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Supreme Court Takes Up Obamacare Contraception Mandate
High court will review whether businesses can use religious objections to escape birth control requirement.
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US Approves Southwest, Virgin for LaGuardia Slots
on the market. Last month, American and US Airways agreed to give up some of their slots at LaGuardia and Washington's Reagan National Airport to settle an antitrust lawsuit that the Justice Department filed to block their merger.
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FBI Agent Testifies at Ex-BP Engineer's Trial
that could have been evidence in the Justice Department 's investigation of the company's ..... who served on a task force that the Justice Department formed after the blowout triggered ..... the trial's opening statements, Justice Department prosecutor Jennifer Saulino said
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Trial Begins for Ex-Officer in Katrina Shooting
a prosecutor's remarks. In 2011, the Justice Department issued a scathing report alleging a pattern ..... unconstitutional conduct by police. The city and the Justice Department reached an agreement calling for sweeping
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AT&T Pays $3.5M to Settle Pa. Woman's Lawsuit
fired because she sought to prevent international con artists from using a service for the hearing impaired. The Department of Justice later joined the case, alleging the company improperly billed the government for services designed for use by
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Column: Not the Time to Give Heisman to Winston
woman identified him as far back as January as her attacker. It's not just a football issue, either. A 2007 Department of Justice study showed one in seven coeds reported being victims of completed sexual assaults at some point in their college
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Jury Picked for Ex-BP Engineer's Federal Trial
Twelve jurors and three alternates have been picked to hear the Justice Department 's case against a former BP drilling engineer charged with deleting text messages and voicemails about the company's response
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Jury Selection for Ex-Officer in Katrina Shooting
A federal judge in New Orleans says he expects to seat a jury Tuesday to hear the Justice Department 's retrial of a former New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a man outside a strip mall after Hurricane Katrina. It's
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Federal Jury to Hear Case Against Ex-BP Engineer
Jury selection is underway in the Justice Department 's case against a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages and voicemails about the company's response to its
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Retrial Opens for Ex-Officer in Katrina Shooting
For the second time in three years, a federal jury is set to hear the Justice Department 's case against a former New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a man outside a strip mall in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath
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Ex-BP Engineer Who Deleted Texts Heads to Trial
resolve a criminal investigation of its role in the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a jury is set to hear the Justice Department 's case against a former company employee accused of trying to stymie the federal investigation. Kurt Mix
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Former Klan Leader Indicted in Ala. Cross Burning
Klux Klan leader is charged with burning a cross in a mostly black neighborhood in southeast Alabama. The Justice Department says 28-year-old Steven Joshua Dinkle was indicted on charges of conspiring to violate housing rights
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Retrial to Begin in Deadly Katrina Police Shooting
alleged police misconduct in New Orleans. His December 2010 conviction was touted as a major milestone in the Justice Department 's ambitious efforts to clean up the city's troubled police department. Warren was one of the first to be
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Latinos Want US to Sue Over LA Supervisors' Board
administration is aggressively pursuing lawsuits over minority voting rights in Texas and North Carolina. But the Justice Department has not moved in connection with evidence that the latest round of redistricting in Los Angeles County unfairly
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Correction: Gun Rights-States Story
guns kept in the state where they were manufactured. Other pro-gun states have passed similar measures. The Justice Department has argued successfully that the courts already have decided Congress can use its power to regulate interstate
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Ethics Panel Defers to Justice in Rep. Grimm Probe
leaving the matter in the hands of the Justice Department , which is conducting a criminal probe ..... Republican remains under investigation by the Justice Department for potentially violating campaign finance
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Oilfield Company Pays $253M to Settle Bribery Case
Swiss-based company says it agreed to pay $253 million to settle the charges and other claims against it by the U.S. Department of Justice , the Department of Commerce and other federal agencies. Weatherford has operations in Houston. The settlement
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Lawyer for Conn. Woman Shot in DC Seeks US Probe
