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Vonya B. McCann,senior vice president of Government Affairs for Sprint, has issued a statement noting that by filing the lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, the Justice Department has put consumers' interests first.

Although the nation's unemployment rate currently stands at 9.1 percent, the U.S. refused to be swayed by AT&T's offer of job creation, and has moved to block the merger between the telecom giants.

The combination would also cut down the number of big-time players in the sector to just three: AT&T, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).

Syrian forces raided houses in Hama on Thursday, residents said, hours after the city's attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against the suppression of street demonstrations.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Wednesday that he plans to promptly pay $5 million -- the maximum allowed under Indiana's government liability law -- to victims of the state fair stage collapse last month.

The remains of notorious Australian criminal, Ned Kelly, have been found and identified.

After years of research and investigation, the headless remains of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly has been identified, officials said on Thursday.

A group of scientists identified the headless remains of Ned Kelly, Australia's infamous outlaw, officials said on Thursday. Their discovery has ended a mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Kelly's body — a mystery that dates back 130 years.

The U.S. government on Wednesday filed an anti-trust complaint seeking to enjoin the proposed merger between AT&T (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile USA.

Scientists have successfully identified the relics of Ned Kelly, an Irish Australian bushranger, considered a symbol of Irish-Australian resistance against oppression by the British ruling class, 131 years after he was buried among other prisoners in a mass grave.

Goodwin Liu, a University of California law professor whose confirmation to a federal appeals court was blocked in the U.S. Senate, was confirmed on Wednesday to serve as a justice on California's top court.

It was a DNA sample from one of Kelly's descendants that confirmed that one of the skeletons, which was missing most of its skull, was indeed that of the notorious killer, said Victoria Attorney General Robert Clark.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a complaint Wednesday opposing AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile, citing antitrust concerns and saying that the deal would substantially lessen the competition.

A general counsel at AT&T said the company will fight an antitrust lawsuit suit the Department of Justice filed on Wednesday. Wayne Watts, who serves as both senior executive vice president and general counsel for AT&T, said the lawsuit from the Justice Department has surprised and disappointed him, especially in light of the fact that the government agency gave no indication that it was planning to take such actions.

The Justice Department said its move is to ensure that competition remains and that everyone to include consumers, businesses and the government continues to get high quality, competitively priced mobile wireless products and services.

The government has decided to block the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, citing antitrust issues.

The MS-13 gang, or Mara Salvatrucha, was dealt a crippling blow in San Francisco, Tuesday, when a jury convicted six men of racketeering and conspiracy.

The WikiLeaks website is back after an alleged cyberattack

Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), lost his job amid a Congressional probe over a troubled gun-trafficking operation.

The Obama Administration on Tuesday replaced two senior officials who helped to oversee a troubled federal operation that targeted gun trafficking.

The White House replaced the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Attorney for Arizona on Tuesday in the latest casualties over a botched gun-running investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.