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Michigan Senate to vote on Medicaid expansion 27 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
The Michigan Senate is weighing whether to expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income families, a closely-watched vote that has divided conservative Republicans and centrist Gov. Rick Snyder (R) for mo...
Wave of retirements hitting federal workforce 27 Aug 2013 | 07:10 am
A wave of retirements by senior federal employees has begun rolling across the government as aging baby boomers who held on to their jobs during the economic downturn are increasingly calling it quits...
New Jersey’s Cory Booker: A perfect senator for ‘This Town’? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:43 am
UNION, N.J. — During Saturday’s events for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Cory Booker dabbed his dome with a white handkerchief on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and bellowed, “We...
Maximizing shareholder value: The goal that changed corporate America 27 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
This town in the hills of Upstate New York is best known as the birthplace of IBM, one of the country’s most iconic companies. But there remain only hints of that storied past. The main street, once ...
Is Bryce Harper being targeted by opposing pitchers? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
In the eighth game of his major league career, Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was drilled intentionally on the backside by Cole Hamels. It was an “old baseball” move, the Philadelphia Ph...
Dirt bike dreams face reality of D.C. police enforcement 27 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
Riding a dirt bike on city streets creates dreams of YouTube glory for 16-year-old Jacquan Brown. Joseph Wilkinson cruises for stress relief. And Terry Cain finds brotherhood when a pack of riders fal...
Black Republicans try to appropriate Martin Luther King 27 Aug 2013 | 03:32 am
Now it can be told: All the prominent black Republicans in America really can fit into one room. In fairness, it was a pretty big room. Republicans, who got just 6 percent of the African American vo...
Oncofertility offers new options for young women with cancer who want to have kids 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
When Michele Foust received a diagnosis of Stage 2 breast cancer this spring, she typed out a list of questions about her treatment. At the top of the 26-year-old’s concerns was an unknown that haunt...
Hackers deface Google Palestine, object to Google Maps labeling of Israel 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Google's presence in the Palestinian territories, Google.ps, has been defaced by hackers, apparently objecting to the Google Maps labeling of the Israel and Palestinian borders. Google made the switc...
Gay-marriage backers head to court 27 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
Update: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a quote from the president of Freedom to Marry. After years of legislative and political victories, supporters of same-sex marriage are...
