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- Space shuttle Discovery makes final flight to museum
- U.S. marks second victory over British in War of 1812
- Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks new oil market crackdown
- Halt California funds for high-speed rail: budget watchdog
- Would-be New York City suicide bombers detail plot
- Ohio to execute farm hand who murdered boy
- Florida judge in Trayvon Martin case to decide on recusal
- Forecasters struggle to stay a step ahead of tornadoes
- Analysis: Sex tapers can thank 3rd Circuit for 1st Amendment protection
- Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
- Colleges angle for influential foreign students like Bo Guagua
- Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
- BNY Mellon forex suits put under one court roof
- "Mini-Madoff" Arthur Nadel dies in prison at 80
- Two former executives admit paying foreign bribes
- White House threatens to veto bill on Keystone
- Obama has confidence in Secret Service chief: White House
- Georgia welfare law requires drug test to receive aid
- Illinois Mega Millions winner could face "lottery curse"
- U.S. rejects import duties on refrigerators, steel wheels
- Conservative group retreats on "stand your ground"
- NY's Suffolk County cuts capital budget by 21 percent
- Senate begins debating Postal Service overhaul
- Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
- U.S. top court: lawyers hired by cities can seek immunity
- Supreme Court takes another look at gray market resales
- Michigan lottery winner kept cashing welfare checks
- Pentagon sees progress, challenges in cyber warfare
- Women brought to Colombia hotel by U.S. agents, military: senator
- Cherokee adoption battle in South Carolina high court
- Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing guns in state buildings
- Halt California funds for high-speed rail: budget watchdog
- Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
- U.S. agents, military took up to 21 women to Colombia hotel
- U.S. marks second victory over British in War of 1812
- Ohio to execute farm hand who murdered boy
- Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
- Obama has confidence in Secret Service chief: White House
- "Shock jock" Stern lawsuit vs Sirius XM thrown out
- "Mini-Madoff" Arthur Nadel dies in prison at 80
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| Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks new oil market crackdown Posted:
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| Halt California funds for high-speed rail: budget watchdog Posted:
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| Would-be New York City suicide bombers detail plot Posted:
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| Ohio to execute farm hand who murdered boy Posted:
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| Florida judge in Trayvon Martin case to decide on recusal Posted:
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| Forecasters struggle to stay a step ahead of tornadoes Posted:
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| Analysis: Sex tapers can thank 3rd Circuit for 1st Amendment protection Posted: (Reuters) - There's no question what Congress intended when it passed a pair of laws requiring producers of sexually-explicit materials to keep records on the age of the people engaged in sex acts (or simulated sex acts): curb child pornography. Lawmakers had already banned commercial child porn, but producers hired actors who were of age but looked young, making it tough to enforce the ban. ... |
| Court says Arizona can demand voter identification Posted: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year. But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal. That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. ... |
| Colleges angle for influential foreign students like Bo Guagua Posted: (Reuters) - His academic record was spotty, but as he applied for graduate studies in the United States, Bo Guagua would have looked like quite a catch to many universities, according to researchers who study college admissions. The young man had deep connections to China's elite; his father was an up-and-coming politician poised to enter the Communist Party leadership and his mother came from a renowned military family. On top of all that, young Bo appeared to have access to considerable wealth -- and was not shy about spending it. ... |
| Court says Arizona can demand voter identification Posted: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year. But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal. That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. ... |
| BNY Mellon forex suits put under one court roof Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight federal court lawsuits accusing Bank of New York Mellon Corp of routinely overcharging clients on foreign exchange trades have been moved to Manhattan federal court at the custody bank's request. The cases were transferred on Monday by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, according to an order made public on Tuesday. The panel said it found common questions of fact in cases filed in New York, California and Pennsylvania. ... |
| "Mini-Madoff" Arthur Nadel dies in prison at 80 Posted:
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| Two former executives admit paying foreign bribes Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former executives at a California valve company pleaded guilty to foreign bribery charges, the Justice Department said on Tuesday, handing the department a victory after a string of defeats. Control Components Inc's former president, Stuart Carson, and his wife, Hong Carson, the company's former director of sales for China and Taiwan, pleaded guilty late Monday before a federal judge in Santa Ana, California, the DOJ said. ... |
| White House threatens to veto bill on Keystone Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said Obama would veto legislation before the U.S. House of Representatives that sought to force approval of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline as part of a new 90-day extension of federal transportation funding. President Barack Obama earlier this year put a hold on TransCanada's $7 billion project, designed to bring crude oil from Canada and North Dakota to Texas refineries, because he said it needed further environmental review in Nebraska. ... |
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| Georgia welfare law requires drug test to receive aid Posted: ATLANTA (Reuters) - Low-income adults seeking public assistance in Georgia will have to pass a drug test before receiving benefits under a measure signed by Governor Nathan Deal on Monday, making it the latest state to push through the controversial testing requirement. Supporters of the Social Responsibility and Accountability Act said it is designed to ensure that welfare payments, called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, are not "diverted to illicit drug use. ... |
