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• Ethics investigation finds Palin abused power
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The politically charged inquiry ...
• 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 ...
• Couple can sue vaccine company, court says
The court's unanimous decision on Monday concluded that a 1986 federal law that has been used to block other lawsuits against vaccine companies does not bar the lawsuit from Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari from going to trial. It upheld a ruling by the ...