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  <title><![CDATA[Women Soldiers Sue To Scrap U.S. Military Combat Ban]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two U.S. Army reservists say the ban on women serving in combat roles violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:29:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Maryland Set To Become First State To Uphold Same-Sex Marriage Law At Ballot Box]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Maryland voters are set to affirm the state&#039;s same-sex marriage law, due in part to a surge of support among black voters, according to Public Policy Polling.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:08:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Colin Powell Dings Romney On Foreign Policy Chops [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The former Secretary of State and four-star general seemed taken aback by a remark from Mitt Romney about Russia being the top geopolitical threat to the U.S.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344636/20120523/colin-powell-mitt-romney-russia.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[AG Holder Defends Embattled Voting Rights Act]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[As the 1965 Voting Rights Act comes under fire from Republican lawmakers and conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Holder explains why it&#039;s still needed to fight inequality at the polls.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344617/20120523/voting-rights-act-holder-supreme-court.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court To Decide Whether U.S. Foreign Surveillance Challenge Can Proceed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on whether attorneys, journalists and human rights groups have standing to challenge the government&#039;s expanded power to spy on international communications.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343602/20120521/supreme-court-wiretapping.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:46:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[State AGs Urge Supreme Court To Back Montana's Corporate Money Ban [READ BRIEF]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Led by New York&#039;s Eric Schneiderman, a group of 23 Democratic and Republican attorneys general asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold Montana&#039;s ban on direct corporate spending in local campaigns.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343553/20120521/montana-supreme-court-citizens-united.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:20:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Policy Altered Amid Class Action Suit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly made some changes to the controversial stop-and-frisk policy that disproportionally affects young black and Latino men.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342899/20120518/stop-frisk-nypd-class-action.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:30:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Sen. John McCain Trashes Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling [READ BRIEF]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain, the Republican author of a bipartisan campaign-finance law at the heart of the Citizens United case, filed a brief with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse urging U.S. Supreme Court justices to uphold a Montana anti-corruption law that bans independent corporate political spending.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:02:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Illegal File Sharing Case Poses $675,000 Question For Supreme Court]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Inside Joel Tenenbaum&#039;s legal &quot;crusade&quot; against the recording industry and a $675,000 penalty for file sharing.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342409/20120517/supreme-court-filesharing-joel-tenenbaum.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Slapped With Shareholder Suits Over $2B Trading Loss]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[JPMorgan&#039;s $2 billion trading loss makes the financial giant an easy target for shareholder lawsuits.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341946/20120516/jpmorgan-shareholder-lawsuits.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Skechers Shape-ups Ads Push Sketchy Claims: FTC]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday announced a $40 million settlement with Skechers over claims made in advertisements for their Shape-up leg toning shoes.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341868/20120516/skechers-shape-ups-settlement-toning-shoes.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Debt Ceiling Battle II? Boehner Again Links US Debt Ceiling Hike To Spending Cuts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will again call for spending cuts to match any increase in the debt limit that will allow the U.S. to pay its bills.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341378/20120515/boehner-debt-ceiling.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:37:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Voters Slightly Back Romney, But Half Approve Of How Obama Handles Job]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A New York Times/CBS News poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama, 46-43 percent.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:15:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[After $2B JPMorgan Loss, Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren Calls For 'New Glass-Steagall Act' [FULL TEXT]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was a Depression-era law that separated investment and commercial banks. It was repealed in 1999 during the Clinton administration.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340909/20120514/elizabeth-warren-jpmorgan-glass-steagall.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:37:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Death Penalty Causes State-Fed Clash Over Accused Murderer In Rhode Island]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said he will petition to Supreme Court to keep in state custody an accused murderer facing federal charges, to avoid the death penalty, which the governor opposes.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340231/20120511/lincoln-chafee-rhode-island-death-penalty.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340231/20120511/lincoln-chafee-rhode-island-death-penalty.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:05:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Harry Reid Calls For Senate Filibuster Reform [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the filibuster has been &quot;abused, abused, abused&quot; after a bipartisan bill to reauthorize a federal export financing bank was stalled Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:26:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Christie Blocks Key Obamacare Provision In New Jersey]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The national Republican star and oft-mentioned vice presidential candidate vetoed a bill to set up a health insurance marketplace mandated under the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339757/20120510/chris-christie-obamacare-veto.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339757/20120510/chris-christie-obamacare-veto.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:52:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Attempt To Hamstring Eric Holder's Justice Department]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives added amendments to a Justice Department funding bill that would restrict taxpayer money from litigation involving voter ID laws, the health care law and other politically-divisive issues.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339741/20120510/eric-holder-justice-department-house-gop.