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Muslims sue NYPD over monitoring of mosques, congregants
New York Muslims have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York Police Department over the department's surveillance of Muslims, which they called invasive and unconstitutional. The public debate over government surveillance has crescendoed over...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Career and Workplace, Terrorism, New York City Police Department, Civil Rights
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Oakland Athletics - TeamReport
ReutersMLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Twice in three days, the A's made more news off the field than on it -- and the franchise hopes both newsmaking events help eventually lead to a new ballpark. On Sunday, the A's and Mariners had to...Tags: Josh Donaldson, San Francisco Giants, Derek Norris, Crime, Law and Justice, Jarrod Parker
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Special Report: Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither
ReutersALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they came to number 2,000 men, he said,...Tags: Turkey, Wars and Interventions, Arbitration, Saudi Arabia, Free Syrian Army
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ANALYSIS-Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps
Reuters(Repeats unchanged) By Susan Kelly CHICAGO, June 19 (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack...Tags: Barack Obama, Thomson Corporation, Health and Safety at Work, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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Some states speed up death penalty
Stateline.orgWASHINGTON Supporters and opponents of capital punishment agree: The current death penalty is expensive, inefficient and arbitrary. Some state legislatures have reacted to those faults by abolishing the death penalty, while others are trying to speed it...Tags: Justice System, Death Penalty, Punishment, Prisons, Parties and Movements
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Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption
McClatchy Foreign StaffVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico One day this year, citizen activist Jose Manuel Arias Rodriguez was told by the state of Tabasco that his request under the state's sunshine-in-government law had been granted. Sprawled before him were 14 boxes of receipts and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Mexico, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be released...
Tags: Barack Obama, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Justice System, Healthcare Laws, Career and Workplace
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California lawmakers support extension for suits by abuse victims
Survivors of child molestation would have more time to file lawsuits against institutions that employed their abusers under a proposal making its way through the California Legislature. Currently, most victims can file lawsuits against religious or...
Tags: Justice System, Trials, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice
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Counterfeit $10 and $20 bills surfacing in Stanford area
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Residents in the Lincoln County area might want to be extra cautious with their cash while local law enforcement is dealing with an influx of counterfeit money. Over the past two or three weeks, police have recovered $200-$300 worth...Tags: Business, Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice
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Switzerland buries U.S. tax law, banks seen at risk
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers dealt a death blow on Wednesday to a draft law which aimed to protect the country's banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping wealthy Americans evade tax. The Swiss government has warned that the bill'...Tags: UBS AG, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), HSBC Holdings plc, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance
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In The Newtown Clerk's Office, A Dishonorable End To Six Months Of Lawlessness
The Hartford CourantIf you were a government official, how far would you go to push back against a law you disagreed with? Would you openly defy the law? Would you be willing to violate your oath of office? Would you go so far as to badger those who favored enforcement...Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace, Freedom of Information Laws, Demographics
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Cardin gets the Constitution wrong
I do not know Del. Jon Cardin ("The lawless sheriffs of Maryland," June 17), but I would assume from his employment as a lawyer that he attended law school. Given the status of Maryland's school system, it is easy to understand his ignorance of the U.S....
Tags: Judges, Justice System, John G. Roberts, Jr., Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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