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Senior U.S. tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny -documents
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Higher-level U.S. Internal Revenue Service officials took part in discussions as far back as August 2011 about targeting by lower-level tax agents of "Tea Party" and other conservative...Tags: White House, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Jerry Brown files notice to appeal prison ruling to Supreme Court
Gov. Jerry Brown has, as promised, filed legal papers to appeal federal court orders to reduce the state's prison population with the U.S. Supreme Court. [Updated 4:40 p.m. May 13: The brief notice of appeal, filed Monday afternoon, simply states that a...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Jerry Brown
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Supreme Court passes on stock index option suit
ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the dispute over CBOE Holdings Inc.'s copyright on Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average index options. CBOE has fought for years to prevent its rival, the...Tags: S&P 500, International Securities Exchange Incorporated, Dow Jones Industrial Average, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, CME Group Inc.
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High court rules Ind. farmer violated Monsanto soybean patent
ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Monsanto Co.'s soybean patent. In the case, closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court agreed unanimously with Monsanto that Vernon Bowman, 75, an Indiana grain farmer, had performed...Tags: Biotechnology, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry
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Delaware to vote on becoming 11th state to allow gay marriage
Delaware lawmakers will take up a gay marriage bill on Tuesday in a bid to make the state the 11th to allow same-sex couples to wed. The scheduled vote in the state's Democrat-controlled Senate follows the General Assembly's passage of the bill...
Tags: Government, Lincoln Chafee, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Elections
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Man convicted of spying in the U.S. is allowed to return to Cuba
MEXICO CITY -- A man convicted of spying in the U.S. for the Castro regime has been allowed to return to Cuba after more than a decade in an American prison, and on Monday he began the paperwork to make his homecoming permanent (link in Spanish). Rene...
Tags: Punishment, Cuba, Trials, Crimes, U.S. Military
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'Safety net' hospitals watching health law impact
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana hospitals that serve as safety nets for the poor and uninsured say they're waiting to see what impact the federal health care overhaul has on their bottom lines. The law will give more people access to insurance...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Healthcare Policies, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicaid
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What gives with Sandra Day O'Connor?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor should never have retired from the U.S. Supreme Court. She is an 83-year-old with plenty of energy, which she expends hearing lower-court cases, giving speeches, and making me want to tear my hair out by talking like the...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Al Gore, Justice System
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Lake Highland fights drugs with tests
Most schools have a drug problem, and private schools are no different. Private schools often get a worse rap because kids with money can buy the really potent stuff. Lake Highland Preparatory isn't being specific about student drug use other than...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Drug Use, Recreational Substance Use, Public Schools, Education
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IRS kept shifting targets in U.S. tax-exempt groups scrutiny -report
Reuters* "Tea Party," other key words were initially used -report * Criticism of "how country being run" was also eyed * Full watchdog report expected to be made public this week By Kevin Drawbaugh and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - When U.S. tax...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Woman fights to keep house
South Bend TribuneA series of setbacks led to a Mishawaka woman's home being sold at a county tax sale, and a St. Joseph County judge is weighing whether she was adequately warned that her house was in jeopardy. Meanwhile, attorneys and judges around the state are...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Family, Newspaper and Magazine, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Rentals
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Bill Clinton, Feminism, American Civil Liberties Union
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