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Now defunct club was accused of denying children from a largely minority day-care center

(CNN) -- A now defunct suburban Philadelphia swim club has agreed to a settlement more than three years after being accused of racism and discrimination for denying children from a largely minority day-care center access to their facility, the U.S. Justice Department said.


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Men accused of gunning down three black people and wounding two others face murder charges

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- A Tulsa County judge on Tuesday ordered two men accused of gunning down three black people and wounding two more in April to stand trial on first-degree murder counts.


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Building permits rose to the highest rate in four years, according to the Census Bureau

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Home construction, a key component in any U.S. economic recovery, is picking up.


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Group shares office with GOP consulting firm and both officers are Republicans

(CNN) -- A web video featuring former special forces officers accuses President Barack Obama of taking too much credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and allowing classified information about the raid to become public.


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Coalition of progressive groups say they haven't seen enough public action after six months

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A joint federal and state probe into mortgage-backed securities fraud is close to "significant action," with a possible announcement in coming weeks or months, according to a source familiar with the probe.


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Law threatens to disenfranchise youth, elderly and minority voters

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday decided not to restrict a controversial voter ID law from going into place.


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Undocumented immigrants under 30 can apply to remain and work in the US without deportation fear

(CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States as children but without documentation can apply -- beginning Wednesday -- to remain in and work in the country without fear of deportation for at least two years.


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The nine laureates accuse NBC of 'glorifying' war and military combat

(CNN) -- Yet another one of NBC's programming decisions is being criticized, but this one doesn't have anything to do with the Olympics.


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Justice Bernette Johnson's opponents say her first six years didn't count, sparking racial tension

Racial tensions have reemerged over the possible appointment of Louisiana's first Black chief justice.


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This week, new wildfires are burning in California, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho

(CNN) -- Colorado paid the price earlier this summer. This week, new wildfires are burning through sagebrush, grass and beetle-killed lodgepole pines in California, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho.


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