1,100 homes struck by Texas tornadoes, Red Cross says

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• 1,100 homes struck by Texas tornadoes, Red Cross says
• Holder: Obama affirms courts' authority
• Opinion: Court's order a 'hissy fit'
• Opinion: Obama should know better
• How turn-of-century bakery plays role
• Lawyer: Zimmerman whispered 'punks'
• 'Merchant of death' gets 25-years
• Hand over Saif Gadhafi, court tells Libya
• U.N. on Syria: We must silence tanks
• Coast Guard shells tsunami 'ghost ship'

1,100 homes struck by Texas tornadoes, Red Cross says Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:35 PM PDT Updated tallies show 349 homes were leveled and 750 were damaged by the tornadoes that tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday.

Holder: Obama affirms courts' authority Posted: 05 Apr 2012 11:03 AM PDT Administration lawyers met a deadline to file a letter affirming the government's stance that federal courts have the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

Opinion: Court's order a 'hissy fit' Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:46 AM PDT The Fifth Circuit's homework assignment to the Department of Justice is a disgrace -- an embarrassment to the federal judiciary. Still, it's a useful window on the contemporary merger of law and politics.

Opinion: Obama should know better Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:02 PM PDT In what must be the most extraordinary statement of his presidency, Barack Obama on Monday blasted the possibility that the United States Supreme Court might overturn the Affordable Care Act. Obama said the court would take an "unprecedented, extraordinary step" if it overturns the law, because it was passed by "a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."

How turn-of-century bakery plays role Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:14 PM PDT At the turn of the last century, a New York bakery owner named Joseph Lochner decided he wanted his employees to work longer hours than state law allowed.

Lawyer: Zimmerman whispered 'punks' Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT George Zimmerman told his lawyers that he whispered "punks," not a racial slur, in the moments before he killed Trayvon Martin, his lawyers said.

'Merchant of death' gets 25-years Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:22 PM PDT Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was sentenced Thursday to 25 years behind bars by a federal judge in New York.

Hand over Saif Gadhafi, court tells Libya Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT Libya must make arrangements to hand over Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to the International Criminal Court immediately, court officials said Thursday, complaining that the son of Libya's deposed leader has been mistreated and "physically attacked" since he was captured last year.

U.N. on Syria: We must silence tanks Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:13 PM PDT The government says it's pulling some troops out response to former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peace plan, his spokesman says. The claim couldn't be confirmed.

Coast Guard shells tsunami 'ghost ship' Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:34 PM PDT The U.S. Coast Guard has deployed a ship to sink a fishing trawler that was swept away more than a year ago by the tsunami off the coast of Japan and is now adrift near Alaska.

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