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  1. Dispatches from last night's Terp Awards

    There were awards and comedy sketches and well-dressed athletes.

    Washington Post May 8 13:26PM UTC

  2. US-PEOPLE Summary

    Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy to elude cancer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had inherited a high risk of breast cancer and said she hoped her story would inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie, an actress who has long embodied Hollywood glamour and has in ...

    Reuters via Yahoo! News May 14 22:23PM UTC

  3. House Majority PAC, DCCC Add To Attacks On Sanford; MA Holds Senate Primaries; Rand Heads to SC

    Wake-Up Call! is Hotline's daily morning briefing on campaigns and elections. Click here to subscribe.WHAT'S NEWSPres. Obama "once-broad ambitions" for campaign finance reform "have been largely abandoned since his reelection, dismaying" advocates. "The predicament will be on full display" today, when all five FEC commissioners "will be serving past the formal expiration of their terms ...

    National Journal via Yahoo! News Apr 30 09:00AM UTC

  4. Obama’s plutocratic choice for Commerce Secretary

    Picking the billionaire Penny Pritzker is a clear message about Obama's priorities        

    Salon.com May 7 16:01PM UTC

  5. Finding a new normal after the Boston bombings

    For survivors of the Boston attack, life now is a grueling readjustment

    The Week via Yahoo! News May 19 08:00AM UTC

  6. Former SEMO women's basketball coach arrested in multi-state car theft conspiracy

    A former Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach has been arrested by federal authorities in a multi-state car theft conspiracy.

    KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau Apr 29 16:37PM UTC

  7. Obama Calls For Review Of Gender-Based Pay Disparities

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is giving the federal personnel director six months to submit a strategy to address gender-based pay disparities in the U.S. workforce.

    The Huffington Post May 10 23:13PM UTC

  8. African-Americans, the Last Democratic Holdouts on Gay Marriage?

    Support for gay marriage among African-Americans, one of the Democratic Party’s most reliable voting blocs, lags behind the rest of the party. But just as President Obama has offered high-profile support on the issue and an African-American NBA player came out as gay this week, public opinion among blacks has also been shifting.

    National Journal via Yahoo! News May 1 11:46AM UTC

  9. Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay

    * First current player in the four big U.S. men's sports * NBA Commissioner praises Collins for breaking barrier * Obama calls Collins to express support (Adds Obama call, critical remarks by sportswriter) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a ...

    Reuters via Yahoo! Canada Sports Apr 29 23:50PM UTC

  10. Collins comes out as first openly gay player in U.S. sports

    * First current player in the four big U.S. men's sports * NBA Commissioner praises Collins for breaking barrier * Obama calls Collins to express support (Adds Obama call, critical remarks by sportswriter) By Julian Linden NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a ...

    Reuters via Yahoo! News Apr 29 23:50PM UTC