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Therapy Dogs ease stress for students
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. Purses, backpacks and textbooks are piled up on the floor, benches and any available surface, completely forgotten. Instead, students fill their hands and laps with four-legged friends. The Orange County, Calif., chapter of The Bright...Tags: Boston Marathon, American Kennel Club, Justice System, Students, Medical Procedures and Tests
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Taxation, Sports
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their...Tags: Justice System, Trials, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Death Penalty, Punishment
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Colorado governor grants reprieve to quadruple killer on death row
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve on Wednesday to the state's longest-serving death row inmate, ordering his execution blocked indefinitely in a move that infuriated prosecutors and victims' families. "It is a...Tags: Justice System, John Hickenlooper, Prisons, Behavioral Conditions, Executive Branch
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The Fifth — and First — Amendments
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, White House, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System, Orrin Hatch
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Oswego, Justice System, Laws, Judges, Interior Policy
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Health Treatments, Family Planning, Judges, Career and Workplace
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West Aurora school officials likely to avoid prosecution for not reporting sexual abuse allegations
West Aurora school officials who failed to report a suspicious incident involving a teacher later convicted of sexually abusing two students will avoid prosecution if their school district adopts and follows better reporting practices, Kane County's chief...
Tags: Aurora, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Students, Trials
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Michael Jackson referred to as 'freak' in AEG email
In his opening statement in the Michael Jackson wrongful-death suit, an attorney for AEG said his side would expose the singer's secrets. "We're going to show some ugly stuff," Marvin Putnam said. But on Wednesday, it was lawyers for the singer's family...Tags: Propofol (drug), Randy Phillips, AEG, Justice System, Michael Jackson
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old...Tags: Raul Castro, Bribery, Justice System, Toronto Star, Police Arrests
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Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersWASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not intend to testify. Her defiance only...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Sports
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Carmen Trutanich's defeat sown in a broken pledge
The seeds of one-term Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich's resounding election defeat Tuesday were planted in his ill-fated run for district attorney last year. The candidate himself acknowledged that with less than a quarter of the ballots counted....
Tags: Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Lobbying, AEG, Justice System
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