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Some family members of victims cried, hugged when verdict was announced

A military jury on Friday convicted Army Maj. Nidal Hasan of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, making it possible for the death penalty to be considered as a punishment.

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The coffee chain allows open carry in stores where state law permits

Starbucks continues to brew controversy, as opposing sides of the nation's gun debate clash over the giant coffee chain's policy to support state "open-carry" laws for legal firearms and, where permitted by law, to permit guns in their stores.


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Justice department says law discriminates and is intended to prevent minorities from voting

The Obama administration will sue to halt a Texas requirement that voters show identification at the polls, signaling a new effort on voting rights enforcement following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year that threw out a key part of a landmark federal law.


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A verdict is expected soon in death penalty case

A military jury considering the fate of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with massacring soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, resumed deliberations Friday morning in the death penalty case.


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Powell says

A new voter ID law in North Carolina will end up hurting Republicans among minority voters, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told a gathering of business executives in the state Thursday.

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As Mueller prepares to step down he talks about Mideast terrorism and domestic surveillance

CNN's Joe Johns sat down with FBI Director Robert Mueller to get his thoughts on the war on terror, cyber security, the Boston Marathon bombing, NSA snooping and the Benghazi investigation.


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Final round of Watergate tapes include Nixon's talks with aides, Brezhnev, Kissinger

(CNN) -- After he announced the resignations of four top officials in his administration in 1973, Richard Nixon swore he was done with talking about Watergate, according to the last batch of tapes released by the National Archives.


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Surveillance programs brought to public light by Edward Snowden leaks

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration on Wednesday declassified opinions from a secret court that oversees government surveillance showing the National Security Agency was broadly collecting domestic Internet communications of Americans and misrepresenting the scope of that effort to the court.


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Proposal advocates for a 'pay as you earn' system for the repayment of debt

(CNN) -- President Obama will be hitting the road Thursday and Friday for a campaign-style bus tour of New York and Pennsylvania.


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Hunt ignored court order to have no contact with former girlfriend

Judge Robert Pegg sent Kaitlyn Hunt, 19, to jail Tuesday, ordering her held on bond pending trial. The Florida teenager is awaiting trial on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old girl while she was 18.


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