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Civil rights files frozen on FBI watch
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
Flanked last year by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations. Full story »
'Dangerous' Hurricane Ike poses threat from Caribbean to Gulf
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
Hurricane Ike grew into fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions of people in the Caribbean, Florida, Louisiana and Mexico to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike. Full story »
Focus immigration: Voters may make English a quick study
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny -- the 19th century belief that the United States was divinely fated to stretch from sea to shining sea. Full story »
Bailout in works for Fannie, Freddie
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to be taken over by the government as soon as this weekend in a bold move designed to protect the mortgage market from the risk the companies could fail, a person briefed on the matter said Friday night. Full story »
White House disputes book
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
The White House on Friday disputed an assertion in a new book by Bob Woodward that President Bush was slow to react to escalating attacks in Iraq, forcefully arguing that Bush's military buildup was responsible for a sharp drop in the violence. Full story »
Rangel's interest-free villa
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
Rep. Charles Rangel paid no mortgage interest on a beach resort property for more than 10 years, a lawyer for the powerful House committee chairman said Friday. Full story »
Detroit mayor pleads guilty, resigns
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction of justice. Under a plea deal, he will serve four months behind bars. Full story »
Bush may maintain force
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year, contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, The Associated Press has learned. Full story »
Convention Notebook: Frist previews speech
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Tennessee delegation prepares for tonight's finale. Full story »
Detroit mayor agrees to plead guilty, resign
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony obstruction charges today in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city.
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Killer's trail a puzzle for cops, family
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Authorities in Washington state on Wednesday were trying to determine what set off a shooting and stabbing rampage that left six people dead and four wounded, attacks they blame on a drug offender who was released from jail less than a month ago. Full story »
Governor's hearing to remove Detroit mayor begins
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
Gov. Jennifer Granholm opened an extraordinary hearing Wednesday to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office in a scandal over steamy text messages and a multimillion-dollar legal settlement. Full story »
Man accused of killing 6 in Washington
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
A shooting rampage in which six people died along a trail of blood stretching from a tiny town to the state's busiest highway ended with the surrender of a man who was recently released from jail, authorities said.
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Chicago students join protest of funding
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
More than 1,000 Chicago public school students boycotted the first day of classes Tuesday in a protest over school funding and instead rode buses more than 30 miles north to try to enroll in a wealthy suburban district. Full story »
Reed moved from music to films
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies including "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. Full story »
