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A woman may seek attorney's fees from the U.S. government despite a ruling that her suit seeking compensation was filed late, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Voter ID fight finally reaches high court
The fight over whether states can demand some sort of identification before allowing voters to cast ballots has finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices agreed to hear argument on Arizona's law requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship before registering.
Will voter ID fight determine the election?
With President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney fighting for every vote as the bitter U.S. presidential election campaign races through its final weeks, Democrats appear to be winning in at least one vital arena: Republican sponsored voter ID laws are falling like flies in the courts.
Drones in the sky over America
They're coming: In a few years the skies over the United States will be filled with hundreds if not thousands of of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, doing a variety of tasks -- border security, disaster relief, search and rescue, counter-terrorism and looking down on people and streets on behalf of police departments.
Will voter ID laws cost Obama the election?
With polls showing President Obama and Mitt Romney locked in a desperately close race for the presidency, will voter identification laws suppress the Democratic vote and cost Obama the election, or will they simply cut down on voter fraud as Republicans contend?
What Roberts actually said about healthcare 'tax'
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Supreme Court opinion last month declaring the individual healthcare mandate is constitutional because the penalty for violating the mandate can be considered a tax -- thereby igniting a political firestorm -- but what did Roberts actually say?
Supreme Court overturns Stolen Valor Act
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-3 Thursday, struck down a law that made it a crime to falsely claim to have won medals for military service.
Suits expected over Ariz. immigration law
Law enforcement officials say they expect a litigious period in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's split ruling on Arizona's immigration law.
Supreme Court: No double jeopardy in case
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a split decision, Thursday ruled an Arkansas man can be retried for murder because a jury deadlocked on some charges.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied California's effort to reinstate two murder convictions against Bobby Joe Maxwell, the so-called Skid Row Stabber.
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Tornadoes Devastate Moore, Oklahoma
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A damaged movie theater is seen in aftermath of a series of tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, May 21, 2013. On May 20 a series of tornadoes swept through severals towns south of Oklahoma City leaving a path of destruction and killing at least 24 people. UPI/J.P. Wilson