en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/policy/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/appeals_court_rejects_militarys_/ The U.S. military cannot automatically discharge people because they are gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. The three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of news us 2008-05-22 08:19:32 http://www.newsique.com/us/appeals_court_rejects_militarys_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24765604/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/appeals_court_rejects_militarys_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/ Twelve gay and lesbian veterans who were dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate their lawsuit challenging the policy. In arguments before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, news us 2007-03-08 08:29:38 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_re_us/military_gays http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/gay_veterans_want_lawsuit_reinst/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/new_push_to_drop_dont_ask_dont_t/ Foes of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays hope for better results in their efforts to repeal it in the new Democratic-run Congress. Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., on Wednesday revived legislation aimed at forcing the military to elimi news us 2007-02-28 19:44:22 http://www.newsique.com/us/new_push_to_drop_dont_ask_dont_t/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/don_t_ask_don_t_tell http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/new_push_to_drop_dont_ask_dont_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/state_farm_no_new_policies_in_mi/ State Farm Insurance Cos. is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday, citing in part a wave of litigation it has faced since Hurricane Katrina, a company official said Wednesday. Mike Fernandez, vice news us 2007-02-14 15:00:32 http://www.newsique.com/us/state_farm_no_new_policies_in_mi/ SF Gate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/14/financial/f095848S63.DTL&feed=rss.news http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Important [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/state_farm_no_new_policies_in_mi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/ Under a new policy, children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, federal officials said today. news us 2006-11-02 22:12:54 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/washington/02cnd-medicaid.html?hp&ex=1162530000&en=ad3e1e13580a8a4d&ei=5094&partner=homepage http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Under Rated [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/webb_accuses_administration_of_i/ The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 7 election, Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday. news us 2006-10-29 11:23:55 http://www.newsique.com/us/webb_accuses_administration_of_i/ USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-28-democrats-address_x.htm?csp=34 http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [4] 95 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/webb_accuses_administration_of_i/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/downturn_revives_rift_over_welfa/ Among some advocates for the poor, the growing prospect of a severe recession and evidence of backsliding from the initial successes of the policy shift have crystallized fresh concern. Many remain upset that Mrs. Clinton, once seemingly a stalwart member news us 2008-04-11 08:14:17 http://www.newsique.com/us/downturn_revives_rift_over_welfa/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24060990/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/downturn_revives_rift_over_welfa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_mayors_finance_office_aide_na/ Carmen Chu, the 29-year-old policy wonk tapped by Mayor Gavin Newsom to fill suspended Supervisor Ed Jew's seat on the Board of Supervisors, was widely hailed Tuesday by her City Hall colleagues and others as smart, poised and likable. Privately, thoug news us 2007-09-26 08:16:28 http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_mayors_finance_office_aide_na/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/161374641/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/sf_mayors_finance_office_aide_na/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_to_stretch_active-duty_/ In a change of Pentagon policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday that all active duty Army soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan will now serve their tours for as long as 15 months, an increase over the standard year-long deployment news us 2007-04-12 00:58:33 http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_to_stretch_active-duty_/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265288,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/pentagon_to_stretch_active-duty_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/high_court_wanders_into_policy_t/ Let's face it. A substantial percentage of the American people don't much care about the contents or soundness of Supreme Court decisions. They are quite content to celebrate the results they like and condemn those they don't. Because that is so, there opinion us 2007-04-04 22:24:57 http://www.newsique.com/us/high_court_wanders_into_policy_t/ Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5585011 http://www.newsique.com/sources/denverpost/ 88 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/high_court_wanders_into_policy_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/thousands_protest_iraq_war_polic/ Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, protesters across the country raised their voices Saturday against U.S. policy in Iraq and marched by the thousands to the Pentagon in the footsteps of an epic demonstration four decades ago against another d news us 2007-03-17 18:13:37 http://www.newsique.com/us/thousands_protest_iraq_war_polic/ CBS News http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/102440941/main2580953.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/thousands_protest_iraq_war_polic/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/nonprofits_in_a_time_of_war/ Nonprofits have the responsibility of outrage when government policy creates and exacerbates misery: Charities need to speak up and demand that Congress get Washington's foreign policy and its financial priorities in order. opinion us 2007-02-05 18:42:16 http://www.newsique.com/us/nonprofits_in_a_time_of_war/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/story/47630/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Under Rated [1] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/nonprofits_in_a_time_of_war/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/nyc_violated_constitution_by_jai/ New York City violated the U.S. Constitution for more than two months in 2001 with a policy to detain arrested protesters overnight instead of giving them summonses to appear in court, a U.S. federal jury found on Monday. news us 2006-12-19 09:47:49 http://www.newsique.com/us/nyc_violated_constitution_by_jai/ Reuters http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-12-19T005155Z_01_N18233622_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-PROTESTERS.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C2_domesticNews-5 http://www.newsique.com/sources/reuters/ 93 Under Rated [1] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/nyc_violated_constitution_by_jai/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/off-the-job_smoker_sues_over_fir/ A Buzzards Bay man has sued The Scotts Co. , the lawn care giant, for firing him after a drug test showed nicotine in his urine, indicating that he had violated a company policy forbidding employees to smoke on or off the job. news us 2006-12-11 15:59:52 http://www.newsique.com/us/off-the-job_smoker_sues_over_fir/ Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/11/30/off_the_job_smoker_sues_over_firing/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/boston_globe/ 95 Under Rated [1] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/off-the-job_smoker_sues_over_fir/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/iraq_war_proponents_decry_admini/ A leading conservative proponent of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq now says dysfunction within the Bush administration has turned U.S. policy there into a disaster. news us 2006-11-04 23:45:29 http://www.newsique.com/us/iraq_war_proponents_decry_admini/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_critics http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/iraq_war_proponents_decry_admini/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/democracy_is_going_to_collide_wi/ The sinner collides with God. The political sinner eventually collides with democracy. Look how Dick Armey, a former majority party leader of the Republicans, who have held control of the Congress for almost 12 years, is making a confession: opinion us 2006-10-31 13:59:57 http://www.newsique.com/us/democracy_is_going_to_collide_wi/ Zaman http://www.zaman.com/?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20061031&hn=37819 http://www.newsique.com/sources/zaman/ 100 Under Rated [1] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/democracy_is_going_to_collide_wi/#comments