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Psychiatrist and school blamed for not properly handling James Holmes' treatment

DENVER (CNN) -- The university psychiatrist who treated the accused gunman in last year's deadly Colorado theater rampage could face more than a dozen lawsuits that blame her and the school for not properly handling James Holmes' treatment.

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About 8,800 bus drivers walked off the job after city and union officials failed to reach agreement

NEW YORK (CNN) -- For the first time since 1979, New York City school bus drivers went on strike Wednesday -- a protest that is affecting more than 150,000 students.


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Livestrong tells Armstrong: Be truthful about doping

With a day to go before the world learns exactly what Lance Armstrong said to Oprah Winfrey about his involvement in doping as a professional cyclist, the cancer charity he founded urged the fallen star to come clean.


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He led the administration's reaction to the 2010 Gulf spill and explosion

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who led the response to the 2010 BP oil spill and administered a moratorium on offshore drilling, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down.


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Senate Democratic leadership sources say that passing any new legislation will be extremely difficult because more than a dozen vulnerable Democrats from conservative states will probably resist much of what the president is pushing.


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Law requires statewide gun registr, restricts magazine size and changes patient confidentiality rules

Gov. Andrew Cuomo beefed up New York's gun-control laws on Tuesday by signing into law a new package of firearm and mental health regulations that mark the nation's first since last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.


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About 31 percent of companies plan to hire workers this year; Only nine percent plan to cut jobs

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Some construction firms expect to hire more workers in 2013, but don't call it a comeback just yet.


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Court's only African-American jurist made fun of lawyers from Yale

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was just a few words and a joke at that. But Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke his seven-year long silence on Monday when he spoke at oral arguments.


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Prosecutors contend the victim's neo-Nazi background is not linked to his death

(CNN) -- A California judge ruled Monday that a then 10-year-old boy committed second-degree murder -- and knew what he was doing was wrong -- when he fatally shot his father, a local neo-Nazi leader.


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This year's inauguration figures to be a little different from the one four years ago

(CNN) -- "Practice makes perfect," or so the saying goes, and it was practice time in Washington on Sunday, one week ahead of Inauguration Day.


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