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Arkansas case centered on a series of federally controlled and managed floods

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday lost a Supreme Court fight over property rights that centered on a series of federally controlled and managed floods that caused major timber damage along an Arkansas River.


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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a ban on the therapy earlier this year

(CNN) -- A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction on California's ban on "conversion" therapy -- a method some say can help turn a gay person straight.


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Accident occurred after engineer couldn't get green signal to cross bridge, got OK from dispatcher

(CNN) -- A railroad swing bridge in New Jersey that collapsed near the Delaware River was inspected in November, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday.

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Watts chided the GOP for 'old, tired, pathetic' efforts at minority outreach, but he stopped short of openly criticizing Priebus

(CNN) -- The prospect of former congressman J.C. Watts leading the Republican National Committee was met with chuckles by members of the organization Monday, who said that current chairman Reince Priebus is all-but-guaranteed to be re-elected to his post next month.


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Many people were not expecting Bob Costas to make a plea for gun control

(CNN) -- There are a few things you can usually expect out of an NFL halftime show. A debate about gun control isn't one of them.


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Republican lawmakers appeared stunned Thursday when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled details in the president's proposal

(CNN) -- Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah on Saturday railed against White House proposals put forward earlier this week in the ongoing fiscal cliff debate.


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The driver of the tour bus takes the wrong route and slams into an overpass, authorities say

MIAMI (CNN) -- A bus slammed Saturday into an overpass at Miami's airport, killing two passengers, authorities said.


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There are many similarities in the move to legalize pot and the end to alcohol Prohibition

(CNN) -- Turn on a television show or open a magazine in the United States today and you're bound to see someone with a drink in hand -- something unthinkable nearly a century ago. 

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The Hill family of Dearborn, Mo,, has won half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot

(CNN) -- "I think we're going to have a pretty good Christmas," Cindy Hill joked Friday, just minutes after a Missouri lottery official announced that Hill and her family had won half of the record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot.


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So far, 30 students have joined, the founder tells the campus newspaper

The august flagship of the Ivy League, Harvard University, approved Friday a student group devoted to kinky sex called Harvard College Munch, a university spokesman said.


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