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AP source: Admin. plans change in immigration rule
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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AP - The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the United States, a senior administration official said Thursday. |
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Air Force charges three cadets with sex crimes
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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Reuters - The Air Force charged three of its cadets with sexual misconduct on Thursday, including one accused of rape, just over a week after the government revealed a rise in reports of sexual assault at military academies. |
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Police suspect former soldier in Utah police shooting
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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 Reuters - Six police officers were shot, one fatally, when a gunman identified as a former U.S. soldier opened fire on them as they served a drug-related search warrant in Utah, authorities said on Thursday.
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In many parts of US, it's a winterless wonderland
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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 AP - The big snowstorms of autumn are just memories in New England, where people who make their living off winter tourism are losing income and New Hampshire primary candidates lack picturesque winterscapes for photo ops. Tourists in the West play golf instead of skiing. In Midwestern hockey country, you can barely slog a puck through the slush.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit in Italian kidnapping case
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
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AP - A judge is reluctantly throwing out a former State Department official's lawsuit demanding diplomatic immunity against charges she helped kidnap a terrorism suspect in Italy. |
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