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  1. Senate panel approves immigration bill
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
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    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said. The agent and two Massachusetts State Police troopers were... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  4. U.S. appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks
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    (Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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  1. Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect
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    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. Missing Utah mom's father-in-law not getting out
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    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell won't be released from prison Thursday, the... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. Congress clears bill on lying about medals
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Lying about receiving a military medal could become a crime, under a bill headed to the president's desk. ... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  4. U.S. Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
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    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

  5. Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
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    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  6. Accused Fort Hood shooter asks to fire lawyers, represent self
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    SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood shooting spree gunman Major Nidal Hasan asked a U.S. military judge on Wednesday... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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  1. Animal rights activists pretending to be bulls stuck through with banderillas lie on the ground covered with mock blood during a protest against bullfighting in Barcelona May 23, 2013. The activists collected signatures to present to the government in protest against a draft law...
  2. This picture taken on May 21, 2013 shows workers from a local paid cable TV company installing network cables in downtown Hanoi. A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said on May 16 it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new...
  3. This picture taken on May 21, 2013 shows a worker from a local paid cable TV company installing network cables in downtown Hanoi. A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said on May 16 it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new...
  4. This picture taken on May 21, 2013 shows a worker from a local paid cable TV company installing network cables in downtown Hanoi. A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said on May 16 it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new...
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    D.C. Circuit: Judges Can Investigate Juror Misconduct, Racial Bias
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    The Court's decision allowing judges to investigate jurors is narrow; only when there is a constitutional right at...

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    Arizona's 20 Week Abortion Ban Not a Regulation, Unconstitutional
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    Though the District Court upheld the law as a "restriction, not a ban," the Ninth Circuit disagreed and held that the...

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    Beware of Newbie Police Informants, They're Reliable Too
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    Winarske was arrested for possession of a stolen handgun and ammunition. Fergel was considered a reliable police...

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    Beating Billing Blunders: Time Tracking Tips to Help You Get Paid
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    There are a lot of annoyances that come with running your own firm, but for most attorneys, if they were to list...

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    Court Rejects Mass Killer John Ferguson's Stay of Execution
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    Then, Ferguson took his claim to the state appellate courts, only to be rejected again by the Eleventh Circuit. The...

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