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U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 8, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

Yahoo News -- 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,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 28, 2007 @ 7:44pm neoform

Yahoo News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 14, 2007 @ 3:00pm mrmdc

SF Gate -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 2, 2006 @ 10:12pm neoform

New York Times -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 29, 2006 @ 11:23am neoform

USA Today -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 12:58am neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 10:24pm neoform

Denver Post -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 6:13pm neoform

CBS News -- 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.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 6:42pm neoform

Alter Net -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 9:47am mrmdc

Reuters -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 3:59pm mrmdc

Boston Globe -- 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... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 4, 2006 @ 11:45pm neoform

Yahoo News -- 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... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 1:59pm mrmdc

Zaman -- 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:.. Read More