President Obama Recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee with White House Reception August 1, 2013.

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August 1, 2013

Washington, D.C., -The?White House announced that President Obama will commemorate the 50^th?Anniversary of the Lawyers? Committee for Civil Rights Under Law with a reception to be held today in the East Room.? Lawyers? Committee founding members, board members and current leadership will join the President, civil rights leaders, members of Congress and the Obama administration, as well as other distinguished guests for this special occasion.

In recognition of the White House announcement, the Lawyers? Committee has issued the following statement:

?We are honored and privileged that President Obama has chosen to commemorate the 50^thAnniversary of the Lawyers? Committee for Civil Rights Under Law at the White House ? the very site of the founding of the Lawyers? Committee five decades ago. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy issued a national call to action for lawyers to provide pro bono legal services and resources to address the racial discrimination that plagued our country.??

The Lawyers' Committee remains steadfast in its mission to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law for all Americans. The Lawyers? Committee's mission is to use the skills and resources of the bar to obtain equal opportunity for minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic opportunity.?

As we celebrate this momentous occasion and acknowledge that?much progress has been made, we must also recognize that the role and mission of the Lawyers? Committee remains as vital and as pertinent today as it did 50 years ago. During the 2012 election, the Lawyers? Committee worked hand-in-hand with the Department of Justice to prevent suppressive voting laws from going into effect in Texas, South Carolina and Florida.?

The last term of the Supreme Court, with the rulings on affirmative action in the?Fisher v. University of Texas?case and voting rights in the?Shelby v. Holder?case, served as a stark reminder that the job of the Lawyers? Committee and its affiliates nationwide is far from done. Most recently, the Trayvon Martin case exemplifies the need still to address institutional racism in our criminal justice system.?

As we honor the legacy of President Kennedy and this important milestone, we wish to thank President Obama for his continued leadership in efforts to achieve inclusion, racial justice and equal opportunity for all Americans.?We look forward to continuing the mission of the Lawyers? Committee in combating racial discrimination as long as it continues to exist.?

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The Lawyers? Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers? Committee), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. We are celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2013 as we continue our quest of ?Moving America Toward Justice.? The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law, particularly in the areas of fair housing and fair lending; community development; employment; voting; education and environmental justice.? For more information about the Lawyers? Committee, visitwww.lawyerscommittee.org.?

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(Reuters) ? Aetna Inc pulled out of Maryland?s health insurance exchange being created under President Barack Obama?s healthcare reform law after the state pressed it to lower its proposed rates by up to 29 percent.

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?This is not a step we take lightly,? she said.

Aetna said it was not clear yet how the move would affect all of its current policyholders in the state.

Maryland?s Insurance Administration, which provided a copy of the letter, declined to make an immediate comment beyond the explanation of its rate modification decision posted online. It announced approved rates on July 26.

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(By Caroline Humer. Reporting by Caroline Humer; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Dan Grebler and Phil Berlowitz)

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By Laurent Belsie,?Staff writer / August 3, 2013

A crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York in March. US employers added 162,000 jobs in July 2013, a modest increase and the fewest since March.

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Take Friday's jobs report. It showed the US economy created 162,000 jobs in July, fewer than expected, and that employees worked slightly fewer hours and for slightly less pay. If it weren't for the auto industry's dynamic recovery and strong gains in the wholesale and retail trade sector, the numbers would have been even worse.

The unemployment rate fell from 7.6 percent in June to 7.4 percent in July, but part of that improvement came because people were dropping out of the labor force.

In one encouraging sign for the employment market, Amazon.com announced this week that it would be adding 7,000 jobs at its warehouses around the nation. The announcement came a day before President Obama visited an Amazon.com warehouse to deliver a major speech on how to accelerate economic growth.

Won't be deterred by attack in Afghanistan: India

NEW DELHI: Hit by yet another suicide bomb attack on its mission in Jalalabad, India on Saturday said "terror machines" that operate from "beyond the borders" was the main threat to the security of Afghanistan and refused to be deterred from its commitment to assist the war-torn country.

