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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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York said Filner touched her as they posed for a photo

Another woman has come forward to accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment.
Businesswoman Dianne York told CNN that Filner put his hands on her buttocks during a photo opportunity that followed a meeting three months ago.


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Manning will get credit for time served and for abuse he was subjected to in custody

A military judge on Wednesday sentenced Manning to 35 years in prison -- less than the 60 years prosecutors sought, as well as the 90 years he could have received.


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Modest four percent raise in 2013 is still more than twice the rate of workers' wages

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Health insurance premiums rose a modest 4% in 2013, but that's still more than twice the rate of workers' wages.


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Judge tentatively plans to announce sentence Wednesday morning

FORT MEADE, Maryland (CNN) -- A military judge plans to announce Wednesday morning what sentence she'll give Pfc. Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army intelligence analyst who stands convicted of what prosecutors believe was the biggest leak of classified materials in Army history.


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The new changes will apply only to new cases

(CNN) -- When Stephanie Nodd walked out of prison two years ago, she found herself in a new world.


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Khalil Shreateh won't get a reward for reporting the flaw

Shreateh, who describes himself as an unemployed security researcher with a degree in information systems, said he found a hole in Facebook's systems that let him post to any user's page, including users not on his Friends list.


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The New Jersey senate passed the legislation in late July, but as with any legislation, it ultimately requires Christie's final approval

(CNN) -- New Jersey will become the second state to forbid gay conversion therapy for minors when Gov. Chris Christie signs legislation into law Monday banning the highly controversial practice, CNN has learned.


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Will that woman be Hillary Clinton? Michelle will not predict

A woman will be president in her lifetime, first lady Michelle Obama speculated in an interview this week, though she wouldn't offer a prediction on whether that woman would be Hillary Clinton.


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Who are the women and what do they say?

So far, 16 women have come forward to say that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner acted inappropriately, with accusations ranging from one woman's claim that the mayor gave her "tush a pat," to another woman's assertion that he "put in me what I guess now is the famous headlock."


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