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Hot summer? It’s going to get worse

August 13, 2010 By Susan Webb

The sweltering heat has been off the charts this summer for much of the East Coast, but it's going to get worse, and we're very ill equipped to deal with what's coming.

Texas governor candidate passes up Obama meeting

August 13, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein

Texas politics is getting more complicated, but lots more interesting. Bill White, Democrat of Texas, is trying to unseat two term Republican Governor Rick Perry in November.

Sovereign Citizens hate group on the rise

August 12, 2010 By Joe Sims

Right-wing extremism is gaining new momentum, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report released today on the Sovereign Citizens movement.

Actor Danny Glover visits Cuba Five prisoner in Calif. prison

August 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Although the encounter had been months in the making, actor Danny Glover's visit August 8 with Cuban Five Prisoner Gerardo Hernandez at the Victorville, California, maximum security federal prison came at just the right time.

Injured troops receive a treat, so does the president

August 12, 2010 By Marco Elizondo

U.S. troops injured in the line of duty, often called "wounded warriors," along with participants in the White House mentoring program got to see what many people dream of, watching NBA's superstars do what they do...