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:14:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama On Same-Sex Marriage: Personal Support, But Not As Civil Right]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama made a historic announcement of his support of gays and lesbians marrying, but stopped short of calling it a civil right.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339605/20120510/obama-same-sex-marriage-civil-right.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339605/20120510/obama-same-sex-marriage-civil-right.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:12:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Steps Up Efforts To Detect Moles]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense this week issued information-sharing guidelines aimed to bust insiders who leak information to foreign intelligence entities.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339198/20120509/pentagon-wikileaks-insider-threat.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339198/20120509/pentagon-wikileaks-insider-threat.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:46:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Lugar, After Losing Republican Primary, Issues Blistering Farewell Statement]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The six-term Republican senator from Indiana issued a statement more than 1,000 words long after losing a primary battle to Richard Mourdock, a state treasurer.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339105/20120509/dick-lugar-mourdock-primary-statement.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339105/20120509/dick-lugar-mourdock-primary-statement.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:53:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Blocks Democrats' Bill To Keep Student Loan Interest Rates From Doubling]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans sustained a filibuster of a Democratic bill to keep some student loan rates from doubling to 6.8 percent in July.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338718/20120508/student.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:03:09 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[America Getting 'Comfortable' With Same-Sex Marriage: Poll]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A new poll out Tuesday finds that half of Americans support legal recognition of gay marriage. It&#039;s the second year in a row that more Americans favor than oppose the idea in the Gallup poll.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338663/20120508/same-sex-marriage-gallup-poll.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338663/20120508/same-sex-marriage-gallup-poll.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:26:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Primary Election 2012: Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina Vote In Nationally Watched Races]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Voters in three big U.S. states Tuesday will weigh in on several closely watched campaigns. Here is what&#039;s at stake]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338630/20120508/primary-election-2012-wisconsin-recall-north-acrolina.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338630/20120508/primary-election-2012-wisconsin-recall-north-acrolina.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:47:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Accused 9/11 Plotters' Counsel Puts Entire System, Torture On Trial]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[After the arraignment of the five accused 9/11 planners, their civilian counsel criticized the military commission handling the case.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338202/20120507/9-11-plotters-ksm-military-commission.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338202/20120507/9-11-plotters-ksm-military-commission.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:09:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[North Carolina's Anti-Gay Union Measure Up For Vote After Final Campaign Push]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The final poll of support for a North Carolina ballot amendment to ban gay unions shows the measure passing 55-39 percent.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338067/20120507/north-carolina-amendment-1-gay-marriage.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338067/20120507/north-carolina-amendment-1-gay-marriage.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:10:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 4 Other Accused 9/11 Plotters To Be Arraigned At Gitmo]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, will be formally arraigned -- along with four alleged co-conspirators -- in a military court at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on Saturday. Each faces the death penalty.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/337503/20120504/ksm-guantanamo-bay.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:18:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Attorney General Eric Holder Under Fire From House GOP]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is getting election-year heat from two prominent Republicans in the House of Representatives.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/337482/20120504/eric-holder-house-gop.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:10 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney Rips 'Terrible' April Jobs Report [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney appeared Friday on Fox to discuss the April jobs report showing 115,000 jobs added, far lower than expected.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/337367/20120504/jobs-report-april-mitt-romney.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/337367/20120504/jobs-report-april-mitt-romney.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:37:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Veepstakes 2012: Republicans Pick Santorum, Rubio As Tea Party, Indies Split]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday said Rick Santorum and Sen. Marco Rubio are Republicans&#039; top picks to be Mitt Romney&#039;s vice president.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336943/20120503/veepstakes-vp-santorum-rubio-poll.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336943/20120503/veepstakes-vp-santorum-rubio-poll.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:40:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Should Overturn Health Care Law, Swing State Voters Say: Poll]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A survey of three swing states -- Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- show more voters want the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the health care law.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336855/20120503/supreme-court-poll-health-care-swing-state.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:05:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama, Romney In Tight Race In Key Swing States: Poll]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday shows President Barack Obama deadlocked with Mitt Romney in Florida and Ohio, while the president leads his GOP rival in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336811/20120503/swing-state-poll-obama-romney.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336811/20120503/swing-state-poll-obama-romney.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:43:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Senate GOP Leader McConnell To Supreme Court: Toss Montana's Anti-Citizens United Ruling]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Montana Supreme Court&#039;s decision to uphold a state law banning corporate involvement in elections flies in the face of the U.S. Supreme Court&#039;s Citizens United ruling.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336398/20120502/citizens-united-montana-supreme-court-mcconnell.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336398/20120502/citizens-united-montana-supreme-court-mcconnell.