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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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...