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Report: Miss. school discipline too hard on kids

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities...
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Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the media while announcing new criminal charges and settlement in the case against the BP oil company on November 15, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

BP moves beyond Gulf spill disaster

Jonathan Fahey, Associated Press
(AP) - BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the U.S. coast in 2010 is a record amount, and a significant sum of money...
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BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement

Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress...
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A voter gets directions on how to use the electronic voting booth at the Board of Elections early voting site on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina. Today is the last day to register and the first day to vote for the election in North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Justice Department dispatches poll watchers

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in 23 states for Tuesday's voting...
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Eric Holder cleared of any 'Fast and Furious' wrongdoing

Pete Williams, NBC News
NBC NEWS - A long-awaited report on the U.S. government’s controversial gun-trafficking operation known as 'Fast and Furious' released Wednesday found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder knew of the botched effort to trace the flow of guns to Mexico’s drug cartels prior to its public unraveling in January 2011...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Justice Dept. opens civil rights unit in Alabama

Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Justice Department is establishing a civil rights unit in Alabama after the state's crackdown on illegal immigration raised broader concerns about compliance with federal laws...
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Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, 2012, upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House lobbies Supreme Court on affirmative action

Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as a standard in its admissions policies...
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Revamp of New Orleans PD comprehensive, expensive

Kevin McGill & Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -— A court-backed plan to excise corruption, discrimination and a frequent use of deadly force from the long-troubled New Orleans Police Department will last at least four years and likely cost the financially strapped city $11 million annually...
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U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tears a page from the national health care bill during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol March 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. Republican members from the House of Representatives gathered to speak out against the health care bill which is the topic of a case before the Supreme Court next week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans hit Justice Department on voter ID

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Republicans are striking out against the Justice Department, saying its decision to contest several state voter ID laws shows the agency isn't concerned with the integrity of the vote...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Holder to announce New Orleans police reforms

Kevin McGill and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder will announce a series of court-supervised reforms of the New Orleans Police Department on Tuesday...
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