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Brad Schlozman, who replaced the U.S. attorney who was fired in Missouri, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he hired a certain number of Republicans at the Justice Dept. He is accused of politicizing the civil rights division of the Department of Justice. He answered questions about a bringing a couple of politically controversial voter fraud cases just before the close 2006 election in Missouri.

Would-be borrowers who have iffy credit ratings are turning to those with strong credit for help — and a cottage industry of credit-for-rent companies has sprung up to match them. Federal regulators are investigating the practice, but they haven't banned it.

Police chiefs John Timoney of Miami and Gil Kerlikowske of Seattle are amping up their cities' Forth of July security measures in the wake of last week's terrorism attempts in Britain.

In the wake of Idaho's upcoming ban on most abortions, Oregon is preparing for an increase in demand for the procedure. The state is investing millions to help patients and providers most affected.

In rural farming regions, dangerous chemicals from fertilizer have made their way into water sources. For some towns, it takes millions of dollars just to get clean water for a few hundred residents.

Residents who'd fled have begun returning in recent days to this town outside Kyiv, where officials say Russian forces deliberately struck and bombed civilian targets. Hundreds of people are missing.

Linda Lajterman lost her 18-year-old son after he overdosed on heroin laced with Fentanyl. The film Life After You tells that story, including what happens to families in the aftermath of tragedy.

The No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in 2002, mandated standardized testing in the nation's public schools to establish a measure of accountability among states and school districts for the academic performance of their students. The pressures of such testing are most acutely felt among the schools which perennially have low scores, like Northwestern High School in Baltimore.

Coleman's first LPs from the late 1950s are newly available. They showcase Coleman's sound before he began making the records with his own bands that made him a controversial jazz star.

U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has been on the defensive this month amidst a scandal about the student-loan industry, and accusations from Congress that her department has not provided sufficient oversight. Spellings says the industry is not entirely within her jurisdiction.