In honor of Constitution Day we pose the question: Which part of the Constitution governs the use of laser pointers? It sounds like a dumb question, since the Constitution predated the laser by 171 years. But this year, the House of Representatives declared it had found an answer: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Read full article > >

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Congress finds, and lists, meaning in Constitution

BALTIMORE These are the times when teams bond with the men who run them or fall apart. This is when you lose the clubhouse or find out that they’ve actually got your back. This is the section of the season when Jim Riggleman, the no-glamour manager with the one-year contract, may find out if he’s going to live out his dream of being a successful manager in his home town or if the story’s going to take an uglier turn. Which is it? We wait and see. But a good baseball man, short on pizazz, long on savvy, is under the gun. Read full article > >

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Trying times will test Jim Riggleman’s hold on Nationals clubhouse

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Thursday filed a brief [text, PDF] with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive ]. read more

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DOJ Files Brief Defending Constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act

When tackling the section of the Common Application on activities outside class, students should avoid the temptation to fatten their resumes with filler.

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The Choice: Restraint on Listing Activities

Pacific Gas & Electric planned in 2009 to replace a section of its gas pipeline just a couple of miles from the section that exploded last week in San Bruno, California, but never spent the $5 million of rate increases to do the work, a consumer watchdog group said Wednesday.

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Group rips PG&E over ‘vintage’ gas line