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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. Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty
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    SAN DIEGO (AP) — The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review
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    LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell
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    OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  4. Man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence's kin
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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  5. Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations
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    VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  6. Tunisian feminist faces 6 months in prison
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  1. Expert Carsten Hertwig from an Austrian non-governmental organisation called Four Paws breaks open a padlock to rescue brown bears Ari and Arina, from the private zoo of a restaurant in Prizren in this handout picture taken May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild...
  2. Experts from an Austrian non-governmental organisation called Four Paws carry brown bear Ari away from his enclosure at the private zoo of a restaurant in Prizren in this handout picture taken May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held in restaurants and...
  3. Managers of a restaurant protest after authorities arrive to confiscate brown bears Ari and Arina from their private zoo in Prizren in this handout picture taken May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held in restaurants and private zoos, responding to concerns...
  4. Police officers and experts from an Austrian non-governmental organisation called Four Paws carry a crate containing brown bear Arina, away from the private zoo of a restaurant in Prizren in this handout picture taken May 22, 2013. Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held...
  5. A man draws on a chalk board in front of a child as members of Printemps (Spring), a nebula of the most radical opponents of gay marriage, attend a rally in front of the headquarters of the Grand Orient de France, one of several masonic organizations in France, on May 24, 2013 in Paris.
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  2. The attorney general and I agree that the state is on firm legal footing as we move to return the Bibles to the rooms
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  4. It looked like we sneaked down there and did it ... We didn't do anything illegal. ... I have to prove to the people watching in Virginia that it was legal.
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  5. The Philippines underscores that the apprehension and illegal detention of peacekeepers are gross violations of international law
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  6. The decision is outrageous. It's wrong. It's illegal. It's a nullity. The magistrate has totally misconceived the law
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  7. The law in itself is a legal violation because parliament passed it while it was under a state of terrorism and intimidation
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  8. When a legal economy is bad, (law firm mergers) really slow down ... I think law firms are concerned about their revenue picture at this point of the year, and that might put a damper on finalizing merger talks right now.
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  9. The attorney general was the one who pushed the law in 2009, which got set aside. I'm not completely surprised
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  12. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  15. Isn't the attorney general implying that some of these institutions are so large, it is very difficult to make a decision to prosecute them?
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  16. Incorporation's basic purpose is to create a distinct legal entity, with legal rights, obligations, powers and privileges different from those of the natural individuals who created it, who own it, or whom it employs
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  22. We asked through the Red Cross and the attorney general in Damascus, but received no answer about his place of detention and his health
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  23. The (side) entrances are artificial two steps up and two steps down, built to create an atmosphere for marketing purposes. That is what makes them illegal
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  24. will serve only to encourage yet more illegal immigration. It will not solve the problem.
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