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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago

Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
Major gay marriage cases in federal court and where they stand

Battles over same-sex marriage have been raging in the federal courts for several years. Two could reach the US Supreme Court within a year: one challenging California's ban on gay marriage under Proposition 8, and the other seeking to invalidate the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Here are the cases to follow.
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Firefighters in historic Supreme Court case finally promoted

Fourteen firefighters of the ‘New Haven 20,’ whose reverse discrimination lawsuit was decided by the Supreme Court in June, were promoted Thursday after five years of legal wrangling.
Memoir: A History

What is a memoir – and when and why did we go so crazy for the genre?
Four financial innovations for a new generation

While financial innovation is often associated with nearly toppling the international economic system, some entrepreneurs are preparing a different breed of financial tools.
Media frenzy over Yale murder draws criticism

Commentators in New Haven, Conn., where Yale is located, said other local murders should get just as much attention as Annie Le's. Police charged lab technician Raymond Clark III Thursday.
Yale murder: Police take lab technician into custody

Authorities issued warrants to raid the apartment of Raymond Clark III and take a DNA sample. He worked in the building where graduate student Annie Le's body was found.
Missing Yale student's body believed found: investigators

Annie Le, a doctoral student in pharmacology, was due to be married Sunday. Police questioned a professor of hers who canceled class around the time she disappeared.
A stop-by-stop account of Clinton's Africa trip

During her seven-country tour, Clinton highlighted the continent's successes, stressed the work yet to be done, and strengthened US trading alliances.
From our files: The legacy of Eunice Kennedy Shriver – A short history of the Special Olympics

Where no anthems play, the world's foremost feel-good sports festival attracts athletes from around the world
Firefighters on Sotomayor: We did not ask for empathy

Sotomayor had ruled against them in a controversial reverse-discrimination case. In Senate testimony Thursday, they vented their displeasure.
Sotomayor: 'wise Latina' a bad choice of words

But during Tuesday's hearing, the Supreme Court nominee demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the law and jurisprudence.
Sotomayor won't budge on ‘reverse discrimination’ ruling

The Supreme Court nominee said Tuesday that she had to follow legal precedent. Critics in the Senate sharply disagreed.
Opinion: Ricci and the future of race in America

We're witnessing the beginning of the end of affirmative action.
Even college grads are signing up for food stamps
Sonia Sotomayor's historic trial by Senate fire about to begin

She'll face tough questioning, but even Republicans expect her to be confirmed.
For blacks, a hidden cost of Obama's win?

His race may hamper his ability to respond to needs of African-Americans, some say.
How much will you be worth, college student?
Firefighter ruling dials up heat on Sotomayor

The Supreme Court on Monday reversed a decision that she had made as part of a three-judge panel. The case centered on issues of race and discrimination.
Opinion: The Ricci riddle and the law's limits

What you thought about the New Haven firefighters case was probably shaped less by logic or law than by your attitudes about the world.
The Monitor's View: The Ricci ruling's real message

The heated, even political debate among the justices calls for a national race debate.
Court rules for white firefighters, reversing Sotomayor panel

The Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 that officials in New Haven, Conn., violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in throwing out the results of a promotion exam.
Study: San Antonio is America's top recession-resistant city
Can Twitter help fix San Francisco's potholes?

Residents can now "tweet" the city about public problems, part of growing efforts to use online and social networking tools to get better customer service.
Today's Monitor: Obama in Europe, North Korea sanctions, Sotomayor and the Senate
Sotomayor on tape: What she said in firefighter race case

She asked probing questions of each side in the reverse-discrimination suit. But the circuit court's 135-word summary order rubbed some the wrong way.
Sotomayor and race: reverse-discrimination ruling rankles