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Jailhouse 'lawyer' gets rare nod from Supreme CourtCOLUMBIA, S.C. - While other prisoners are lifting weights or playing basketball, "jailhouse lawyer" Michael Ray is working 40 hours a week, his head buried in legal texts and journals as he helps fellow inmates file appeals. In and out of federal prisons for more than 20 years, he's represented dozens of clients, with some success. More » |
Senate considers increase in unemployment benefitsWASHINGTON - For a bipartisan majority of senators, providing three months or six months of extra unemployment checks to more than 1 million jobless people is a better way to dig the economy out of a recession than just printing tax rebate checks. More » |
Smithsonian helps blacks to preserve historical artifactsCHICAGO - Evelyn Johnson's father has never liked talking about his time in the Army during World War II. He was angry that black servicemen like him fought for freedom overseas only to return to face discrimination in the United States, his daughter says. More » |
As primary neared, Obama HQ kicked into overdriveWith Super Tuesday's primary looming, Sen. Barack Obama's Massachusetts campaign entered the home stretch over the weekend, and activities were frenzied at the state headquarters in Davis Square in Somerville. Volunteers of all ages stopped into the basement office, eager to do their part to help deliver the Bay State for Obama. More » |
A state-by-state look at the Super Tuesday primaries and caucusesThe breakdown by states, with the number of delegates in parentheses. All are primaries unless otherwise indicated. "WTA" indicates winner take all. More » |
Reading focus a huge hit at Philly schoolPHILADELPHIA - The third-grade students at Samuel Powel School in West Philadelphia took their spots in a circle on the floor and eagerly opened their books, anxious to resume reading "Ballhawk," a story about a baseball team. More » |