| Illinois Mega Millions winner could face "lottery curse" Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the winner of a third of the record $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot steps before the cameras on Wednesday at a news conference in Red Bud, Illinois, life will be upended and there is a high risk he or she will fall prey to the "lottery curse," experts said. Illinois requires the winner's identity to be revealed. Holders of two other winning tickets in Kansas and Maryland have chosen to remain anonymous. ... |
| U.S. rejects import duties on refrigerators, steel wheels Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel on Tuesday rejected punitive duties on bottom-mount refrigerators from South Korea and Mexico and on steel wheels from China in a blow for Whirlpool and other U.S. manufacturers seeking import relief. The U.S. International Trade Commission voted 5-0, with one commissioner abstaining, that Whirlpool had not been materially injured or threatened with injury by lower-priced imports from South Korea and Mexico. It made that decision even though the U.S. Commerce Department last month found South Korean and Mexican companies had been selling in the U.S. ... |
| Conservative group retreats on "stand your ground" Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative group under pressure for spreading "stand your ground" self-defense laws in the United States said on Tuesday it is abandoning that part of its work to focus on the economy. The decision by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) came after a months-long public lobbying campaign that successfully persuaded large U.S. corporations, including the Coca-Cola Co, Kraft Foods Inc and PepsiCo Inc, to cut ties to the organization. ... |
| NY's Suffolk County cuts capital budget by 21 percent Posted: (Reuters) - Next year's capital budget for New York's Suffolk County will be cut 21 percent because of the county's strained finances, the county executive said on Tuesday, despite the risk that such reductions could limit economic growth and job creation. The capital plan for 2013 would fall to $129.9 million under the proposal by County Executive Steve Bellone. The program for the current year totals $163.8 million, he said in a statement. The reductions are needed to help lower how much debt Suffolk County takes on, the Democratic county executive said. ... |
| Senate begins debating Postal Service overhaul Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Tuesday to begin debating legislation that would allow the cash-strapped Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery after two years. The bill from Republicans Susan Collins and Scott Brown, Democrat Thomas Carper and Independent Joe Lieberman would also allow the mail agency to use surplus funds in a federal retirement account to offer retirement incentives and to explore developing its own health care plan. The Postal Service has struggled to staunch billions in annual losses as consumers increasingly send email and pay bills online. ... |
| Court says Arizona can demand voter identification Posted: (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld Arizona's requirement that voters show identification at the polls, but struck down its requirement that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. While agreeing that Arizona was within its rights to require identification at voting places, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded the national Voting Rights Act, or NVRA, superseded the law's requirement that anyone registering to vote in a federal election show "satisfactory evidence" of U.S. citizenship. ... |
| U.S. top court: lawyers hired by cities can seek immunity Posted:
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| Supreme Court takes another look at gray market resales Posted: (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has decided to take a second crack at reconciling two apparently contradictory provisions in the Copyright Act: one that permits buyers to resell goods without worrying about permission from U.S. copyright holders, and another that controls the importation of copyrighted material into the United States. It may sound arcane, but this is a hugely-consequential issue. ... |
| Michigan lottery winner kept cashing welfare checks Posted: (Reuters) - A Michigan woman who continued to take food stamp benefits for months after winning $1 million in the state lottery has been charged with welfare fraud, officials said Tuesday. Amanda Clayton, 25, of Lincoln Park in suburban Detroit, received public assistance through March of this year despite winning $1 million from the Michigan lottery in September, the state attorney general's office said. ... |
| Pentagon sees progress, challenges in cyber warfare Posted:
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| Women brought to Colombia hotel by U.S. agents, military: senator Posted:
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| Cherokee adoption battle in South Carolina high court Posted:
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| Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing guns in state buildings Posted:
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| Halt California funds for high-speed rail: budget watchdog Posted:
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| Court says Arizona can demand voter identification Posted: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year. But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal. That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. ... |
| U.S. agents, military took up to 21 women to Colombia hotel Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service agents and military personnel took as many as 21 women back to their hotel in Colombia in an incident last week involving alleged misconduct with prostitutes, a Republican senator said on Tuesday. "There are 11 agents involved. Twenty or 21 women foreign nationals were brought to the hotel, but allegedly Marines were involved with the rest," Senator Susan Collins of Maine - who was briefed by the director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan - said in an email to Reuters. ... |
| U.S. marks second victory over British in War of 1812 Posted:
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| Ohio to execute farm hand who murdered boy Posted:
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| Court says Arizona can demand voter identification Posted: PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year. But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal. That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. ... |
| Obama has confidence in Secret Service chief: White House Posted:
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| "Shock jock" Stern lawsuit vs Sirius XM thrown out Posted:
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| "Mini-Madoff" Arthur Nadel dies in prison at 80 Posted:
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