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Levin, Harkin, Coburn Among Senators Bidding Adieu

2:21pm December 13, 2014

by Don Gonyea

The end of the 113th Congress means a lot of goodbyes for retiring members and for those who lost in November. That means, at least for a moment, partisanship took some time off on the Senate floor.

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Ollies Barbecue was a Birmingham, Ala., landmark where where white plumbers and electricians sat next to white doctors and bank presidents, but in 1964, blacks weren't allowed to eat there.

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Forced To Seat Blacks, Ala. Restaurant Complied With History

2:21pm December 13, 2014

by Andrew Yeager

Fifty years ago Sunday, the Supreme Court told Ollie's Barbecue in Birmingham, Ala., that the government had a right to order it — and all restaurants — to seat African-Americans.

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Government Funding Bill Rolls Back Trucker Rest Requirements

2:21pm December 13, 2014

by Brian Naylor

One of the many policy riders tucked inside the trillion-dollar spending bill reverses a rule that long-haul truckers take two nights off for every 70 hours they drive. Safety groups are angry.

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Dispatches From D.C.'s 'March For Justice'

1:32pm December 13, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Demonstrators gather in the nation's capital to protest the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of white police officers. Here's a look at reports from social media.

Afghan security personnel inspect a damaged bus at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. There was no immediate report of casualties, but the attack was one of several in the last 24 hours that have been blamed on the Taliban.

2 U.S. Soldiers Among More Than A Dozen Killed In Afghan Attacks

1:12pm December 13, 2014

by Scott Neuman

An Afghan Supreme Court official and 12 mine clearers were also among those killed in several attacks since late Friday.

This label was released in October 2014 by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for the Fair Food Program.

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Florida Tomato Pickers' Wins Could Extend To Dairy, Berry Workers

11:10am December 13, 2014

by Tracie McMillan

In the last four years, 30,000 tomato pickers covered by a "fair food" program got a 50-to-70 percent pay raise. Advocates are now working with retailers and other industries to duplicate the model.

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Photojournalist Michel Du Cille Chased The Tough Stories

6:16pm December 12, 2014

Audie Cornish speaks with Kevin Merida, managing editor of The Washington Post, about the life and work of photojournalist Michel du Cille. The winner of three Pulitzer Prizes died Thursday.

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The Cornucopia Institute commissioned this photo of an organic egg producer in Saranac, Mich. According to Cornucopia, the facility is owned by Herbruck's Poultry Ranch, which has a license to maintain up to 1 million chickens on this site.

Aerial Photos Are New Weapon In Organic Civil War

6:11pm December 12, 2014

by Dan Charles

An organic watchdog organization says big organic egg and milk producers are violating organic rules. As evidence, it offers aerial photos — but some photos may not be of organic operations.

NOAA Team Finds Shipwreck Of The 'Titanic Of The Golden Gate'

5:49pm December 12, 2014

by Scott Neuman

In 1901, the SS City of Rio de Janeiro went down in thick fog at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, killing 128 people — most of them immigrants from China and Japan.

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Tamir Rice's Death Ruled A Homicide By Medical Examiner

5:24pm December 12, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The 12-year-old boy was carrying a replica gun when he was shot by a rookie police officer on Nov. 23. He died a day later. A grand jury will now consider whether to bring charges against the officer.