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  • High court says driver records protected

    06/17/13 12:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says lawyers may not obtain personal information from state driver license records to recruit clients for lawsuits. The justices voted 5-4 Monday in favor of South Carolina residents who objected to solicitations from lawyers to join a lawsuit against car...

  • Court says jury should have final say in minimums

    06/17/13 11:31 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a jury should have the final say on facts that can trigger mandatory minimum sentences in criminal trials. The high court on Monday overturned the sentencing in Allen Alleyne's case in a 5-4 judgment. He was convicted of robbery and firearm possession...

  • Court will review dispute between airline, pilot

    06/17/13 10:46 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will review a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots as mentally unstable and caused him to be arrested. The justices said Monday they will hear an appeal from Air Wisconsin that claims it is shielded...

  • Court won't hear Seattle officer appeal

    06/17/13 10:46 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't reconsider a jury's decision that an off-duty Seattle police officer who was cut off in traffic violated a man's rights by detaining him at gunpoint. The high court Monday refused to hear an appeal from officer Jonathan Chin, who was in plainclothes...

  • AP sources: US, Cuba to resume talks on direct mail service despite deadlock over detainees

    06/17/13 07:46 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: US, Cuba to resume talks on direct mail service despite deadlock over detainees.

  • Obama, SKorea leader discuss NKorea talks offer

    06/17/13 05:33 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) have discussed North Korea's proposal for high-level talks with the U.S. The two leaders spoke by phone Sunday evening ahead of Obama's trip to Northern Ireland for G-8 meetings....

  • Column: When lying is acceptable, public loses

    06/17/13 04:17 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of Congress asks the director of national intelligence if the National Security Agency collects data on millions of Americans. "No, sir," James Clapper responds. Pressed, he adds a caveat: "Not wittingly." Then, NSA programs that do precisely that are disclosed. It...

  • Talk of no-fly zone in Syria recalls Iraq effort

    06/17/13 03:49 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts. But experts say the White House is looking...

  • Current, former officials back secret surveillance

    06/17/13 03:31 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential to disrupting terrorist plots and have not infringed on Americans' civil liberties. The current and former officials are justifying the...

  • Dual gov't? US operates in sunshine and in shadow

    06/17/13 03:22 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself. Since becoming president, Obama has churned out an impressive stream of directives flowing from his promise to deliver...


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