- Forced by Congress to make a decision before EPA studies could be concluded, President Obama has shelved the Keystone XL pipeline.
- The US Supreme Court heard arguments on three cases involving foreign-born permanent residents, 2 facing deportation and the third denied re-entry into the US after traveling overseas.
- Democratic party officials say they will shorten this year's national convention in Charlotte to three days, with Labor Day's opening being an outdoor ceremony at Lowes' Motor Speedway.
- Somali piracy was cut by 80% in the last three months of 2011 as the international community made a series of pre-emptive strikes to clear the waters off the coast of Africa.
- Some 13 US Senators announced they would opposed PIPA legislation censoring the internet after yesterday's blackout.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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