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The House of Representatives voted to ban abortions nationwide past 20 weeks of pregnancy, joining at least 10 states in seeking to expand prohibitions on the procedure further than the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed.
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Ed O’Bannon, the college basketball player of the year in 1995, said he isn’t suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association to get rich. It’s about fairness.
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Columbia University won dismissal of a lawsuit alleging the school failed to use donations to promote Italian culture as the benefactors intended.
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Argentina’s Supreme Court blocked part of the judicial changes proposed by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in a move that threatens to stall her ambitions to “democratize” the nation’s legal system.
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B/E Aerospace Inc., a maker of cabin interiors for commercial and business aircraft, and Airbus SAS won dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Leki Aviation over a contract for distribution of oxygen-systems products.
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The FBI is offering $65,000 for information leading to the people responsible for a 2008 predawn attack on a military recruiting center in New York’s Times Square that may be connected to two unsolved bombings at consulates in the city.
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Bloomberg View columnist Ramesh Ponnuru explains how the U.S. Supreme Court should decide cases on gay marriage and racial discrimination. This commentary aired on Bloomberg Radio.
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The U.S. Supreme Court took the easy step when it ruled yesterday that the state of Arizona must “accept and use” the form prepared by the federal Election Assistance Commission to register voters.
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Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Latin America’s largest lender by market value, will become the biggest credit-card operator in Chile after agreeing to manage the in-house cards of Santiago-based retailer Cencosud SA.
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Afghan forces are taking the lead role in security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai said at a ceremony in Kabul to mark the end of a transition as the U.S.- led international coalition winds down its 12-year war.