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If Rep. Ed Markey wins the special election to become Massachusetts' junior US senator next month, it'll have at least one unintended consequence: A potentially ugly fight between two progressive Democrats for Markey's seat as the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee.

Louis Taylor talks during a news conference with the legal team from the Arizona Justice Project in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

Troy, N.Y. - This spring, 1,676 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village stadium.

A bill that would cut off federal funding to adoption and foster care agencies that discriminate against gay and lesbian couples seeking to parent is making its way to Congress again with bipartisan support.

Morehouse College President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. smiles as President Barack Obama holds his honorary doctorate of laws degree during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony Sunday in Atlanta.

"The State of Equality and Justice in America" is a 20-part series of columns written by an all star list of contributors to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The Obama administration issued the rules Monday to carry out a major hospital Medicaid cut, even as it is trying to delay the reduction scheduled to begin in five months.

Navid Hasan, a fourth-grader at Knapp Charter Academy, is congratulated by U.S. Rep.

"Find a way to get into trouble," U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a founder of the American Civil Rights movement, told some 660 graduates receiving baccalaureate degrees Saturday May 11 at Richard Stockton College.

Since Friday seems to be the day to talk about the U.S. Senate race, here are two related items from this morning's Daily .

Hundreds of kids from across the state gathered at the Max M. Fisher Center to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Ford Freedom Award program.

Revel's Pearl High Limit Lounge will open on May 10 with a grand opening party and ribbon cutting ceremony.

Annual Conference attendees to innovate and raise the profile of graphic novels and comics in their library or school.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Whitney Young are a few of the people who come to mind when thinking of the Civil Rights Movement, but not all those who helped are household names.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announces plans to reintroduce the Every Child Deserves a Family Act Sen.

A bipartisan group of Congress members introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide clearer rights for same-sex couples who want to adopt children.

Colbert Busch was joined by Georgia Congressman John Lewis over the weekend, and Mark Sanford is showing some late momentu in a new PPP poll out yesterday, which shows him up 1 point on Colbert Busch in the final days of the race.

At the Penn Center on Sunday, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., recalled visiting the Saint Helena Island retreat for meetings with fellow civil rights leaders 50 years before.

This past Saturday morning felt like mid-winter in Asheville, North Carolina , but was actually some weeks past tax day, and dozens of people were gathered in front of a federal building to say something about what federal income taxes are used for -- something much more unusual than one would expect.

Good morning, it's Saturday, May 4, the 124th day of 2013. There are 241 days left in the year.