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• Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law
OMAHA, Neb. - A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl's home state, Nebraska health officials said. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human ...
• Bloomberg clears hurdle on term-limit law
NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday secured a fellow billionaire's once-wavering support to change the city's term-limits law, even as other obstacles formed to the politician's attempt to extend his tenure. Bloomberg met for more than an ...
• Biden cancels events after mother-in-law dies
Sen. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. The trips, the speeches, and the moments of Decision ’08. A look at the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain ...
• Unions stand to gain from proposed legislation
We followed the law. We did what we were supposed to do, but clearly the law doesn’t work.” This sentiment is familiar among workers seeking to form unions. But legislation known as the Employee Free Choice Act could speed up the process by ...
• Tobacco lawsuit starts Supreme Court session
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday suggesting it would side with tobacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes. The court's term begins, by law, on the first Monday in October ...