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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. March 3, 2011 - Lambda Legal and Morrison & Foerster LLP today told a federal judge that government attorneys have shown they have no further arguments and therefore no further legal barrier exists to a married lesbian federal emp...

March 3, 2011 - Making the argument that the Treasury Department has done "very little" to improve a foreclosure prevention program that has failed to meet its goals, the government's TARP watchdog testified at a hearing on Wednesday that the case for ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, March 4, 2011 - Young children who mouth or swallow jewelry containing cadmium may be exposed to as much as 100 times the recommended maximum exposure limit for the toxic metal, according to research published online March 4...

MADISON, WI, March 2, 2011 - Governor Scott Walker launched a blatant attack on women's health – revealing his anti-birth control agenda – in his budget bill released last night. The Governor's budget calls for elimination of Title V, the only stat...

March 4, 2011 - Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release of Department of Defence documents on 2 March that shed light on the Bush administration's policies on the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and its views on the "significant risks" to the ge...

Washington, DC March 4, 2011 – The economy added 192,000 jobs in February, including 222,000 jobs in the private sector, according to employment figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. February's change marked the largest monthly in...

WASHINGTON March 4, 2011 - NASA's Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA has begun the process of creating a Mishap Investigation Board to evaluate ...

March 4, 2011 - The Supreme Court's decision March 2 that a military funeral protest by Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church is protected by the First Amendment is a free speech victory, but "there is one note of concern for free speech advocates, whic...

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NEW YORK, March 3, 2011 - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents Guantánamo detainees and coordinates the work of hundreds of pro bono attorneys on legal cases and resettlement efforts, issued the following statement: Tod...