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U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters

A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters.  read more »

Wisconsin Union-Busting Drive Feeds Off Towns That Are Shrinking

The loss of power and people in rural and small town Wisconsin is helping fuel a showdown over government union rights and benefits.  read more »

GOP-led House votes to repeal health care law

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal last year's health care law, the first major rebuke of the White House by the House since Republicans took control of it this mont  read more »

Feds charge Jared Lee Loughner with Saturday's mass shooting

PHOENIX (KGUN9-TV) - Federal prosecutors have finally filed charges against the man arrested for Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. A press release issued Sunday afternoon said that the U.S.  read more »

Steven Hayes Sentenced to Death for the Deadly Conn. Home Invasion

Steven Hayes was sentenced to death by a Connecticut jury today (11.8.2010) for his role in the deadly 2007 home invasion that killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters.  read more »

GOP: There'll be no compromise on tax cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans leader in both the House and the Senate said Sunday there would be no compromise with Democrats on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest taxpayers.  read more »

Mexico's president opposes marijuana legalization

Prop. 19, the California measure to legalize pot, would undercut Mexico's fight against drug cartels, President Felipe Calderon says. He calls on the Obama administration to oppose the measure.  read more »

India students suspended for rude Facebook messages

A leading school in India has suspended 16 students for posting rude remarks about a woman teacher on the popular social networking site, Facebook.  read more »

Student caught in middle: Dream of college awakes to the reality graduates face when here illegally

To advocates on both sides of the immigration debate, Miriam Torres is emblematic of the problems facing this country.  read more »

Viewpoint: Religious freedom is not tolerance

Here's an essay question, students: Religious freedom and religious tolerance are not the same thing, or are they? Discuss.  read more »

Netherlands releases Yemen flight suspects

Neither of the two men, reportedly US residents, was on any watch lists.  read more »

Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles

How good is one teacher compared with another?  read more »

Teen Sues Mom for Hacking Facebook Account

An Arkansas boy is suing his mom because she allegedly hacked into his Facebook account and posted slanderous remarks.  read more »

Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and U.S.  read more »

Same-sex marriage set for big day in federal court

LOS ANGELES -- After a run of setbacks at the state level, gay rights advocates will take the campaign for same-sex marriage into a federal courtroom on Monday, starting down a treacherous avenue that  read more »

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.  read more »

Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach

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Injunction by Twitter: Stopping a Web Impostor

British members of Parliament and their prospective challengers are thronging onto social-networking sites with all the enthusiasm and grace of dads getting down on the dance floor.  read more »

French, German publishers step up campaign against Google Books

The internet giant’s project to digitize millions of books is up and running, but some in Europe’s book industry are still hoping to cut a better deal.  read more »

Is 13 Too Young to Sail Around the World Solo?

A Dutch court placed a 13-year-old girl in temporary custody on Friday, Aug. 28, after her parents insisted on supporting her bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo.  read more »

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