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Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?
A suicide bomber killed 38 Yemeni soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa on Monday in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months, military officials and witnesses said.
Ohio man gets over 6 years in terror funds case
The Pentagon is likely to be sidelined from decisions on determining which terror leaders are targeted for attacks by drones.
Catholic groups sue over contraception mandate
The University of Notre Dame and "a diverse group of plaintiffs" filed lawsuits Monday challenging the federal mandate that religious employers offer health insurance that includes coverage of contraceptives and birth control services, Notre Dame ...
Aide to DC mayor charged with straw donations
An assistant treasurer for the 2010 campaign of the District of Columbia mayor has been charged with making straw donations to another mayoral candidate and destroying evidence related to those contributions.
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry hospitalized in Vegas
Barry is currently a District of Columbia councilmember. His chief of staff told The Associated Press on Monday that Barry is resting comfortably and is expected to make a full recovery.
Toward zero tolerance for OUI
In 2009 in Massachusetts there were 334 highway fatalities, 108 of them caused by an intoxicated driver - that's 32 percent.
Hollande: NATO missile defense should worry no one
A July hearing has been set on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by five instructors of the "Stripper 101" class and show on the Las Vegas Strip.
SIMMONS: Obama 'evolving' on abstinence-based sex-ed?
Just say no. Remember when Nancy Reagan deployed that simple, declarative statement in the war on drugs during the Reagan administration ? Well, while it did not produce the highest of possible marks, President Obama is right to redeploy it in the...
Team takes top prizes at All-Girls Chess Championship
Sixteen Greenwich Academy girls traveled to Chicago last month to represent Greenwich Academy at the Kasparov Chess Foundation's Ninth Annual National All-Girls Chess Championship.
Needed: 'Common-sense restrictions on human access to caves'
A little brown bat is seen with fungus on its nose in New York in October 2008. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit against the northern region of the Forest Service today for withholding documents about cave closures and o...
Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead
Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from a downtown park to the lakeside convention center where President Barack... The first tropical st...
Hood graduates 367; mother, son included
Hood College students Ivory Goff, left, and Brooke Gleason cheer for fellow graduates as they wait in line to receive their diplomas Saturday morning at Hood's commencement ceremony.
APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marri...
The nation's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex nuptials despite reservations expressed by some black ministers.
NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right
The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law." The Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced Sat...
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray visits Las Vegas
District of Columbia leaders including the mayor and council chairman are heading to Las Vegas for a convention where they hope to drum up new business for the city.
Discussion on life in prison set for Sunday
According to a recent study, three out of four African-Americans in the District of Columbia are estimated to have some interaction with law enforcement at some point in their lifetime, whether it be arrest, city jail or federal prison.A Furthermo...
$2 Billion Of Investments In Power Grid To Ease Power Plant Retirements
Valley Forge, PA, May 18, 2012 - The PJM Interconnection Board approved nearly $2 billion in electric transmission upgrades that will maintain reliable electric power supplies in the wake of recently announced power plant retirements.
Iran, Syria ordered to pay terror victim's family
US court orders $332 m. for Wultz family for 16-year-old boy killed and father seriously injured in TA suicide attack.
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