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Harry C. Press Jr., 78, dies; led Howard University's radiology department
July 30, 2010Harry C. Press Jr., 78, a Howard University radiologist who successfully fought for the racial integration of a swimming pool in his former Silver Spring neighborhood, died July 4 at his home in Bethesda. He had complications from colon cancer.
Video game group spent $1.1M lobbying in 2Q
July 30, 2010WASHINGTON -- The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group for video game companies, spent $1.1 million during the second quarter to lobby on the regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control technology and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.
July 30, 2010 RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, which would be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.
Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative
July 30, 2010Ken Cuccinelli was at his desk past midnight, laboring over calculus homework, when he heard a long, loud scream. It came from an adjacent basement bedroom in the group house he rented with some friends that summer of 1989 in Charlottesville, where he was a student at the University of Virginia. The woman in the room had awakened to an intruder climbing onto her bed. She kicked him and bolted upstairs. The man fled through the window he had entered.
Coal companies eye targeting congressional Dems
July 29, 2010FRANKFORT, Ky. -- An Appalachian coal company is asking its competitors to pool their money for a political offensive against Democrats in Kentucky and West Virginia they believe are anti-coal.
Oil spill legal mess likely one of costliest ever
July 29, 2010MIAMI -- BP PLC and the other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are faced with fast-multiplying lawsuits that will provoke one of the most drawn-out and costliest legal battles in U.S. history, one that could easily consume the $20 billion set aside by BP to pay for the disaster, according to legal experts and attorneys nationwide.
Prince George's County volunteer opportunities
July 29, 2010The American Red Cross's Prince George's County chapter needs volunteers 18 and older to join its Disaster Action Team. Members assist with local disaster relief such as fire, flooding and storms, including aiding and comforting survivors. Training is provided. Call 240-487-2105.
Key Republican calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee
July 29, 2010WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."
Federal judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law SB 1070
July 29, 2010 A federal judge in Phoenix on Wednesday blocked key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect as scheduled Thursday, granting in part an injunction requested by the Obama administration.
Immigration ruling could send message to states
July 29, 2010PHOENIX -- States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government.
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