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By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC)  — President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an “accomplished prosecutor from New …

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) ← President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an accomplished prosecutor from New York …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Las Vegas casino magnate is kicking in another $1 million to defeat a proposal to legalize medical marijuana. Sheldon Adelson …

ATLANTA (AP) – Registered Democrats have out-voted Republicans by double-digit margins among ballots cast early in two bitter southern Senate races. But the political climate …

Orleus Louima made his way from Haiti to the United States by way of the Bahamas in 1989. While riding the bus during a 2007 …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and may have …

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has reached financial settlements with three employees who faced retaliation …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after making fresh demands that Attorney General Eric Holder open federal investigations into police shootings …

Special to the South Florida Times A team of specialized officers from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is being prepared to deploy to …