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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school

AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.

  • Feds: Phila. plot to buy weapons for Hezbollah AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:24 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than a thousand machine guns.

  • No jail time for figure in Abramoff scandal AP - Tue Nov 24, 4:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A tearful former Justice Department attorney was spared a jail sentence Tuesday for his role in the influence peddling scandal surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

  • Consumer group warns about toy hazards AP - Tue Nov 24, 12:24 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Holiday shoppers should look out for toy hazards such as small parts, loud sounds, soft plastics and lead contamination, consumer advocates warned Tuesday.

  • Goodbye jobs, hello mom and dad, say young adults AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:19 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad.

  • FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo President Barack Obama meets with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the G-20 summit at the ExCel Centre in London. India has watched with wariness as President Barack Obama's administration has lavished attention on rivals Pakistan and China. Now, Obama is trying to ease Indian worries by honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 with the first state visit of his presidency. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
    Indian PM says Pakistan must reject terror AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that the world must press Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists who continue to target India.

  • FBI Special Agent in Charge Ralph Boelter answers questions during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Minneapolis, about newly unsealed charges against eight defendant related to involvement with extremist groups in Somalia. U.S. Attorney for Minnesota B. Todd Jones looks on at right. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, David Denney) ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT. MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV NOT TV. MAGS OUT.
    AP sources: New charges in Somali terror case AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:40 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Federal authorities are due to unseal charges against eight new suspects in a long-running probe of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia.

  • IED riddle tougher in Afghanistan AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:15 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon official says that preventing roadside bombs from killing troops has proven to be tougher in Afghanistan than in Iraq because of the austere conditions there.

  • More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:12 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday.

  • Unidentified relatives of Army Lt. Col. Juanita Warman grieve at her burial services at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Warman, 55, of Havre De Grace, Md., was preparing at Fort Hood for deployment to Iraq when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers. She leaves behind two daughters and six grandchildren. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Pentagon: Fort Hood review due Jan. 15 AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:44 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says its review of personnel, health and other policies in light of the Fort Hood massacre will be completed by January 15th.

  • FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
    US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard AP - Sat Nov 21, 9:18 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

  • file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES
    Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan AP - Sat Nov 21, 4:35 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

  • Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.

  • AP - Fri Nov 20, 4:32 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - US says it will drop manslaughter case against former Blackwater guard in 2007 Iraq shooting.