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Accused killer failed to identify himself twice during a confrontation with Trayvon Martin

(CNN) -- George Zimmerman failed to identify himself twice during a confrontation with Trayvon Martin and missed opportunities to defuse the situation that led to the death of the teen, a detective says in a newly released report.


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Officials don't indicate the ages of alleged pimps

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During a three-day law enforcement sweep targeting the problem of teenage prostitution, officers rescued 79 children and arrested 104 alleged pimps, the FBI announced Monday.


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Pundits predicted an end to his career after a 2010 censure for ethics violations

(CNN) -- Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York district after a more than four-decade-long congressional career.


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Vote Thursday would be first time sitting U.S. attorney general is cited for contempt of Congress

(CNN) -- The head of a House committee slammed President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege in the panel's probe of the Fast and Furious gun running sting and implored the president to rethink his move.


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At some centers, African-Americans had a 76 percent lower chance of getting an organ

(CNN) -- At the 275 transplant centers in the United States, African-Americans had at least a 35% lower chance of receiving a live kidney donation, said Dr. Erin Hall of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. At some centers, African-Americans had a 76% lower chance of getting an organ.


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Police can still check immigration status if "reasonable suspicion" exists

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of the federal government Monday in a case involving Arizona's immigration law, but it upheld the most controversial provision involving police checks on people's immigration status while enforcing other laws.


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The most controversial aspect of the bill, the individual mandate, doesn't begin until 2014

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the sweeping health care law championed by President Barack Obama.


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Profiles must include crime, jurisdiction, physical characteristics and residential address

(CNN) -- A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law's author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation.


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Bill would require culturally sensitive training for foster care providers on LGBT issues

More than 40 years ago, when Jamie Lee Evans, project director of Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project, was 5 years old, her foster parents at a group home in Los Angeles taunted a young boy who they believed was gay.


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Foundation advocates for humane treatment and civil rights

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- In the face of every female prisoner in Wisconsin, Alice Pauser sees her daughter: A woman who committed a crime, yes, but who nonetheless deserves love, compassion and the chance to make something of her life.


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