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6-2 decision was a test of the First Amendment rights of the organizations seeking such aid

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has ruled the federal government may not deny funds from its global anti-AIDS program to organizations that refuse to actively oppose legalizing prostitution.


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Officer charged with attempted murder and arson

(CNN) -- A New Jersey police officer charged with attempted murder and arson for allegedly setting fire to his captain's home has been released on $2 million cash bail, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office said.


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DOJ: The suspects intended to use the device to harm and kill 'enemies of Israel'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two New York state men have been charged in a bizarre plan to develop a mobile X-ray system that would be used from afar to silently kill people that they deemed "undesirable," federal officials said.

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Fire is more like a late summer fire than a spring one authorities say

A campfire left untended sparked a blaze near Yosemite National Park that is threatening hundreds of homeowners, but firefighters are starting to get a handle on it.
About 500 homes are under mandatory evacuation orders, including one that belongs to Mariposa County Supervisor Kevin Cann.


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Colombian national scared and depressed at gravity of charges

The 24-year-old man accused of attacking commuters while naked at a San Francisco subway station proclaimed he is not guilty Tuesday.  According to the San Francisco District Attorney's office, Yeiner Garizabalo waived his arraignment and entered not guilty pleas.


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The 62-year-old teamsters boss was last seen outside a Detroit-area restaurant

A second day of digging in a Detroit field yielded no sign of the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Undeterred, authorities will resume their hunt


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Yeiner Garizabalo faces charges of two felonies, five misdemeanors

Yeiner Garizabalo faces seven charges following a naked acrobatic display and attacks on commuters at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station, May 10, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's office said Monday.


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Alleged mobster Tony Zerilli told authorities where to look

The FBI -- working on information from an aging reputed mobster -- will continue digging in the waist-high grass of a Detroit-area field Tuesday in yet another search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.


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The fire that destroyed 502 structures and killed two could be a crime scene

As hundreds of firefighters began to get the upper hand on a huge blaze near Colorado Springs, investigators stepped up their probe into the cause of the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.


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A new Snowden leak discloses British surveillance of a 2009 economic summit

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man who admitted leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs purportedly went online live on Monday to declare the truth would come out even if he is jailed or killed.


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