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Supreme Court to reconsider affirmative action

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

BY DAVID G. SAVAGE | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON — Since the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, conservatives have looked forward to the day when the Supreme Court would take...

U.S. officials apologize after troops burn Qurans

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

A motorist fuels up his truck at a gas station Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in San Francisco. U.S. retail gasoline prices rose less than a penny Monday to a national average of 3.57 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. A gallon of regular is 19 cents higher than it was a month ago and 40 cents more than a year ago. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

In absence of demand, oil prices rise points to speculation

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

Dow breaks 13,000 but can't hold gains

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

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Analysts still skeptical on success of bailout for Greece

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

BY HENRY CHU | LOS ANGELES TIMES

LONDON — The massive new bailout approved for Greece early Tuesday should rescue it from immediate bankruptcy. But can the country survive being saved?...

Katherine Frey | Washington Post1st Lt. Christopher Matthai with his wife, Lindsay, and 11-month-old son, Christopher, share a moment together in Mount Airy, Md., before the Army reservist left for duty in Texas after losing his federal job.

Returning military members allege job discrimination

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY STEVE VOGEL | THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — Every year, more than a thousand National Guard, reserve and active-duty troops coming back from Iraq, Afghanistan or other military duty...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, anti-Syrian regime activist Khaled Abu-Salah stands in front of flames and black smoke from a bombed oil pipeline, in Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs, on Friday and killed at least five people, activists said. Britain and France urged the opposition to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the deadly government crackdown. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO

Divisions in Arab League hobble efforts to resolve Syria crisis

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY HANNAH ALLAM | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS\

CAIRO — The Arab League's sharp internal divisions over how hard to push for regime change in Syria are hampering its ability to lead negotiations...

In Holland, Mich., Glenn Rutkauskas sets up a machine to make a part for an automotive coil at Trans-Matic. Many manufacturers say there is an acute shortage of skilled workers. Illustrates MANUFACTURING (category a), by Peter Whoriskey (c) 2012, The Washington Post. Moved Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by T.J. Hamilton.)

Wanted - Skilled factory workers

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY PETER WHORISKEY | THE WASHINGTON POST

HOLLAND, Mich. — This stretch of the Rust Belt might seem like an easy place to find factory workers.

Unemployment hovers above 9 percent...

The ER doctor will see you, after you pay $150

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY PHIL GALEWITZ |KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Next time you go to an emergency room, you should be prepared for this: If your problem isn't urgent, you may have to pay upfront.

Last year...

Federal Workers Face 'Unprecedented Assault' in U.S. Budget War

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY KRISTIN JENSEN | BLOOMBERG NEWS

WASHINGTON — Congress is considering ways to cut U.S. federal workers' pay, benefits and possibly their jobs even as a record number are borrowing...

Massacre at Mexican prison was part of escape plot

Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY WILLIAM BOOTH | THE WASHINGTON POST

MEXICO CITY — The worst prison riot in Mexico in years was not really a riot. It was mass murder.

Mexican officials said Monday that it...

Community bulletin

Dryer fire at UH-Hilo could have been worse

Community bulletin Comments Feb 20, 2012 11:10am

Mauna Kea summit road reopens

Community bulletin Comments Feb 20, 2012 10:40am

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BOWH 2011 Results

Polls

State House Bill 2260 proposes taxing every paper or plastic bag consumers obtain from stores or restaurants and dedicating 60 to 70 percent of the collected tax to conservation uses. This is:

Good in principle, but only if it goes where it's intended and the fund is not raided for other uses.

27%

Great. A way for consumers to protect and restore the environment.

7%

Bad news. Another tax on consumers with no guarantee the money won't be raided, like the highway fund, the hurricane fund...

66%

Total votes: 135

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