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Former New Orleans mayor faces corruption trialFacing charges of accepting free trips and more than $200,000 in bribes from contractors, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who ran the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, will be in court and back in the spotlight this week.
Minimum wage gets maximum push from DemocratsWith polls showing 71 percent of Americans in favor of raising the minimum wage, Democrats in at least 30 states are sponsoring bills proposing wage hikes. Five states passed minimum wage measures last year.
Associating with liberal Democrats? Ariz. GOP censures McCainThe Arizona Republican Party formally chastised Sen. John McCain Saturday, saying he ran as a conservative, but supported too many liberal issues. McCain is up for reelection in 2016.
- Clay Aiken: Ready to run for Congress?
Clay Aiken, a former American Idol contestant and gay father, is considering a run for Congress in North Carolina. Clay Aiken, says a Democratic Party consultant, is talking to the state's Democratic leaders.
- Why Texas dropped algebra II as graduation requirement
Nearly 20 states followed Texas when it required high school students to tackle algebra II. Why is Texas now abandoning algebra?
3 dead in suburban Maryland mall shootingHoward County police say at least three people were killed, including the presumed shooter in a shooting at a mall in Columbia, Maryland on Saturday morning. Shoppers and employees describe a scene of panic.
Awkward comments create dissonance at RNC meetingControversial and derogatory comments about contraception, gays, and Muslims at the Republican National Committee meeting displayed the divisions in a Republican Party struggling to modernize.
Family alleges execution of Ohio man unconstitutionalThe family of Dennis McGuire filed a federal lawsuit Friday, after McGuire was executed by the state of Ohio using an untested combination of two chemicals. The suit seeks to have the two-drug injection method declared unconstitutional.
Thai elephant attack: Is that what killed Lily Glidden?Thai elephant attack: An American tourist from New York died at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand. Investigators suspect she was killed in a Thai elephant attack.
- Phil Mickelson withdraws from Farmers Insurance Open
Phil Mickelson was eight strokes behind second round leader Jordan Spieth. Tiger Woods was nine shots behind Speith at Torrey Pines. Phil Mickelson said he withdrew after wrestling with back muscle pain.
Chuck Hagel says US can evacuate Americans from Sochi if necessaryDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US would make appropriate arrangements with Russia to extract citizens from the Sochi Winter Olympics in the event of a attack. US athletes have been advised not to wear their Olympic uniforms outside the site.
Former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell and wife plead not guiltyOn Friday, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges in a case centering on the couple's alleged acceptance of more than $165,000 in gifts and loans.
- Texas judge orders that Munoz be removed from life support
Judge R. H. Wallace Jr. issued the ruling Friday in the case of Marlise Munoz, a pregnant, brain-dead woman who has been kept on life support over the objections of her parents and her husband.
Dinesh D'Souza faces US campaign finance chargesDinesh D'Souza is known for producing a negative documentary on President Obama. Now, Dinesh D'Souza has been indicted on charges he funneled illegal contributions to the New York US Senate race in 2012.
Red Sox beards? So last season.Red Sox beards are going, going, Gomes. Red Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes, the bandleader of the beard brigade, said he'll shave his off before spring training.
Mundelein murder: Teen girl accused of murdering 11-year-old over choresMundelein murder: A 14-year-old girl was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl who shared her home in suburban Chicago.
AARP's newest member: Michelle Obama turns 50AARP: Michelle Obama's first act after turning 50 was to post a twitter pic holding her new AARP card.
Sperm donor or deadbeat dad? Donor owes child support, says judge.Sperm donor William Marotta waived his parental rights, but a Kansas district court judge ruled that without a licensed physician in the artificial insemination process, Marotta didn't qualify as a sperm donor.
- Legion of Christ lawsuit can go forward: Judge
Retired mechanical engineering professor James Boa-Teh Chu was coerced, defrauded and deceived into signing over many of his assets to the Legion according to his son.
- 'Goodfellas' case: Five mobsters arrested for 1978 Lufthansa heist
'Goodfellas' case: The FBI made five arrests in the long-unsolved 1978 Lufthansa heist at New York's JFK Airport. The robbers took $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels. The heist was immortalized in the Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas.”
