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Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Two-Way
Obama Chooses Former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White To Head SEC
January 24, 2013 White, who prosecuted terrorists during her time as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, would succeed Mary Schapiro, who stepped down in December. The president is also planning to renominate Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Salt
Farmers And Their Cooperative Settle Lawsuit On Fixing The Price Of Milk
January 23, 2013 Farmers in the Southeast had accused their own food cooperative, the Dairy Farmers of America, of striking a deal that created a milk monopoly and suppressed the price paid for raw milk. In settling the case, the cooperative said it did nothing wrong.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
U.S.
States Become Battlegrounds For Nation's Deep Abortion Divide
January 22, 2013 Forty years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion, a growing number of states are passing laws that restrict the procedure. The regulations, while not banning abortions outright, can make it difficult for a woman to obtain one.
Technology
French Twitter Lawsuit Pits Free Speech Against Hate Speech
January 22, 2013 A French judge will decide this week if Twitter must hand over the identities of users sending anti-Semitic tweets. The case, brought against Twitter by a Jewish student group, is a clash of legal cultures: U.S. free speech guarantees vs. European laws banning hate speech.
It's All Politics
Stonewall? Explaining Obama's Historic Gay-Rights Reference
January 22, 2013 President Obama made history in his inaugural address when he mentioned Stonewall in the same breath as Selma, the Alabama town considered the birthplace of the black-rights movement. A historian discusses what happened at that New York bar in 1969 that kindled the nation's gay-rights movement.
Shots - Health News
'Roe V. Wade' Turns 40, But Abortion Debate Is Even Older
January 22, 2013 Abortion foes say the U.S. Supreme Court's aggressive decision set the issue on the path toward becoming intractable. Others say factors besides the landmark case — including doctors, lawyers, President Nixon and the Catholic Church — more strongly influenced the state of today's debate.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Around the Nation
Gun Background Checks Need Fixes, Experts Say
January 21, 2013 One of President Obama's gun control proposals appears to have widespread support — universal background checks for gun purchases. Some experts on mental health and gun violence find problems with the current laws, and they say the system doesn't do a very good job of predicting and preventing gun crime.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Around the Nation
Dependent On Arms Plant, N.Y. Town Braces For Gun Laws' Impact
January 20, 2013 WRVOGenerations of family members have worked at the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, but new state gun legislation has many worried they'll lose their livelihood. "Everybody around this area, if it wasn't for Remington Arms, would be in trouble," a local restaurant owner says.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
The Two-Way
Grand Jury Indicts Ray Nagin On Corruption Charges
January 18, 2013 Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has been indicted on 21 counts of bribery and other corruption charges by a federal grand jury. When he became the city's mayor in 2002, Nagin, a former cable TV executive, promised to revive New Orleans' economy, and its trust in the city's government.
U.S.
N.Y. Governor Flexes Political Muscle To Pass Tough Gun Law
January 18, 2013 WXXIGov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new gun control bill into law Tuesday, just days after delivering an impassioned speech on the need to pass the legislation. The popular governor has managed to translate his high approval ratings into a number of political victories. But some say Cuomo is just padding his resume for a future presidential bid.
