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It's map-drawing time as cities and states create new political districts. In Chicago, where blacks left in droves during the past decade and the Latino population rose, city leaders are redrawing the boundaries of the 50 wards. What's at stake is representation and political clout.

You'd think if you were a relative of someone as famous as Harry Houdini, you'd know it. But George Hardeen, 59, didn't find out he was Houdini's great-nephew until he was a teenager. His grandfather was Houdini's brother. But the family DNA wasn't something anyone really talked about.

During the fighting last spring in Benghazi, Libya, priceless coins and other artifacts were taken from a bank. Authorities suspect it was an inside job.

The president's decision to act on some issues without congressional approval has political, as well as practical, ramifications. It also uses a script that has been followed by other presidents who faced a recalcitrant Congress.

The high court rebuked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, yet again. In dissent, three justices complained the majority was using the case to teach the Ninth Circuit Court a lesson.

The 12-foot crosses were placed along highways to commemorate state troopers killed in the line of duty. The lower court had ruled that amounted to state endorsement of religion.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel rides with the living dead in a whimsical image his office has posted online.

The company is teaming up with a network of community-based financial institutions, and beginning Tuesday anyone can make a tax-deductable contribution at a Starbucks store or online to the Create Jobs for USA Fund. The money will go to companies so they can hire or retain American workers.

As the world's population tops 7 billion people, population experts are worried about inevitable increases in cars, computers, bigger homes and a drain on resources. In an effort to combat this, one California company is producing small, energy-efficient homes — some as tiny as 300 square feet.

Justices hear arguments Tuesday in a U.S. Supreme Court case that sounds more like a John Grisham novel. At issue is whether police investigators have total immunity from being sued for giving false testimony before a grand jury.