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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. Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
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    GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. The next steps in Jodi Arias case
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    PHOENIX (AP) — The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has failed to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. Fugitive in LA attempted-murder case held in Colo.
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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  4. Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set
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    PHOENIX (AP) — The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  5. Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin
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    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  6. Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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  1. MOORE, OK - MAY 23: Tim Jones (R) and his daughter-in-law Tamara Jones fold a flag that was recovered from Tim's home after it was destroyed by a tornado May 23, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. A two-mile wide EF5 tornado touched down in Moore May 20 killing at least 24 people and leaving...
  2. U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole waves to the audience after delivering remarks on cyber security at the Cybersecurity law summit in Washington, May 23, 2013. Cole, who authorized prosecutors to obtain the telephone toll records of The Associated Press in a leak case, spoke...
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  5. U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole waves to the audience after delivering remarks on cyber security at the Cybersecurity law summit in Washington, May 23, 2013.
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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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