Immigration agents sue to stop Obama's non-deportation policy

Saying they are fed up with being told that they can't do their jobs, 10 immigration agents on Thursday sued the Obama administration to try to overturn the president's new non-deportation policy.

Obama to break recent precedent, will stump during RNC

Incumbent presidents usually lay low during their opponents' nominating conventions, but not so with President Obama, who will wage an ambitious campaign next week to coincide with the Republican National Convention.

For Russians, August is the cruelest month

With the end of August looming, Russians are counting down the days to what has been, so far, a rare exception to the unwritten rule that the eighth month of the year invariably brings tragedy and upheaval to the largest country on Earth.

Girl's violent death stuns P.G. neighbors

A 17-year-old Prince George's County honor student who aspired to attend Harvard University was killed in her bedroom after a gunman burst into her house, police said Thursday — a crime considered unthinkable to residents who remembered the girl for her ambition and intellect.

In Paul they trust as he leaves political stage

One way to measure Rep. Ron Paul's ascendance as a political player is to compare the cold shoulder he got from rival Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 with the cozier embrace he has received from 2012 presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.

Breivik deemed sane, sent to prison for massacre in Norway

Anders Behring Breivik got what he wanted — a prison term instead of an insanity ruling — as he received his sentence Friday for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year.

U.S. doping agency to strip Lance Armstrong of Tour de France titles

Never one to back away from a fight, Lance Armstrong is finally giving in and the cost of quitting is steep: His seven Tour de France titles could be gone as soon as Friday.

Deportation statistics said to be inflated

The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is charging that the Obama administration has "falsified" deportation records to artificially boost numbers — a move critics of the Homeland Security Department have long suspected.

General: Ramadan a factor in Afghan insider attacks

The rising number of attacks on U.S. troops by Afghan police and soldiers may be due in part to the stress on Afghan forces from fasting during the just-concluded Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday.

Inside the Beltway: Trumpalicious

To many, Donald Trump still cuts a striking presidential figure across the political landscape. No matter how much his critics squawk, Mr. Trump's fans remain convinced that the billionaire would still make a swell president.

Fighting across Syria as last U.N. monitors leave

Syrian troops backed by tanks and helicopters broke into a Damascus suburb on Thursday following two days of shelling and intense clashes as part of a widening offensive by President Bashar Assad's forces to seize control of parts of the capital and surrounding areas from rebel fighters, activists said.

Despite hard economic times, college admissions are on the rise

Recession? What recession? At top area colleges, applications for admission are actually up, despite continuing economic stagnation at the national level.

North Korean jamming of GPS shows system's weakness

U.S. and South Korean military commanders will be on the lookout for North Korean efforts to jam GPS signals as they take part in exercises on the divided peninsula this week and next.

Preseason game delivers 1-2 punch with RG3, Andrew Luck

Robert Griffin III wants you to understand, despite the $35 commemorative T-shirt the Washington Redskins are selling and despite the national telecast, it's not Andrew Luck against him Saturday afternoon. He will play against the Indianapolis Colts' defense in his home debut, and he'll be on the sideline when Luck faces the Redskins' defense.

Jobs R.I.'s sole interest in Schilling loan

The government deal that guaranteed a $75 million loan for baseball star Curt Schilling's video-game company focused almost exclusively on how quickly the firm would bring jobs to Rhode Island and overlooked requirements for attracting outside investment or other steps that could have helped protect the public's money.

Police: Ark. man shot in squad car called girlfriend

Police in Jonesboro say the girlfriend of a man shot to death in the back of a squad car told an investigator he had called her from the car and said he had a gun.

Commentary

RUSH: The Obama campaign's race-card gambit

While Vice President Joseph R. Biden's "back in chains" remark in front of a largely black audience on Aug. 14 definitely can be considered race-baiting, based on the Obama administration's reaction, it was more an off-the-cuff embarrassment than part of a calculated effort to rile black Americans and engender fear.

MILLER: Obama or Romney? Libertarians must choose

It's depressing to be a libertarian. We usually spend election night with our few friends in a watering hole or in our parents' basement listening to Rush albums.

LAMBRO: Obama economy even worse than anticipated

The Obama economy is weaker than previously forecast and darker days lie ahead. If you think the feeble economy under this administration is bad, wait until next year when the Congressional Budget Office says it could fall into another deep recession if there's no year-end deal to forestall nearly half-a-trillion dollars in income tax hikes and spending cuts.

MILLER: Dispelling bullet myths

Gun grabbers aren't getting far in their attempt to ban handguns, so the next best step is to go after ammunition. They use scary terms to demonize ordinary self-defense equipment, hoping this will make Americans more comfortable with their incremental effort to diminish and ultimately eliminate the Second Amendment.

EDITORIAL: Bye, bye, Buckyballs

The killjoys at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are trying to ban a popular toy known as Buckyballs. These are balls made from powerful rare-earth magnets that stick together and can be rearranged into interesting geometric shapes. It's just the sort of thing one would expect to see on the desk of a corporate executive for use as a stress reliever during a boring conference call.