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Sexual assault in military: Pentagon report, scandal deal a double blow (+video)
Even as the Pentagon prepared to report a dramatic increase in sexual assaults in the military, the officer in charge of the Air Force prevention program was alleged to have groped a woman.
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Immigration reform bill may hang on economic effect of legalizing millions
Friday's testimony at first Senate hearing on the bipartisan immigration reform bill presented economic pros and cons of legalizing some 11 million people. A chief concern is wage suppression for low-skill Americans.
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Meg Whitman and the perils of employing illegal help: six memorable cases
Meg Whitman, California GOP gubernatorial candidate, is alleged to have employed a housekeeper from 2000 to 2009 even though she knew the woman was in the US illegally. It's a political bombshell for Ms. Whitman. The politics of household employment and immigration have proved tricky before. Here are six prominent cases, plus the allegations against Whitman.
09/29/2010 08:20 pm -
Surprise outcome of museum shooting: gay rights
The gay community wants the same hate-crime protections that blacks and Jews have – and would get them in legislation before Congress now.
06/16/2009 01:00 am
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