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Gibson Guitar CEO Slams U.S. Raids as 'Overreach'

Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.

ACLU Sues South Carolina to Block Anti-Immigration Law

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The American Civil Liberties Union Thursday filed a class action suit to block South Carolina's anti-immigration law from going into effect next year, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and will lead to the detention of Hispanics. The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing South Carolina's law, slated to go into effect Jan. 1.
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ATF Officials Reassigned as Fast and Furious Continues to Derail

In the aftermath of the botched gun-tracking operation along the Southwest border, called Fast and Furious, which allowed weapons from the United States to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers and Mexican drug cartels, two top supervisors at federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), headquarters have been reassigned.
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DOJ Seeks Trustee in Solyndra Bankruptcy

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to give control of Solyndra's estate to a bankruptcy trustee, citing the refusal by executives at the solar power company to answer questions about its operations.
  Late last year, AT&T slapped a deployed U.S. soldier with a "bill shock" of $16,000

Judge Sets February 13 Date for AT&T Antitrust trial

A U.S. judge set a February 13 start for a trial over whether AT&T Inc can buy rival T-Mobile USA, a compromise between the companies' desire for a quick resolution and the Justice Department's request for more time to prepare its case.
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Solyndra Scandal: Executives Won't Testify at Hearing

Solyndra executives will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights Friday when they refuse to answer questions at a Congressional hearing investigating allegations of improper dealings between the failed solar company and the White House.
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BP Oil Spill Report May Prompt Over $30 bln Pay-Out

Findings of the second major investigation by the U.S. government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.

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