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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Polar Bears Now on &#8216;Threatened&#8217; Species List</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/15/polar-bears-now-on-threatened-species-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>Environment</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US government has added polar bears to its list of animals to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made the annoucement on Wednesday after recommendations from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
A report by the US Geological Survey said loss of sea ice as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Denies Chinese Man&#8217;s Abortion Asylum Appeal</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/15/supreme-court-denies-chinese-mans-abortion-asylum-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dana</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>Immigration</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal by a Chinese man who sought asylum due to a forced abortion on his wife. Yi Qiang Yang was 20 when he married his 17 year-old wife. Because they were too young to be legally married, they had a traditional marriage. Authorities forced his wife to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MySpace Victorious in Anti-Spam Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/14/myspace-victorious-in-anti-spam-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>della</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Privacy</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US District Judge Audrey Collins awarded the online social networking site, MySpace, a judgment of approximately $230 million on Monday against Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines for violating state anti-phishing and federal anti-spam law (CAN-SPAM), resulting in possibly the biggest historical anti-spam award.
Wallace is known for his involvement in past phishing and spyware litigation. He and Rines were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Vote for Suspension of Oil Shipments to Federal Emergency Stockpile</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/13/senate-vote-for-suspension-of-oil-shipments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>della</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Uncategorized</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The US Senate voted today to suspend shipments of an average of 70,000 barrels of oil a day into the government&#8217;s Strategic Petroleum Reserve until December 31, 2008 in an effort to aid the market and curb soaring gas prices. The Bush Administration has supported continued shipments in order to meet the maximum capacity of 727 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon Pursues Death Penalty Charges for 9/11 Suspects</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/13/pentagon-pursues-death-penalty-charges-for-911-suspects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dana</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Uncategorized</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon gave approval to ask for the death penalty in the cases against five Guantanamo detainees suspected in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks against the U.S, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has claimed to be the mastermind in planning the 9/11 terror attacks, as well as in 29 others that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Says EPA Must Review Carbon Monoxide Standards</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/09/judge-says-epa-must-review-carbon-monoxide-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/09/judge-says-epa-must-review-carbon-monoxide-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A US District Judge in California this week ruled that the Bush Administration has violated deadlines for reviewing the nation&#8217;s carbon monoxide standards.
Environmental groups have sued the Environmental Protection Agency to prompt it to update its policies. The current carbon monoxide standard was put in place in 1974. It was last reviewed in 1994 and no changes were made. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook&#8217;s Agreement to Protect Minors from Online Predators</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/09/facebooks-agreement-to-protect-minors-from-online-predators/</link>
		<comments>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/09/facebooks-agreement-to-protect-minors-from-online-predators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>della</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Privacy</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Thursday that the social networking site Facebook will implement new restrictions to prohibit misuse of the site by child predators. Negotiations for the agreement between 49 Attorneys General and Facebook was led by Massachusetts and several other states and follows a similar one with MySpace entered into in January. Texas is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Provides Compensation to Minnesota Victims of Bridge Collapse</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/08/bill-provides-compensation-to-minnesota-victims-of-bridge-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/08/bill-provides-compensation-to-minnesota-victims-of-bridge-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>della</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Uncategorized</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota&#8217;s governor, Tim Pawlenty, signed legislation Thursday that provides compensation to victims and/or their families of the August 1st Interstate 35W bridge collapse that killed 13 individuals and injured 145 more.
The bill allows for $38 million in funds, consisting of individual distributions of up to $400,000 for persons present on the bridge and additional payments from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Execution by Lethal Injection After US Supreme Court Ruling</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/07/first-execution-by-lethal-injection-after-us-supreme-court-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/07/first-execution-by-lethal-injection-after-us-supreme-court-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>della</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Death Penalty</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Georgia Tuesday became the first state to peform an execution by lethal injection after the US Supreme Court held in Baze v. Rees that certain lethal injection procedures are not unconstitutional.
William Earl Lynd was executed for kidnapping and murder shortly after the US Supreme Court rejected his request for a stay on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Lawmaker Wants Law Against Driving With Pets in Lap</title>
		<link>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/06/california-lawmaker-wants-law-against-driving-with-pets-in-lap/</link>
		<comments>http://reporter.uslegal.com/2008/05/06/california-lawmaker-wants-law-against-driving-with-pets-in-lap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dana</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Uncategorized</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to fine drivers who drive with pets in their laps. The law would impose a $35 fine for those caught in violation of the lap dog ban. Assembylan Bill Maze&#8217;s bill passed the Assembly with a 44-11 vote and is headed to the Senate.
Assemblyman Maze, R-Visalia, says he [...]]]></description>
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