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Critics of President Obama's immigration policy have pounced on an internal government memo they say shows the administration is trying to circumvent Congress on immigration reform and avoid deporting some illegal immigrants.
Illegal immigration - United States Congress - United States - Immigration - Immigration reform
Michael Anthony Green is expected to be released today on bond after spending 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Late last week, another Texas inmate, Allen Wayne Porter, was also released after prosecutors determined he had been wrongfully convicted of a crime for which he had already served 19 years in prison. Credit is being given to the Post Conviction Review Section, a group of lawyers assembled by Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos.
Texas - District attorney - Prison - Harris County Texas - United States
Republicans are happily pointing to 2010 as the year of the Republican woman, with Sarah Palin's Mama Grizzlies on a roaring tear in primaries nationwide, adding a diversity to the GOP that even many Republicans say is long overdue.
But the perception of a wave of Republican women is belied by the ratio of women per party in state legislatures and Congress. The notion that Republicans are making inroads with women drives Democrats, who count more women in their caucus, up the wall.
Republican - United States - Politics - Parties - Democratic
Rep. Weiner, D-NY, gave one of the most animated diatribes seen and heard on Capitol Hill in recent years.
Anthony Weiner - United States - Capitol Hill - Republican - Health care
A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to up to three months in jail for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game.
Philadelphia Phillies - New Jersey - sport - United States - Baseball
CIA, Google both back company that monitors Web in real time to predict the future.
Google - Searching - Search Engines - Real-time computing - Recorded Future
A House committee investigating alleged ethics violations by New York Rep. Charles Rangel moved ahead with plans for a public trial Thursday, setting the stage for an awkward spectacle for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.
Charles B. Rangel - Democratic - New York City - White House - United States
U.S. speed skater Simon Cho's family journey to the U.S. illustrates an often overlooked dimension of America's immigration system -- the lengthy and complicated legal process for immigrants who want to play by the rules and the bureaucratic limbo that leads some to break the law while they wait.
Immigration - Law - United States - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms
In a trio of lawsuits filed late Thursday, the trustee appointed to recover the money stolen by Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has sued three businesses controlled by Madoff's sons and other family members where he says more than $30 million may be stashed.
Bernard Madoff - Lawsuit - Charles Ponzi - Investment - Bernie Madoff
John Nakata is in need of a kidney donor. Rather than wait for his name to come up on a national list, he and his family have turned to YouTube, where they have made a video describing his illness and his dire need for a kidney.
Kidney - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Genitourinary Disorders - YouTube
The hotly anticipated wedding of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton to her long time boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky is Saturday in Rhinebeck, New York. Find out the details on the wedding event, guest list, chef, flowers and fireworks for her big day!
Chelsea Clinton - New York City - New York - United States - Weddings
CanDoBetter dating and site Lets the world rate couples based purely on looks.
Chelsea Clinton - President - United States - History - Clinton William Jefferson
Police to question Malvo based on new revelations
Beltway sniper attacks - United States - John Allen Muhammad - William Shatner - Virginia
When successful businessman and attorney Jim Cannon's lifeless body was found naked and stuffed in a closet of his West Nashville home in late June 2008, authorities soon would zero in on his estranged wife, Kelley Cannon. A story of love, privilege, drug addiction and death.
Drug addiction - Death - Nashville Tennessee - Businessperson - Jim Cannon
Don't like the thought of the Transportation Security Administration scanning your naked body for explosives? Fear not: a Las Vegas man has created a product called Flying Pasties that he says will hide your private parts from the TSA's new full-body scanners.
Transportation Security Administration - Scanners - Peripherals - Hardware - TSA
Novelist Anne Rice, who spurned Catholicism, then returned to it: 'I quit Christianity'
Anne Rice - Christianity - Catholicism - Christ - Rice
A passenger screams after the pilot pretends to faint while flying his plane.
Aviation - Recreation - Business - Arts - Aircraft Rental and Instruction
The game show host says he loves Bob Barker and that he can say what he wants.
Bob Barker - Drew Carey - Price is Right - Arts - Television