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Arizona immigration protesters hit the streets
Dozens are arrested during a march in Phoenix as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans raids of immigrant neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the state appeals an injunction against key parts of the new law.
Hundreds of marchers protesting Arizona's hard-line stance against illegal immigration took to the streets Thursday even as the local sheriff launched raids to arrest illegal migrants — vivid signs that the court ruling stopping most of a controversial state law will not quell the furious debate over immigration here.
The Supreme Court, where the legal controversy over Arizona's immigration law is likely to be resolved, has taken a dim view in recent years of judges striking down state laws based on broad challenges to laws that have not taken effect.
Oil spill waste raises concerns in the gulf
BP has hauled more than 35,000 tons of solid waste to regional landfills. But one Mississippi county, worried about safety, has stopped it.
Even though BP's busted well has stopped spewing oil, the disaster is still generating tons of soiled boom and other oily waste that federal and state laws allow to be buried at specially designated dumps, some near residential neighborhoods.
A final fix to gulf oil leak may be at hand
The 'static kill' operation to plug the well for good could begin as early as Sunday. One expert puts its chances of success at 'close to 100%.'
For more than three months, the world has waited for a permanent fix to the BP oil leak. It may not have to wait much longer.
Fired USDA official sees fresh chance to discuss race
Shirley Sherrod tells black journalists that the 'suffering' she's endured is only a start to the conversation. 'It's not about me. It's about us and all we have to accomplish.'
Shirley Sherrod, the African American federal Agriculture Department official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited video of a speech she had made, said Thursday that she believed her experience provides a fresh opportunity for a discussion of race issues in the nation.
A man way, way outside Beltway
Alvin Greene, a Democratic jobless veteran who won the Senate primary in South Carolina, could be an inspiring success story, but the (grand) jury is still out.
The aspiring Democratic U.S. senator from South Carolina is a bumbling speaker. He's been accused of showing porn to a teenage college student, a felony. He's never heard of the pollution control strategy called "cap and trade." And when asked whether he believes Palestinians should have a separate state, he looked confused, then snapped, "For what?"
Arizona sheriff launches 17th immigration sweep
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he timed it for the day SB 1070 takes effect to send a message: that nothing is changing despite a court ruling on the law.
With most of Arizona's new immigration law blocked by a judge, controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his 17th "crime suppression" sweep in Maricopa County, pledging late Thursday afternoon to have his deputies and volunteers check the immigration status of those arrested.
Like city boosters competing to host the Olympics, hundreds of lawyers representing gulf oil spill victims converged on this mountain town Thursday, promoting their Southern cities as the best equipped and the most convenient venue to handle about 300 lawsuits tied to the disaster.
Rangel charged with 13 ethics violations
A settlement appears unlikely at this point, and a trial could come as early as September, creating a headache for Democrats before the midterm election.
A House panel on Thursday accused New York Rep. Charles B. Rangel of 13 ethics violations, placing his storied 40-year political career in jeopardy and guaranteeing Democrats an election-year headache.
Thousands of Arlington graves may have been mishandled
A Senate report shows that 4,900 to 6,600 graves among the 330,000 at the national cemetery for veterans and others may be unmarked, improperly marked or mislabeled on cemetery maps.
The estimate of possibly mishandled graves at Arlington National Cemetery soared into the thousands Thursday, and ousted cemetery officials conceded that they knew about problems at least five years ago.
