Mandela still in US terrorist list
Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing," and some members of Congress vow....

White House Fires Head of GSA and TNJ Honoree
Lurita Alexis Doan, the head of the U.S. General Services Administration, was pushed out of her job on April 29 amid controversy about how she managed the federal government's premier contracting agency, according to the Washington Post. David L. Bibb, the GSA's deputy....

Obama seeking to divorce himself from former pastor
Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for ''divisive and destructive'' remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running Democratic presidential campaign....

Fed cuts rates as economy slumps, hoping to stop recession
Scrambling to shore up the faltering economy, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the lowest point in nearly four years Wednesday as the nation teetered on the edge of recession....

Tax rebates start showing up in bank accounts
The government began depositing tax rebate checks in thousands of bank accounts on Monday as the stimulus program aimed at giving the ailing economy a jump-start got under way early....

New guidelines cut sentences for 3,000 crack offenders
More than 3,000 crack cocaine convicts have had their prison sentences cut since the federal government eased harsh penalties for drug crimes overwhelmingly committed by blacks....