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My Answers To A University Student 4-7-11

WASHINGTON (AP) — They've long been known as devil dogs, leathernecks and "the first to fight." But U.S. Marines, with their self-described expertise in "killing people and breaking things," now want to promote their kinder side as well.

A new Marine Corps advertising campaign starting this weekend takes its cue ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, a change that in some cases could expand the standard 10-mile evacuation zone in place for more than three decades, an expert panel is recommending.

That's one of the lessons to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after President Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.

But as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, an AP-GfK ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are climbing further out of the hole they sank into during the Great Recession....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House was immediately involved in the Agriculture Department's decision to ask USDA employee Shirley Sherrod to resign in 2010, according to nearly 2,000 pages of internal e-mails released by the administration....

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized and regulated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed....

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly released Obama administration e-mails show the White House was more active than believed in the Agriculture Department's decision in 2010 to seek the resignation of federal employee Shirley Sherrod....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student, setting the stage for lawyers to begin their defense of the young man accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

Lawyers for defendant ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Libya's prime minister on Thursday denied Russian allegations that his government is hosting and supporting a training camp for Syrian rebels but said his country stands with the people of Syria opposed to President Bashar Assad's regime....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, a change that in some cases could expand the standard 10-mile evacuation zone in place for more than three decades, an expert panel is recommending....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A funny thing is happening between President Barack Obama and many Republican governors when it comes to improving America's schools: They are mostly getting along....

Going the Extra Mile 11-17-11

60 Minutes catches Nancy Pelosi with her dress down 11-17-11

Responses to Readers From Last Column on Crazy Humans 7-28-11

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been removed from the food assistance program, officials say.

The Michigan Department of Human Services said Wednesday the lottery winner no longer was getting benefits. It followed a ...