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Hawaii fights for Obama presidential center
Mark Garrison May 7, 2013
Hawaii is taking the offensive to lure Obama's future library or presidential center. Chicago appears to have the inside track, but Honolulu is offering up a beachfront site worth a cool $75 million.
Measuring the unintended consequences of drones
Jonathan Zittrain May 1, 2013
What are the unintended consequences of pilotless drone aircraft used to kill suspected terrorists overseas?
A chart of how much time Barack Obama spends in economic meetings and on vacation
Chau Tu Apr 29, 2013
Comparing the hours President Obama spent in meetings about the economy, and on golf outings, in 2012.
DOMA and the lesser-known benefits of gay marriage
Stacey Vanek Smith Mar 27, 2013
Today’s Supreme Court case on gay marriage focuses on inheritance tax. But there are more than 1,000 financial programs and benefits for married couples.
Pro-gay marriage PAC's lure moderate Republicans
David Weinberg Mar 26, 2013
However the Supreme Court decides two cases on same-sex marriage, some Republican PAC's are prepared to back candidates who support gay marriage.
How much does a big Supreme Court case like gay marriage cost?
Adriene Hill Mar 25, 2013
Just getting a petition before the Supreme Court can cost a quarter-million in legal fees. If accepted, cases that have taken years of strategizing, while working their way through lower courts, can cost millions.
'March Madness' Beltway style
David Gura Mar 21, 2013
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament kicks off today, and there is big money at stake -- in office pools, of course, and in Washington, where the tournament is a gimmick for politicians raising campaign cash.
Tech companies tell Supreme Court: We support same-sex marriage
Adriene Hill Feb 28, 2013
Technology firms like Facebook and eBay are heavily represented among corporations and cities filing briefs supporting same-sex marriage in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stanford wins the fundraising race, setting a record
Amy Scott Mar 7, 2013
Stanford University becomes the first school to break the billion dollar barrier for fundraising in a single year.
