Legislature Hearings
A career adviser at a large for-profit college, testifying Thursday before a Senate committee, said her employer used "tricks and sleight of hand" to exaggerate job placement statistics given to prospective students.
WASHINGTON - The Senate moved toward certain confirmation Thursday of Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and fourth woman, ready to seat a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent.
CARBONDALE, Ill. - It's the kind of publicity any university might dream about: An instructor uncovers a possible flaw that's causing some of the world's most popular cars to accelerate suddenly.
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, who has displayed a cool demeanor and a sense of humor during her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, was expected to move one step closer Wednesday to succeeding Justice John Paul Stevens, barring a major gaffe.
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashed Tuesday with a Republican senator over the limits she ordered on military recruiters while dean of Harvard Law School, repeatedly denying she blocked them as she sought to deflect foes' efforts to slow her apparently smooth road to confirmation.
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