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Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme CourtUS Supreme Court is taking an affirmative action case about the University of Texas admissions policy, which permits race to be a factor in deciding which applicants are admitted.
Michigan's Hutaree militia: Band of gun enthusiasts or a threat to the US?Members of the Hutaree militia were arrested in 2010 for allegedly planning 'war against the United States.' Their trial on 'seditious conspiracy' and other charges opened this week.
US to seek life sentence for underwear bomber, saying he remains a threatThe sentencing hearing for the so-called underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, takes place Thursday. Prosecutors argue that he remains willing to carry out another martyrdom mission.
Do ex-daughter-in-law's allegations change Jerry Sandusky case?A judge ruled Monday that Jerry Sandusky can receive visits from most of his grandchildren. But a former daughter-in-law said Monday that Sandusky molested one of her children.
Health-care fraud crackdown nets $4.1b. Is that a lot?Officials say nearly $4.1b was recovered last year in the health-care fraud crackdown, an Obama priority, but it's unclear if that reflects the success of law enforcement or the magnitude of the problem.聽
Judge allows Jerry Sandusky visits with grandkids, with supervisionChild protection advocates express concern after a Pennsylvania judges allows former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky to see and correspond with his grandchildren, albeit in the presence of a parent.聽
Jerry Sandusky case: Should court let suspected pedophile see grandkids?Trial is set for May 14 for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach charged with sexual abuse of 10 boys. His bail conditions bar interaction with minors, but he wants the court to let him talk with and see his grandchildren.聽- Creator of Revolution Muslim website, inspiration to US jihadis, pleads guiltyJesse Curtis Morton, who ran RevolutionMuslim.com, admitted to influencing would-be American militants including 'Jihad Jane' and the Pentagon model-plane bomber.聽
Steve Jobs FBI file: What did his neighbors think about him?Steve Jobs FBI file readers will find some interesting nuggets, including what neighbors thought about his landscaping plans and evidence that most FBI agents aren't at all like Jack Bauer.
Haley Barbour's mass pardons under scrutiny at Mississippi Supreme CourtThe Mississippi Supreme Court is expected to rule quickly on whether 193 of the 200+ pardons by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour are constitutional. A key issue is whether the public was properly notified.
Will $26 billion settlement from big banks repair US housing market?In the short term, the deal between 49 states and five big banks may actually boost foreclosures, some say. In the longer term, it should clear the inventory of homes that depresses prices and help the middle class.
In voter ID case, South Carolina fights back against Obama administrationThe Justice Department has blocked a South Carolina law requiring all voters to have government-issued photo IDs, saying it would be discriminatory. The state asked a three-judge panel to intervene Wednesday, saying that the Obama administration is out of line.
Prop. 8 ruling: why it might not go to the Supreme CourtA federal court overturned Prop. 8 Tuesday, apparently setting the stage for the case to move to the Supreme Court. But the judge's ruling has made some legal analysts think twice about what might happen next.聽- Home-grown terror threat receding, but post-9/11 America remains on edgeThe number of domestic terror cases fell to 20 in 2011, down from 26 in 2010 and 49 in 2009, according to a study released Wednesday. Yet for much of the public, anxieties remain high.
Prop. 8 struck down: Will California's gay couples flock to the altar?Prop. 8, California's gay marriage ban, took a hit Tuesday, but the legal battle might not be over yet. Until it is, California couples will likely be barred from marrying.聽
Why momentous Prop. 8 ruling might not satisfy gay-rights groupsA federal court overturned Prop. 8, California's ban on gay marriage, but the ruling did not affirm聽a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage, as gay-rights groups had hoped.聽
Judges bar viewing of gay marriage trial videos: what they鈥檙e protectingA federal appeals court rejected the release of video recordings of a landmark gay marriage trial, saying the trial judge's order to keep them under wraps must be honored to preserve judicial integrity.
Drive-by jihadi pleads guilty to shooting at PentagonThe Virginia resident, who videotaped one of his drive-by attacks on the Pentagon, fired at other buildings and planned to desecrate graves of Iraq and Afghanistan war dead at Arlington National Cemetery.- Baltimore man tricked by FBI pleads guilty to trying to bomb recruiting siteAntonio Martinez, who attempted to detonate a car bomb at a Maryland recruiting station as an act of holy war against the United States, did not know the bomb was inert.
The bumbling jihadi? Alleged terror backer guessed FBI was listening.An Uzbekistan man living in Denver has been charged with supporting an overseas terror group. At one point, court documents show, he openly cursed the FBI agents he assumed were listening to his phone call with an apparent terrorist contact.
