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05/27/2014: Supreme Court found Florida IQ cutoff for executions unconstitutional. 03/03/2014: Supreme Court heard oral arguments on death penalty for intellectually disabled. 05/02/2014: Obama expressed desire to ask AG Holder to investigate death penalty issues. 05/02/2014: UN urged death penalty...

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04/22/2014: Supreme Court upheld Michigan affirmative action ban. 06/24/2013: Supreme Court sent Texas affirmative action case back to lower court. 11/06/2012: Oklahoma voters approved affirmative action ban. 04/02/2012: Ninth Circuit upheld California affirmative action ban. 11/02/2010: Arizona voters approved amendment...

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05/31/2010: Pakistan court lifted Facebook ban. 06/06/2010: Bangladesh government lifted Facebook ban after removal of Muhammad caricatures. 02/08/2011: Syria lifted ban on social media sites Facebook, YouTube. 07/05/2012: UN Human Rights Council passed resolution to protect Internet speech. 11/01/2012: Russia...

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02/07/2014: NYC police unions pursued stop and frisk appeal. 01/31/2014: New York mayor dropped appeal to stop and frisk reform. 11/22/2013: Federal appeals court upheld stop and frisk ruling. 10/31/2013: Federal appeals court blocked NYPD stop and frisk changes. 09/17/2013:...

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03/22/2014: Ukraine PM signed elements of EU trade pact. 03/21/2014: Russia finalized annexation of Crimea. 03/18/2014: Putin signed treaty incorporating Crimea into Russia. 03/17/2014: Crimea Parliament declared independence following refenderum. 03/13/2014: EU Parliament demanded immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops...

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03/03/2014: Ninth Circuit revived shareholder suit against BP Alaska. 02/13/2014: Ninth Circuit revived shareholder suit against BP Alaska. 01/10/2014: Federal appeals court upheld multibillion dollar settlement for BP oil spill. 10/02/2013: Federal appeals court rejected judge's interpretation of BP oil...

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02/10/2014: Better Markets sued DOJ over JP Morgan settlement. 02/04/2014: JP Morgan Chase paid 614 million in mortgage lending settlement. 01/31/2014: New York judge approved Bank of America settlement over mortgage-backed securities. 10/25/2013: US government reached 51 billion settlement with...

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02/05/2014: Michigan governor included Detroit's pension bailout in budget. 01/16/2014: Detroit 165 million dollar bankruptcy settlement rejected. 12/18/2013: Federal judge ruled Detroit bankruptcy deal too generous towards banks. 12/03/2013: Federal court ruled Detroit eligible for bankruptcy. 07/24/2013: Federal judge cleared...

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01/27/2014: Supreme Court asked granted contraception mandate exemption. 01/03/2014: US government asked Supreme Court to lift stay on contraception mandate. 12/31/2013: Supreme Court justice blocked contraception mandate in lawsuit. 10/24/2013: Federal appeals court upheld health care law mandate. 02/01/2013: Obama...

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