At least 12 people were killed in the deadly attack targeting the Indian consulate in Jalalabad city, bordering Pakistan, in the backdrop of reports that the ISI-backed Haqqani network among others were again plotting to attack Indian interests in Afghanistan.

"This attack has once again highlighted that the main threat to Afghanistan's security and stability stems from terrorism and the terror machine that continues to operate from beyond its borders," ministry of external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.

He said the attack which has led to the injuries and deaths of several valiant Afghan police personnel as well as deaths of several innocent Afghan civilians including children, must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

However, he asserted that India would not be deterred by this attack and will continue to assist Afghanistan in its reconstruction and development effort.

"This was clearly an attack not just against India but an attack against the efforts to help the Afghan people overcome the tragic hardships they have endured due to several decades of war," he said.

This is the second strike on the consulate which was earlier attacked in 2007. Indian embassy in Kabul too came under a deadly attack in 2008 and was again targetted in 2009.

Pakistan-based Haqqani network, described by a former US military chief as the "veritable arm of ISI, has earlier been found to have carried out the attacks.

It is understood that Indian government had inputs about possible terror attacks against its consulates including the one in Jalalabad following which a team, comprising security officials, visited the consulates and the embassy in Kabul last week. Apart from Jalalabad, India has consulates in three more places ? Herat, Mazare-i-Sharif and Kandahar.

As per the recent intelligence inputs, apart from Haqqanis, the security threat was also from smaller militant groups based in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Akbaruddin said India wishes to express its deep gratitude to the brave Afghan security personnel who laid down their lives while protecting the Indian consulate.

"We wish to express our grief and condolences to the families of the innocent Afghan civilians who also lost their lives during this attack," he said.

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Ernest Dronenburg, San Diego?s County Clerk, has withdrawn his petition to the California state supreme court asking for clarification on enforcement of Prop 8. Dronenberg had filed his petition shortly after ProtectMarriage.com, the official proponents of Prop 8, filed their own similar one. The official proponents? petition is still pending:

San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg has withdrawn a petition asking the state Supreme Court to rule on whether same-sex marriages have truly become legal in California.

In a news release sent out Friday afternoon, Dronenburg said he canceled the petition because it covered the same ground as another petition filed earlier to the court.

The first petition was filed July 12 by Dennis Hollingsworth and others. Hollingsworth, a former state senator, has worked with ProtectMarriage.com in support of Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Dronenburg said he was withdrawing his petition, which he filed July 19, to speed up the legal process that he hopes will clarify the current legal standing of Prop. 8.

California?s Attorney General Kamala Harris had argued in legal filings that the San Diego petition and the proponents? petition were identical. The state asked the California Supreme Court to decline to stay marriages while deciding on the petition, and to deny the petition outright. Marriages are allowed to proceed while the state supreme court is considering the merits of the proponents? petition.

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The family of the driver who told investigators that the brakes on his bus failed, causing a crash that killed three adults and an unborn child has released a statement.

Dennis Maurer was behind the wheel of the bus that crashed Saturday on the northeast side. Chad and Courtney Phelps and their unborn child were killed along with Tonya Weindorf, a mother of five.

Maurer?s family released the following statement through Colonial Hills Baptist Church:

?In the aftermath of Saturday?s accident, we are comforted by our faith and hope in Jesus Christ and by our extended church family at Colonial Hills Baptist Church. The loss of our friends and fellow believers has been extremely painful, and we grieve with these families at this time. We are encouraged by the daily improvement of our church teens and rejoice as they heal. We ask for continued privacy as Dad recovers from his own injuries. Thank you for your continued prayers for all involved.?

Church officials will hold a news conference Wednesday at 5 p.m. to discuss the tragedy. Dr. Charles Phelps, the father of Chad Phelps and the church?s senior pastor, is expected to speak. Dr. Russell Gady, Courtney Phelps? father, and Jeff Leffew, a church deacon, will also talk about the crash.

Fox59.com will stream the news conference live. The live stream will start around 5 p.m. at this link.

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