch bin Laden

Posted: 11 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

In his latest trip to New Hampshire, potential presidential hopeful Donald Trump says if torture helped lead U.S. intelligence officials to Osama bin Laden, he's all for it.

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Posted: 11 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Lawmakers US military plans in Japan unaffordable

Posted: 11 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Three influential U.S. senators say a planned reorganization of American forces in east Asia is unworkable and unaffordable.

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Senate Dems seek to highlight oil tax breaks

Posted: 11 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Senate Democrats are welcoming oil company executives to Capitol Hill this week by challenging whether they deserve tax breaks that pad their profits by billions of dollars a year.

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Budget deficit on track to exceed $1 trillion

Posted: 11 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT

The government is taking in more tax revenues as the economy improves, but not nearly enough to keep the federal budget deficit from exceeding $1 trillion for a third straight year.

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Recall news

Posted: 11 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT

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Ex-general to run for Senate in Texas

Posted: 11 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Former Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who oversaw coalition forces in Iraq before retiring in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, is running for Senate in Texas as a Democrat.

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Senate panel delays action on FEMA debt measure

Posted: 11 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Legislative relief won't be immediately forthcoming to some disaster victims who have been asked to pay back improper federal aid they received dating back to 2005.

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Lawsuit claims Vatican covered up child sex abuse

Posted: 11 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT

A lawsuit has been filed against the Vatican on behalf of the mother of a victim of sexual abuse by an imprisoned Chicago priest.

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