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The practice has alarmed privacy advocates, and the legality of it remains murky

SEATTLE (AP) -- Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced Sunday.


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The former vice president suffered a heart attack in 2010, his fifth since the age of 37

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday, after five heart attacks over the past 25 years and countless medical procedures to keep him going. Cheney, 71, waited nearly two years for his new heart, the gift of an unknown donor.


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An attorney representing the neighborhood watch captain, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, said he believes evidence will show that Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law was properly applied

MIAMI (AP) -- Attorneys for the family of Trayvon Martin and the Florida neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot the unarmed teen joined the national chorus of voices calling Saturday for justice in the case.


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Aim is to clamp down on irresponsible drinking, but public likely won't be enthused

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government is introducing a plan to ban the sale of super-cheap alcohol in hopes of clamping down on irresponsible drinking.


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Today, about 60 percent of couples live together before they first marry

ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study finds. With those odds, you might wonder: Would we be better off living together first?


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Modern-day surveyors, using computers and GPS, redraw border and put new line about 150 feet south

LAKE WYLIE, S.C. (AP) -- Relatively small errors by surveyors using stakes, hatchets and mental arithmetic 240 years ago could mean the end of Victor Boulware's tiny convenience store.


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Explosion of make-your-own-suds market forces lawmakers across country to review long-forgotten legislation

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer club members at festivals and tasting competitions. So Flynn and his buddies were shocked to discover that Wisconsin law prohibits sharing homemade suds anywhere outside the brewer's home.


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Rule comes down after \"incidents of unsuitable, physical interactions"

ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- More than 900 students at a New Jersey middle school have been told no more hugging.


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Those selected will transfer title of their homes back to lender and have mortgage debt forgiven

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bank of America has launched a pilot program that will allow some homeowners at risk of foreclosure to become renters and stay in their homes.


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That number is down slightly from 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- That nice Internal Revenue Service refund check many families eagerly await this time of year is down slightly from 2011 but still not too shabby: an average of about $3,000.


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