(CNN) -- One thing is certain this election year: President Barack Obama will win African American voters by a colossal margin.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in more than a year, indicating that the U.S. housing market remains under strain despite some modest signs of improvement.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- For a moment, someone was actually paying attention to what was going on in Jermaine Wilson's north Tulsa neighborhood.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling for an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch are seeking to postpone their trial because of publicity comparing their case to the Trayvon Martin case.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs.

Colson once famously said he'd walk over his grandmother to get the president elected to a second term. In 1972 The Washington Post called him "one of the most powerful presidential aides, variously described as a troubleshooter and as a `master of dirty tricks.'"

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- George Zimmerman is getting out of jail. Now his defense team has to worry about keeping the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of gunning down Trayvon Martin safe on the outside.

A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's a home within a home - and it could be coming soon to a home near you.