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Feds object to 'don't ask, don't tell' injunction

Attorneys for the Obama administration objected Thursday to a proposed worldwide injunction being considered by a California federal judge that would halt the military's ban on openly gay troops.

Teacher bonuses fail to lift test scores, study says

Offering big bonuses to teachers failed to raise students’ test scores in a three-year study released yesterday that calls into question the Obama administration’s push for merit pay to improve education.

Senh: Teachers who are committed and enthusiastic about teaching will continue to do what they're doing and be rewarded; and those who just babysit will continue to do the same. I wonder if we're asking too much of teachers. There are probably those who just think of it as a 9-5 job. And we aren't asking more from 9-5ers in the work force. There are always a small percentage who cares, and the rest just go through the motions.

U.S.: 3,500 unused Gulf wells must be plugged

Energy companies in the Gulf of Mexico will have to permanently plug nearly 3,500 nonproducing wells and dismantle about 650 unused platforms, the Obama administration says.

US to push $60bn Saudi arms sale

The Obama administration is set to notify the US Congress of a $60bn (£39bn) sale to Saudi Arabia of advanced military aircraft, reports say.

Senh: We do a dozen more of these and we could afford another stimulus package. Hopefully, in the future, they won't use those weapons against us when we get into a disagreement.

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Obama Plans Refinancing Aid, Loans for Jobless Homeowners, HUD Chief Says

Michael Feder, chief executive officer of Radar Logic Inc., talks about US home prices and the outlook for the housing market. US home prices fell 1.6 percent in the second ...

Stem Cell Ruling Will Be Appealed

The Obama administration will appeal a court ruling that undercut its efforts to expand stem cell research, the Justice Department said.

Texas: Attorney General Sues Over Drilling Moratorium

The Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration on Wednesday over its new deepwater offshore drilling moratorium, claiming that it is unjustified and that federal officials did not contact the state before issuing the ban.

US-Vietnam nuke deal will likely allow enrichment

The Obama administration has told U.S. lawmakers that a nuclear cooperation deal with Vietnam is unlikely to include a coveted promise by the Hanoi government not to enrich uranium, congressional aides say.

Plan would ease FBI's access to e-mail data

The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.

Senh: This is scary. Those guys should not have that kind of power. It's prone to abuse and opens a privacy can of worms.

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States Embrace National Standards for Schools

States that adopt the standards by Aug. 2 win points in the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for a share of the $3.4 billion to be awarded in September.

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