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• Unemployment Discrimination Bill Rejected in Colorado
• Feb 22, 2012
• Job postings that state unemployed applicants need not apply will remain legal in Colorado as a Republican state House committee rejected a discrimination measure.

• Gingrich To Air Energy Infomercial in Key States
• Feb 22, 2012
• Republican Newt Gingrich is taking his campaign's recent focus on reducing energy costs and boosting domestic production to the airwaves with a 30-minute infomercial-style address.

• Indiana Lawmaker Says Girl Scouts Promote Abortion
• Feb 22, 2012
• Undaunted by ridicule from the leader of his own party, an Indiana lawmaker is standing by his allegations that the Girl Scouts is a radical organization that promotes abortions and homosexuality.

• Arizona Gets GOP Candidates' Attention
• Feb 22, 2012
• Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

• Ariz. AG to Look into Sheriff Misconduct Claims
• Feb 22, 2012
• An embattled Arizona sheriff said that the state's top prosecutor has agreed to conduct a comprehensive independent investigation into allegations made against him and his office.

• Unions Gearing Up to Spend Big in 2012 Election
• Feb 22, 2012
• Unions say they are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and lift Democrats this election year in a fight for labor's survival.

• Court: NYC Can't Implement New Homeless Policy for Singles
• Feb 22, 2012
• NEW YORK — The city cannot go forward with a new policy requiring single people to prove they have no other options before they enter homeless shelters, a court ruled Tuesday.

• Flexibility Puts Community Colleges Front and Center
• Feb 21, 2012
• Community colleges still don't get the dollars of their four-year counterparts, but they're standing very much in the spotlight these days due to their flexibility that allows them train students for fast-growing job sectors.

• Court: Miranda Rights Don't Have To Be Read to Prisoners
• Feb 21, 2012
• The Supreme Court says the police don't have to read Miranda rights to prison inmates every time they interrogate them about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration.

• GOP 'Super PACs' Overtaking Campaigns' Fundraising
• Feb 21, 2012
• An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New "super" political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support.
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• Final Arguments Set in Arizona Bombing Trial
• Feb 21, 2012
• Attorneys are expected to give their final arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a city official in Arizona because he is black.

• Jerry Brown Pins Legacy to California High-Speed Rail Plans
• Feb 21, 2012
• Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, even many former supporters are beginning to sound skeptical.
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• NYPD Monitored Muslim Students All Over Northeast
• Feb 21, 2012
• A report, along with other documents obtained by The Associated Press, reveals how the NYPD's intelligence division focused far beyond New York City as part of a surveillance program targeting Muslims.

• High Court To Take New Look at Affirmative Action
• Feb 21, 2012
• The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.

• New Jersey Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill
• Feb 17, 2012
• The assembly of the U.S. state of New Jersey on Thursday passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriages, setting the stage for an expected veto by Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Christie and most state Republican lawmakers want gay marriage put to a popular vote.