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Public spending per student on U.S. education fell in fiscal 2011, the first annual decline since at least 1977, as tax revenue dried up.
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Photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse and burial at sea were properly classified by U.S. officials and can be withheld from the public, a federal appeals court ruled.
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A single ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers drawn in the Powerball lottery to win the game’s largest-ever jackpot of $590.5 million.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White rebuffed calls by House Republicans to forswear a rule that would force public companies to disclose political spending, saying she won’t “prejudge the issue.”
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Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba since 2009, settled a negligence suit accusing his employer of mishandling risks associated with his mission in the Communist nation.
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Lawyers who want to interview Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg as part of lawsuit alleging that seven technology companies broke antitrust laws should seek a court order compelling her to cooperate, a federal judge said.
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Rino International Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged two of its executives diverted $3.5 million of company assets to buy a home, cars and designer clothing.
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Opponents of Southern Co.’s plan to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia failed to persuade a federal appeals court to revoke the license and reactor-design certification granted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Media groups and government watchdogs said the U.S. Justice Department interfered with press freedom when it secretly collected telephone records from Associated Press reporters and editors over a two-month period last year.
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The nation’s top patent court issued a deeply divided opinion May 10 on how to determine if software is eligible for legal protection, reflecting the broader debate that has split the computer industry.
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