A lawyer for a Connecticut woman killed by police after a car chase outside the U.S. Capitol is requesting a Justice Department investigation. Attorney Eric Sanders says in a letter that he believes the officers who shot Miriam Carey last month
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Gun Advocates Appeal 'Firearms Freedom Act' Ruling
declare that federal firearms regulations don't apply to guns kept in the state where they were manufactured. The Justice Department has argued successfully that the courts already have decided Congress can use its power to regulate interstate
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Now You Can Swap Bitcoins for Boob Jobs in Florida
Once seen as the currency of the black market, the value of the Bitcoin shot up to $600 this week after the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledged the hard-to-trace virtual currency as "legitimate
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Feds Raid Denver-Area Pot Shops
There are strong indications that more than one of the eight federal prosecution priorities identified in the Department of Justice 's August guidance memo are potentially implicated," Dorchner said. On January 1, Colorado becomes the first
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JP Morgan Pays the Biggest Bank Settlement Ever
actually see. Here now or senior justice correspondent pierre thomas one-on-one. Reporter: Tonight the justice department is accusing jpmorgan chase of helping trigger the financial meltdown of 2008. They have admitted to packaging
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If Kennedy Lived: Imagining a Different Fate for JFK (and Johnson) 50 Years Later
a betrayal Kennedy forty had a promise that they would keep the prices low. Robert Kennedy used to power the Justice Department in ways that were clearly abuse. Looking tax returns threatening the exposure of executives private lives they
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Stocks Struggle to Cross Key Milestone
sales, and the Labor Department will release the Consumer Price Index for that month. JP Morgan settled with the Justice Department on Monday, agreeing to the landmark $13 billion settlement over the mortgage meltdown that kicked off the financial
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Blackwater Founder Fights For Reputation
point it is that if the amount of scrutiny paid to that event. Was paid every other shooting he would at the justice department for the next for the next decade. It was the incident that eventually led to black squatters expulsion from Iraq
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5 Things to Know This Morning
according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. 2. JPMorgan Chase Reaches $4.5B Deal With Investors The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have reached an agreement on all issues in a $13 billion settlement, the largest ever
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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince 'Regrets' Working for US State Dept.
event was paid to every other shooting of any U.S. forces or any other contractor forces it would tie up the Justice Department for the next decade," he said. It was this incident that eventually led to Blackwater's expulsion from Iraq
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The Tea Party's Batman and Robin: Mike Lee on His Political Partnership With Ted Cruz
you've known him since you owners hope I live in McLean Virginia for a few years my dad was working for the Justice Department his son Josh and I have been friends. Since the sixth grade there was a story about and locked unit garage plants
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Blackwater Founder Unapologetic on Company's Role in Iraq
event was paid to every other shooting of any U.S. forces or other contractor forces, it would tie up the Justice Department for the next decade," Prince said. "War is dangerous. It is difficult, and unfortunately, civilians get
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Google Gets Record Number of User Data Requests From Governments
Snowden . Google -- followed by Yahoo , Microsoft and other companies -- has filed suit against the U.S. Justice Department , urging a federal judge to let it disclose some statistics about actions compelled under the controversial NSA
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Biggest Winners and Losers From American-US Airways Merger
With the Justice Department 's approval of the American Airlines-US Airways settlement ..... included a number of concessions from the two airlines after the Justice Department sued in August to halt the merger. The Losers 1. Consumers
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Cheaper Gas Boosts Consumers for Holidays
could be Jet Blue and Southwest Airlines. They'd win new landing slots if the merger wins final approval. The Justice Department dropped its lawsuit after concessions were made by the two airlines, but this doesn't help travelers in some
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John Edwards and the Mistress: A Breakdown of One of America's Most Sensational Scandals
and a federal judge declared a mistrial on five other criminal counts after the jury came back deadlocked. The Justice Department decided to not retry the case. With his political career over, Edwards is working to renew his license to practice
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3 Things to Consider Before Donating to Typhoon Haiyan Relief Charities
disasters, as fraud can be directed at multiple targets: scamming victims, donors or charities themselves. The Department of Justice established The National Center for Disaster Fraud in 2005 to investigate, prosecute and deter fraud related