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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ George Washington Eames Jr., a plaintiff in a 1956 lawsuit that led to the desegregation of schools in Baton Rouge, …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package announcement …

CHICAGO (AP) — Jesse Jackson Jr.’s resignation from Congress might end his once-promising political career but it doesn’t mark the end of troubles for the …

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) _ Leaders of a northern Michigan church are defending their decision to ban a Muslim call to worship that was part …

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Top Republicans meeting for the first time since Election Day say the party lost its bid to unseat President Barack Obama …

TAMPA, Florida (AP) _ The FBI is preparing a timeline of its criminal investigation that brought to light CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair so …

WASHINGTON (AP) — His lease renewed in trying economic times, President Barack Obama claimed a second term from an incredibly divided electorate and immediately braced …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney as well as the weak economy and …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A northeast Kansas newspaper has been ordered to identify a person who posted a comment on its website about a story …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ An Associated Press polls finds that racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first …