Obama to expand Bush's
faith based programs
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Reaching
out to religious voters, Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama is
announcing plans to expand President
Bush's program steering federal social
service dollars to religious groups and
— in a move sure to cause controversy —
support some ability to hire and fire
based on faith.
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news spread of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the handgun ban
in Washington, D.C., one thing was clear in Chicago: The city's own ban now
faces a challenge as serious as any in its 26-year history. ...
Less than a week after a commuter train derailed here, another jumped its
tracks. It has become an all-too familiar story, the list of incidents involving
the Chicago Transit Authority getting longer and longer.
When
former Illinois Gov. George Ryan got snared in a racketeering and fraud
investigation several years ago, some thought Chicago might get a break from the
corruption that has plagued this city for as long as...
The
nation's busiest airport dueled with gun rights advocates
Tuesday over whether a new Georgia state law allows visitors
to carry firearms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport...