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:40:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bush Torture Memo Author John Yoo Immune From American Enemy Combatant's Suit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Jose Padilla&#039;s lawsuit against Bush administration counsel and torture memo author John Yoo.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336331/20120502/john-yoo-torture-memo-padilla-lawsuit.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336331/20120502/john-yoo-torture-memo-padilla-lawsuit.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:23:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Approval Hits New Low: Poll]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A slim majority Americans still have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, but support has declined over the last three years.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335809/20120501/supreme-court-poll.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:20:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BREAKING: Obama In Afghanistan To Sign 'Strategic Partnership'  Agreement With Karzai]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. EDT to announce an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the role of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335763/20120501/obama-karzai-afghanistan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335763/20120501/obama-karzai-afghanistan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:36:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Texas Gets Judge's OK To Defund Planned Parenthood After Hit With Injunction]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On the same day a federal judge blocked Texas from removing Planned Parenthood from a state program for advocating abortion services, an appeals judge allowed the state to move forward.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335745/20120501/planned-parenthood-womens-health-texas-abortion-law.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335745/20120501/planned-parenthood-womens-health-texas-abortion-law.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:01:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Judge Rejects Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Absolute Immunity Claim In Civil Suit [READ DECISION]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief who faced sexual assault charges, failed to convince a New York judge that he has immunity from the civil suit against him from his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Betty White Makes Her Pick For Los Angeles-Area House Seat [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The 90-year-old Golden Girls actress endorsed California Rep. Howard Berman in his reelection fight against fellow Democrat, Rep. Brad Sherman.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335643/20120501/betty-white-endorsement-howard-berman.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335643/20120501/betty-white-endorsement-howard-berman.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:16:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Texas Must Fund Planned Parenthood: US Judge]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A federal judge Monday blocked a Texas law that booted Planned Parenthood from receiving state funding under a women&#039;s health program.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335254/20120430/planned-parenthood-defunding-texas.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bill Clinton, Big Dog On The Campaign Trail, Gives Lift To Obama]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Campaigning for President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton said the Obama administration was &quot;beating the clock&quot; on the U.S. economic recovery, and he rebuked Mitt Romney for pushing Bush-era policies &quot;on steroids.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Justice Sotomayor Shows Concern For 'Ordinary People' In Supreme Court's Arizona Immigration Law Case]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on an Arizona immigration law critics say will lead to racial profiling of Latinos. She didn&#039;t lose the plainspoken, blunt tone she is known for.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334439/20120427/supreme-court-sotomayor-arizona-sb1070.htm</link>
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  <title><![CDATA['Enhanced Interrogation Techniques' Ineffective, Senate Investigation Finds: Reuters]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Reuters reported Friday a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee investigation has concluded there is &quot;little evidence&quot; the CIA&#039;s  torture methods produced counter-terrorism successes.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:44:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Ruling On Arizona Immigration Law Would Not Be End Of Legal Battle]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[If the U.S. Supreme Court upholds part of the Arizona immigration enforcement law, it can still be struck down through lawsuits claiming civil rights violations after the law goes into effect.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:09:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Liberals Raise Civil Rights Concerns Over Arizona Immigration Law]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer Wednesday were concerned with how Arizona&#039;s immigration enforcement law would operate on the ground.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:52:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama Attorney’s Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law Baffles Justices]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday showed support for a key component of Arizona&#039;s immigration law that requires local police to check the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:27:28 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Moody's Warns That Supreme Court Ruling Against Health Care Mandate Would Crush Hospitals]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hospitals would be crushed from the cost of caring for uninsured Americans if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the health care reform mandate, which requires that most people obtain coverage, Moody&#039;s Investor Service said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332739/20120424/supreme-court-health-care-moodys.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:53:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[If Supreme Court Won't Stop Arizona's Immigration Law, Congress Will: Sen. Chuck Schumer]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sen. Chuck Schumer said if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Arizona immigration law known as S.B. 1070, he will introduce a bill to let Congress block it.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332688/20120424/schumer-arizona-sb1070-supreme-court.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332688/20120424/schumer-arizona-sb1070-supreme-court.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:07:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[John Edwards Trial Begins; Ex-Senator Could Face 30 Years]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[John Edwards, a two-time White House aspirant, went on trial Monday on charges of soliciting money to cover up an affair in order to save his presidential campaign.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332111/20120423/john-edwards-trial-prison.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:37:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Health Care Foes To Face Off On Immigration]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Solicitor General Donald Verrilli and top Republican lawyer Paul Clement will battle at the U.S. Supreme Court again this week when the justices hear a case over Arizona&#039;s strict immigration law.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332061/20120423/arizona-sb1070-supreme-court.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332061/20120423/arizona-sb1070-supreme-court.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:35:34 EDT</pubDate>
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