Expectations are high that Obama will nominate a woman. Though female jurisprudence is not much different from that of male judges, women tend to be more pro-women's rights and to tilt more toward plaintiffs in sex-discrimination cases.
The government’s urgent push into cyberwarfare has set off a rush among the biggest military companies for billions of dollars in new defense contracts.
People are making do with the cars they have, leaving the automotive industry to debate, and worry, about what the new normal will be once the recession ends.
Its ranks are more diverse than ever, yet the New York Police Department still struggles with the problem of fraternal shootings across the color line.
AP - General Motors Corp.'s board of directors met for a second day Saturday to make the final decision on whether the automaker would complete its restructuring by filing for bankruptcy protection Monday.
AP - We first heard the term decades ago: The "Sun Belt" was just starting a run of phenomenal growth — and no wonder. It conjured a sunny state of mind as well as a balmy place on the map.
As she lobbies members of the New York Senate these days, the politician in Christine Quinn can understand what the gay rights activist in her sometimes cannot.
Dance group Diversity won the television show "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday, defeating Scottish singer and Internet sensation Susan Boyle. "The best people won," Boyle said on the show. The 48-year-old church volunteer had gained fame after her initial audition performance of "I Dreamed A Dream," from the musical "Les Miserables."
Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday, an act that prompted a stiff denunciation by a leading human rights monitor.
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