Mav's team effort outweighs Heat's star power
When it comes down to it, sports critics say basketball at the highest level is still a team game and Miami didn't play like one when they needed to the most.
Big business greed "holds Illinois hostage"
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group made $951 million in profits on $3 billion in income in 2010. But that's not enough, they are threatening to move out of Illinois unless they get a tax break.
Protests greet release of Oscar Grant's killer
Hundreds marched peacefully to protest the release from prison of Johannes Mehserle, former BART police officer who killed passenger Oscar Grant III, after Mehserle had served just one year in prison.
Ending wars, creating jobs, top mayors' agenda
More than a dozen mayors are sponsoring a resolution to end the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and use the savings to pay for job-creating programs in the nation's cities.
White House steps up campaign to "cut government waste"
President Obama signed an Executive Order initiating the Campaign to Cut Waste, ordering each department and agency to report regularly to Vice President Biden who will head a new task force on government accountability.
White House establishes rural council
President Obama established the White House Rural Council to develop and implement an economic strategy in the country's rural communities.
Alabama passes nation's most extreme anti-immigrant measure
Critics say the new law is worse than Arizona's SB 1070.
Exonerated political prisoner, Geronimo Pratt, dies in Tanzania
Geronimo Pratt, a former leader of the Black Panther Party falsely accused, then imprisoned for 27 years, died June 3 in Tanzania.
Facebook may recognize faces instead of privacy
Facebook recently took the liberty of changing its users' privacy settings in order to allow for its latest feature, facial recognition software.
Banquet speakers see politics behind Islamophobia
Corey Saylor, National Government Affairs Director, described CAIR as being at the forefront of the defense of civil liberties for all Americans.
