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USA Today, 06.01.09 04:00 UTC

Key Justice nominees rooted in academia

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama filled two prominent Justice Department posts Monday, choosing the dean of Harvard Law School to be the first female U.S. solicitor general and an outspoken Bush administration critic to lead the sensitive Office of Legal Counsel.
Washington  federal law  United States  Elena Kagan  Barack Obama  Dawn Johnsen  +8 more

IndyStar.com, 03.01.09 07:01 UTC

Bridge projects aid archaeologists

Prep work at sites for 2 spans across Ohio River reveals artifacts from thousands of years ago
Louisville  Jeffersonville  Courier-Journal  Jefferson County  Indiana  Kentucky  +9 more

Los Angeles Times, 01.01.09 04:01 UTC

Worsening economy leaves federal judges shortchanged

A quirk in federal law prevents them from getting automatic cost-of-living increases. A bill before Congress to boost their salaries showed promise -- but that was before the Wall Street meltdown.
Washington  federal law  United States  John G. Roberts Jr.  Congress  Supreme Court  +2 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.01.09 03:04 UTC

California newsmakers in 2008

From Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ongoing attempt to reform state government and solve California's financial woes to Ed Jew and his forgettable run as a San Francisco supervisor, there were ...
SAN FRANCISCO  Oakland  California  marriage law  federal law  United States  +20 more

WashingtonPost World, 31.12.08 08:01 UTC

Lawsuit Targets New Policy Allowing Guns in Parks

The Bush administration was sued yesterday over a new policy that would allow people to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. "The Bush administration's ...
federal law  Paul Helmke  Dirk Kempthorne  Department of the Interior  Bush administration  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  +3 more

CNN Top Stories, 23.12.08 23:32 UTC

Gems, Abs Exerciser among gifts to U.S. officials

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Anti-American sentiment in Arab nations may be at a historic high, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was adorned with more than a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry from Arab leaders over the past year.
Washington  federal law  Jordan  United States  Saudi Arabia  Laura Bush  +8 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 23.12.08 19:30 UTC

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number

WASHINGTON -- Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer. Shalonda Frederick ...
Allen  Washington  cancer  multiple sclerosis  John McClain  Texas  +13 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 21.12.08 16:30 UTC

Health insurance options limited after job loss

John Mathson had been paying about $550 a month to continue his health insurance coverage after the 63-year-old Eureka man got laid off in October after 39 years at the Evergreen Pulp mill. For ...
chemotherapy  knee surgery  non-Hodgkin lymphoma  Health Access California  LiveLong Medical Center  California  +19 more

WashingtonPost Technology, 21.12.08 07:32 UTC

Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer

Legal Battles, Technical Difficulties Delay Required Transfer to Archives
federal law  Gary M. Stern  Henry H. Kennedy Jr.  Bush  Arnita A. Jones  American Historical Association  +2 more

WashingtonPost Politics, 21.12.08 07:31 UTC

Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer

Legal Battles, Technical Difficulties Delay Required Transfer to Archives
federal law  Gary M. Stern  Henry H. Kennedy Jr.  Bush  Arnita A. Jones  American Historical Association  +2 more
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