Inmates who are held in solitary confinement spend 23 hours a day in small windowless cells, receiving their food on trays that are pushed through a slot in the cell’s door.
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1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says
A quarter of Americans surveyed could not correctly answer that the Earth revolves around the sun and not the other way around, according to a report out Friday from the National Science Foundation.
Holder Orders Equal Treatment For Married Same-Sex Couples
Attorney General Eric Holder has for the first time directed Justice Department employees to give same-sex married couples “full and equal recognition, to the greatest extent under the law,” a move with far-ranging consequences for how such couples are treated in federal courtrooms and proceedings.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Ban On Gay Marriage
Saying Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage is “arbitrary” and “irrational,” a federal judge ruled the ban violated the constitution and it should be struck down.
Sebelius Touts 2 Million Obamacare Enrollees
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has spent months fending off critics of the Affordable Care Act rollout, is touting the more than 2 million people who have signed up for coverage despite the troubled HealthCare.gov website.
On Evolution, A Widening Political Gap, Pew Says
The divide between Republicans and Democrats on their views of the scientific theory of evolution is widening, according to a new poll released by Pew’s Religion & Public Life Project.
Small Businesses Get One-Year Delay In Health Insurance Process
The Obama administration announced it is delaying until November 2014 a requirement that small businesses shop for health insurance via the troubled federal HealthCare.gov site, which has been blamed for many problems since its launch last month. The shift applies to businesses with fewer than 50 full-time workers.
Administration Invites HealthCare.gov Users To Try Again
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking more than 275,000 people who tried and failed to sign up for health plans on the stalled HealthCare.gov website to give it another shot.
U.S. Budget Deficit Falls Under $1 Trillion; Lowest Since 2008
The U.S. government ran a deficit of $680 billion in the financial year that ended last month — the first time since 2008 that the annual shortfall has been under $1 trillion.
Obama’s ‘Keep Your Health Care Plan’ Pledge Fails Fact Checks
Nonpartisan fact checkers are giving failing grades to President Obama’s oft-repeated pledge to Americans that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.”