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High court torn over law banning lie about medals

February 22, 2012 in National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.

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Rising sales point to better year for housing

February 22, 2012 in National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season.

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Court says police cannot be sued over warrant

February 22, 2012 in National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that California police officers cannot be sued because they used a warrant that may have been defective to search a woman’s house.

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Jose Baez no longer attorney for Casey Anthony

February 22, 2012 in National News

Attorney Jose Baez says he no longer represents Casey Anthony, the Florida mother whose 2011 murder trial made him one of the best known criminal defense lawyers in the country.

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Ex-director: Local NJ police didn’t spy on Muslims

February 22, 2012 in National News

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former police director of New Jersey’s largest city says no local officers were used in a spying operation that monitored and catalogued his city’s Muslim neighborhoods.

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Oil flat after four-day rise

February 22, 2012 in National News

NEW YORK (AP) — A four-day rise in oil prices has stalled following a weak report on Chinese manufacturing and lingering concerns about Greece’s bailout.

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Balki’s back! Bronson Pinchot has Pa.-based show

February 22, 2012 in National News

HARFORD, Pa. (AP) — For more than a decade, Bronson Pinchot has spent much of his downtime in the picture-book Pennsylvania hamlet where he found a dream home far from the stressful clamor of New York or L.A.

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NY judge: Boeheim slander suit moving to Syracuse

February 22, 2012 in National News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The defamation lawsuit filed by two former ball boys against Syracuse University and head basketball coach Jim Boeheim will be heard in Syracuse, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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Court seems split on double jeopardy question

February 22, 2012 in National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems divided on whether to allow an Arkansas man to be retried on murder charges even though a jury forewoman said in open court that they were unanimously against finding him guilty.

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Feds award health overhaul grants to 10 states

February 22, 2012 in National News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say another 10 states are getting a total of $230 million to set up new health insurance markets under President Barack Obama’s overhaul.