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Supreme Court declines appeal request from ex-Detroit mayor

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to overturn his corruption conviction and 28-year...

PA's Toomey latest GOP senator to agree to meet Garland

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Pat Toomey on Wednesday became the latest Republican senator to say he'll meet with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee,...

Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant...

Obama to nominate Scalia successor 'in due time'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of...

In final year, Obama seeks to stave off lame-duck status

WASHINGTON (AP) — In June, during one of the best stretches of his presidency, Barack Obama strode through a West Wing hallway exclaiming, "Offense!...

Basketball Hall of Fame welcomes class of 11

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ John Calipari never could have been a Hall of Famer on his own ability. ``I never grabbed a rebound,'' he said....

Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a nearly decade-long prosecution, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday formally dropped what was left of its criminal...

Resistance to gay marriages travels a well-worn path

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ In 1967, Liane Peters, an immigrant from Germany, fell in love with a quiet, handsome man she worked with at...

Harper Lee's new novel presents an unsaintly Atticus Finch

NEW YORK (AP) _ Like her classic ``To Kill a Mockingbird,'' the Harper Lee novel coming out next week is a coming of age...

Obama chimes in on pop culture, 140 characters at a time

 WASHINGTON (AP) — After dipping his toe in the online world of Twitter years ago, President Barack Obama is now jumping in head-first, popping...

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