New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday said he plans to sue Bank of America Corp and Wells Fargo & Co. for violating the National Mortgage Settlement brokered last year between the country's biggest banks and 49 state attorneys general. Read More
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Immigration reform sets up for new battle
As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce resistance that killed Congress' last attempt to overhaul the system. Read More
Obama delivers commencement speech at The Ohio State University
Read the full address here: "Look at all America has accomplished. Look at how big we've been. I dare you to do better. I dare you to be better." Read More
Steve Case: Tech world needs comprehensive immigration reform
"There is an opportunity here," AOL co-founder Steve Case told Andrea Mitchell Friday. "People recognize that the demographics are shifting and we just need to deal with this if we're going to remain the most entrepreneurial nation." Read More
Guantanamo ‘under lockdown’ ‘like we haven’t seen since the Bush years’
With 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay on a hunger strike and the military force-feeding 23 of them with feeding tubes, the situation at the detention facility has captured international attention. Read More
Spotlight on retail after 500 perish in Bangladesh factory
Home to five factories that supplied clothing to retailers in Europe and the United States, the shoddily constructed building's collapse has put a focus on the high human price paid when Bangladeshi government ineptitude, Western consumer apathy and global retailing's drive for the lowest cost of production intersect. Read More
Chris’ list: Greatest guitarists of all time
Jimi Hendrix leads Rolling Stone's ranking of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Read More
The Company Memo: Friday, May 3, 2013
More than 70 thousand people are headed to Houston for the NRA's annual convention Friday. Read More
April job figures beat expectations
U.S. employment rose more than expected in April, pushing the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5%, which could help ease concerns of a sharp slowdown in the economy. Read More
Rifles for kids: A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister
How a five-year-old boy in Kentucky accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old sister using a Crickett rifle that was made and marketed specifically for children. Read More
Paul Ryan: Beware of ‘anchor babies’
Rep. Paul Ryan pitched immigration reform to constituents in Wisconsin by using derogatory terms while warning that illegal immigration is "fairly easy" and people are having "anchor babies" in the U.S. Read More
The Company Memo: Thursay, May 2, 2013
Three new arrests in the Boston Marathon bombing case Wednesday, as Dias Kadyrbayev, Azamat Tazhayakov, and Robel Phillipos were charged with obstruction - allegedly taking a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room in the days after the bombing. Read More
Chris’ list: Cheapest places to fly
The cost of flying to many popular U.S. cities has actually dropped since this time last year, mostly due to low demand. Flights to Chicago are down the most at 18.5% of last year's average cost. Read More
O’Donnell to libertarians: ‘You deserve better spokesmen than Ron and Rand’
In his Rewrite segment, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell called out both Sen. Rand Paul and his father former Rep. Ron Paul for their "lies" in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. Read More
As creationism law comes up for repeal, an appeal to Bobby Jindal
As the latest attempt to repeal Louisiana's creationism law comes to a hearing, activist Zack Kopplin offers some thoughts to Governor Bobby Jindal. Read More
Must read: Guantánamo’s former chief prosecutor speaks out
Check out this truly fascinating interview on Slate.com with the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, who talks about why a prisoner there reminded him of Forrest Gump. Read More
Chris’ list: Top companies for flexible work
Payroll company ADP, Xerox, and AT&T top the list. Read More
The Company Memo: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Politico reports on an amendment to the proposed immigration legislation that would allow same-sex partners to get green cars the same way straight couples do. Will it turn away support for the immigration deal? Read More
Massachusetts GOP Senate primary a neck-and-neck race
Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, was nearly tied with former state legislator Mike Sullivan, though Democrat Ed Markey is still the race favorite. Read More
The Company Memo: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
One hundred days into his second term, President Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference at 10:15 AM ET. Read More
