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The lone survivor of a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four young black girls and convicted three Ku Klux Klansmen said a top congressional award isn't good enough and seeks millions in restitution instead.

The Defense Department came under fire Thursday for a U.S. Army Reserve presentation that classified Catholics and Evangelical Protestants as "extremist" religious groups alongside al Qaeda and the Ku Klux Klan.
Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his young newsmagazine any favors with its scheduling shuffles.
Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his young newsmagazine any favors with its scheduling shuffles.

Disgraced former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's comeback bid takes a big step this week, when Palmetto State voters will decide if he deserves another shot in office.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is skipping President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night and will be giving his own speech at an event hosted by National Public Radio at George Washington University.

A Reason-Rupe survey reveals that 52 percent of respondents agreed that "elected officials are exploiting the [Newtown] tragedy for political reasons." Naturally, there's a partisan divide.
Growing up in the 1930s, we had a favorite expression: You are talking it to death. It still happens, of course, these days.
NASA's Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there's no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary to support life.
She asked for just six words.

What is a Republican elected official? A Republican elected official is one who says, "I won't raise my constituents' taxes." Asked to elaborate, the Republican elected official explains, "I will keep taxes down to allow the economy to grow and to throw off ever more tax revenue." The Republican believes that the way to pay for government is to let the economy roar -- and to keep spending reasonable.

It's been through a rough four years, and it no longer rules the global marketplace as it once did, but the U.S. economy proved once again that it knows how to dominate a presidential campaign.
Bill Dees emerged from his days as an out-of-cash young songwriter to pen tunes recorded by Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn and other country music greats, but the centerpiece of his career was his work with Roy Orbison, including co-writing the classic rock hit, "Oh, Pretty Woman."
In an Oct. 31 obituary for songwriter Bill Dees, The Associated Press misidentified the late Andy Williams' theater in Branson, Mo. It is the Moon River Theater, not the Moore River Theater.
NPR is naming a Latina marketing executive as its next chief marketing officer and a PBS vice president will lead its strategic planning.