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Standard & Poor's To Pay Over $1 Billion In Legal Settlement

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle charges that it gave false ratings to mortgage-related securities in the years leading up the financial crisis.

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Deuel County Sheriff Adam Hayward shows off a container of confiscated marijuana in Chappell, Neb., in July.

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Nebraska Says Colorado Pot Isn't Staying Across The Border

11:02am February 04, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Law enforcement in Nebraska towns near the Colorado border are reporting a jump in pot-related offenses. Legalization next door, they say, is creating burdensome consequences they never asked for.

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Beefed-Up Border Security Proposal Unsettles Texas Business Leaders

1:18am February 04, 2015

by John Burnett

A bill proposing tighter security on the Southern border has provoked a backlash from some South Texas leaders. They say the measures may hurt trade with Mexico, the state's largest trading partner.

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Judge Throws Out Convictions Of Civil Rights Pioneers, 'Friendship 9'

1:16am February 04, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

It's been 54 years since students from Friendship College were arrested for a sit-in at McCrory's Five and Dime in Rock Hill, South Carolina. On Wednesday, a Rock Hill judge exonerated them.

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Wyo. Sheriff Bars Deputies From Wearing Cowboy Boots, Hats

12:27pm February 03, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

The new sheriff in a Wyoming county says no more cowboy hats and no more cowboy boots for his deputies. That's not just a fashion statement. He says new uniforms will help them do their jobs better.

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Justice Dept. Settles S&P Lawsuit

12:27pm February 03, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Standard and Poor's is expected to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department over the quality of the firm's ratings during the years before the financial crisis.

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The History of Campus Sexual Assault

4:28pm February 02, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Sixty years of research on campus rape yields scholarly insight into prevention and accountability.

Pennsylvania Law Allows NRA To Sue Cities Over Gun Rules

1:20pm January 31, 2015

by Kate Lao Shaffner

The NRA has already filed suit against Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster, claiming the cities' gun ordinances are illegal.

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Waze's police reporting tool is one of several features in the app. Users can also share reports of traffic and construction in real time.

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Officers Ask Map App To Remove Police Tracking

7:48pm January 30, 2015

by Sam Sanders

In the aftermath of the shooting death of two NYPD officers, law enforcement officials are asking the popular navigation app Waze to remove a feature that allows users to see officers' locations.

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Senators Work To Open Up Travel For Americans To Cuba

7:39pm January 30, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Several members of Congress — recently back from Cuba — are taking steps to further ease a decades old embargo on the communist island. But even as they announced new legislation to open up travel for Americans, Cuba's president is talking tough about what it will take to ultimately normalize ties.

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