Recent Votes

• New Tennessee law aims to curb teaching 'gateway sexual activity'

  Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior. Gov. Bill Haslam's office Friday confirmed to Reuters that Haslam had sign …

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• Obama hails the future of a 'new kind of relationship' with Afghanistan

  Wrapping up a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama made a televised address from the war-torn country to discuss an agreement he signed with President Hamid Karzai, which would see 23,000 U.S. troops withdrawn by the end of the summer. The agreement, he said, ha …

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• Woman fighting foreclosure arrested in appeal to Wells Fargo CFO

  A woman engaged in a bitter battle with Wells Fargo over foreclosure of her southern California home was arrested late Thursday at the tony residence of the bank's CFO in San Marino, where she and dozens of supporters were protesting.

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• Wal-Mart hushed up vast Mexico bribery case

  Source: msnbc.com

  NYT: Top executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing

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• GOP identity crisis worsened Romney's primary struggle

    With more endorsements by prominent Republicans and a new poll showing him leading next week’s Wisconsin primary, Mitt Romney is on the cusp of becoming the party’s presumptive nominee. Yet it’s taken Romney far longer to win the nomination than most obs …

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