Recent Votes

• Former prisoners: Blagojevich faces rude awakening

  Those who have served time in the federal prison system say Rod Blagojevich is in for a wake-up call, especially because federal policy typically dictates that convicts facing more than 10 years don’t qualify to start their sentences at any of the minimum securit …

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• Senate blocks nominee to lead financial protection agency

  Updated at 12:01 p.m.

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• New poll fuels Southern Baptists' concern over their own name

  The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination and spiritual home to two living former presidents of the United States, is researching whether to change its name because of the public's negative associations with the church. The news is mixed, at b …

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• Plan B won't be available OTC to younger teens, HHS says

  Plan B One-Step, the so-called "morning after pill," won't be made available over the counter to girls younger than 17, regardless of a previous Food and Drug Administration recommendation, according to a statement by U.S.

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• High court mulls suit over Cheney event arrest

  A chance encounter with Vice President Dick Cheney at a shopping center in Colorado allowed Steven Howards to express his disgust with the Iraq war and touch Cheney on the shoulder.

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