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| SEC head urges Congress to act on derivatives |
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In this June 22, 2009 file photo, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Banking Committee.
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| EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.
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| House Votes To Impeach US Judge From Louisiana |
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The House voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a U.S. district judge from Louisiana, who lawmakers said avoided likely criminal charges related to alleged payoffs in part because the statute of limitations expired.
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| ACORN agrees to leave Ohio under settlement |
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The community organizing group ACORN has agreed to permanently give up its business license in Ohio, under a settlement with a libertarian organization.
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| Judge: Government must stop blocking money to ACORN |
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A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding isn't blocked.
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| SF drug cases at risk amid crime lab questions |
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At least a dozen drug cases were dropped Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court amid questions of evidence tampering at the city crime lab.
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| Charges dropped against mother of dead toddler |
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in the last hour and a half, we've learned charges have been dropped against a mom-- accused of leaving her baby boy to freeze to death in a field. it brings an end to the two and half year old case. jeremy jojola is live in estancia where the big announcement was made. jeremy? it's a sad bizarre minute thumbnail 12:05 pm story. a toddler found dead. after his mother showed up naked at a home here in torrance county. you'll remeber diana willis who was passing through new mexico in september ...
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| Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months in prison |
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A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a stormy court hearing dominated by a dispute over evidence of other payoffs.
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