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Republican Senator Mark Kirk backs gay marriage

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

Senator Mark Kirk has become the latest US lawmaker and second Republican senator to back gay marriage. In a statement, the Illinois senator said civil

Obama launches fund-raising blitz to help Democrats in Congress

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama will launch a fund-raising drive for the 2014 mid-term elections on Wednesday with addresses to deep-pocketed donors in California, hoping

The Budget Compromise That Americans Prefer To Deadlock

YoopyaApr 2, 20130

In the past few weeks, Democrats and Republicans have offered up competing budget proposals—the Democrats in the Senate, the Republicans in the House—to address the

Obama launches research initiative to study human brain

YoopyaApr 2, 20130

(Reuters) – The White House unveiled details on Tuesday of a new initiative to study the human brain with the goal of creating effective treatments

Six arrested in bribery probe of New York mayor’s race

YoopyaApr 2, 20130

(Reuters) – Six New York politicians were arrested for their alleged role in a bribery scandal in which a prominent Democrat paid top Republicans for

Elwin Wilson, former Ku Klux Klan supporter who apologized for his racism, dies at 76

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

Elwin Wilson, the former Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologized for years of violent racism, including the beating of a black Freedom Rider who

Colo. massacre suspect to learn if faces execution

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — After a week of legal twists and turns, James Holmes will find out Monday if he could face execution if convicted

Should laws be colorblind? Supreme Court weighs in

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind? In one case, the issue is whether

AP IMPACT: Cartels dispatch agents deep inside US

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

CHICAGO (AP) — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live

Texas district attorney third law official killed in weeks

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

A district attorney has been shot dead in Texas, the third justice official to be killed in the US in recent weeks. Mike McLelland and