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Alabama immigration law faces legal challenge: Can it survive?
Federal lawsuits have been filed against five states that have passed tough anti-illegal-immigration bills. Here is the legal state of play for all five state laws:
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Health care law's future: four scenarios
One year ago, President Barack Obama signed a sweeping health-care law to fulfill a long-standing Democratic pledge to ensure health-care coverage for all Americans.
Passage of the law was a major legislative victory for Obama and helped change the political landscape, but not always in the way Democrats had hoped. Republicans strongly opposed the law and successfully worked public skepticism about it into sweeping election victories in November.
Here's a look at the uncertain future of the health care law:
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New EPA guidelines on soot: a political cloud for Obama?
Forced by a federal court to act, the EPA issued new clean air guidelines lowering permissible levels of soot. The move was attacked by Republicans and industry leaders as harming the economy.
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Dutch bank pays steep price for ignoring US sanctions on Iran and Cuba
Dutch bank ING has agreed to pay a record $619 million fine after admitting that it moved money from Iran and Cuba through US banks despite sanctions forbidding the practice.
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Samsung Galaxy III coming to US? Legal battle looms.
Samsung Galaxy III scheduled to start selling in the US on June 21. Samsung says it will fight Apple's move to have a federal court ban sales of the Samsung Galaxy III.
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Edwards trial: still no verdict after eight days
The eighth day of trial did bring a note from one of the jurors, however, which prompted several private conversations with the attorneys in the case.
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Android clears court review of patent claims
Android did not infringe Oracle patents, court rules, in a major blow to Oracle. Android ruling means Oracle won't collect billions of dollars in royalties from Google.
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Gay marriage: Judge overturns DOMA, stepping up pressure on Supreme Court
A federal judge struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which precludes gay couples from receiving federal marriage benefits. She is the third federal judge to do so, suggesting that the Supreme Court might need to step in soon to clarify its position.
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Facebook lawsuits: Did all shareholders get same data in IPO?
Facebook lawsuits charge that banks in charge of IPO didn't share company information with all shareholders. In addition to Facebook lawsuits, two congressional committees are also investigating the IPO.
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Facebook struggles as lawsuits loom
The stock climbed a dollar on Wednesday, but it is still 16 percent below its IPO price last Friday.
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No verdict yet in Edwards trial
Jurors will begin a third day of deliberation on Tuesday as they decide whether or not John Edwards committed campaign finance violations by funneling money to his mistress.
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Edwards doesn't testify in campaign finance trial
The former senator's defense rested without putting on John Edwards, accused of illegally funneling money to his mistress.
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Justice Department sues Joe Arpaio for discrimination: Is he cornered? (+video)
The Justice Department alleges Joe Arpaio, an anti-illegal immigration icon and Arizona sheriff, discriminates against Latinos. Judges in such cases typically have a lot of leeway to intervene.
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Cleveland bridge plot: Anarchists angry with corporate America
The Cleveland bridge plot offers a window on the FBI strategy of using sting operations to catch terrorists. Lawyers cry entrapment. FBI says it's stopping terrorists.
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New York man found guilty in suicide subway bomb plot
Adis Medunjanin, a Bosnian-born US citizen, faces the prospect of life in prison after being convicted on nine counts.
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Edwards trial: Aide's wife breaks down on stand
Cheri Young began to cry when asked why she went along with the cover-up of Edwards' affair.
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John Edwards on trial over $1 million used to support mistress (+video)
John Edwards faces six criminal counts over the use of $1 million. John Edwards says the donations were gifts. Prosecutors say they were campaign donations.
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'Bachelor' show discrimination? Why prime time TV is whiter than in 1976.
'Bachelor' show discrimination is at issue in a lawsuit that alleges the ABC program sought to exclude minorities. But 'The Bachelor' isn't alone in being predominately white.
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BP settles with private plantiffs over Gulf oil spill
The multinational corporation said Wednesday it will pay out $7.8 billion from the $20 billion trust it set up after the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
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Horizons
What the e-book scandal means for AppleApple is under fire from the DOJ. So how will the next few months shake out for the tech giant?
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Apple, five major publishers accused of e-book collusion by DOJOn Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed a complaint in US District Court against Apple and a group of publishers. Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to settle. The rest will probably fight on.
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Stolen identity: Soldier allegedly targets Microsoft co-founderStolen identity case revolves around Brandon Price, a resident of Pittsburgh, who allegedly attempted to steal the identity of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Why us Allen's stolen identity?
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N.Y. Mets owners settle with Madoff trustee for $162 million (+video)
The ownership group of Major League Baseball's New York Mets has agreed to a settlement deal with the trustee trying to recoup billions of dollars in the wake of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.
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Android patent trial set for next month
Android system violates Java patents, Oracle charges in patent and copyright suit against Google. Android suit could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
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California ready to cut greenhouse gases. Next, doing it.
After five years, California has put in place rules to cut greenhouse-gas emissions statewide back to 1990 levels. But lingering effects of the recession have pushed implementation back a year to 2013.
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Michigan's Hutaree militia: Band of gun enthusiasts or a threat to the US?
Members of the Hutaree militia were arrested in 2010 for allegedly planning 'war against the United States.' Their trial on 'seditious conspiracy' and other charges opened this week.
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German mother of L.A. arsons suspect asks if 'Nazis' took her son
L.A. arsons: Was Harry Burkhart setting fires in reaction to the arrest last week of his mother? German authorities want her for multiple counts of fraud.
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