President Barack Obama sat down with late night TV talk show host David Letterman on Monday, wrapping up a blitz of television appearances as he tries to build support for his top domestic priority, an ambitious health care overhaul plan.
"Was Jimmy Carter onto something ... was this unease rooted in racism, or is that just something to talk about?" Letterman asked.
"First of all, I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election," Obama said to huge laughs from Letterman and the audience.
A petition by some Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino dealers calling for the removal of the United Auto Workers as their union will be dismissed by the federal labor board
If the petition to decertify the UAW as the dealers' union had moved forward, there could have been a new election in which dealers voted again on whether to join the union.
Studies of the new H1N1 vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection against swine flu — but younger kids will need two.
The National Institutes of Health says that protection kicks in for older children within eight to 10 days, just like it does for adults.
But the preliminary data shows that younger children may need two shots 21 days apart
Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards.
The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows.
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