Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law (AP)

AP - A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona’s immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.

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1 dead, 2 injured in bear attack at MT campground (AP)

AP - At least one bear attacked three people at a campground near Yellowstone National Park before dawn Wednesday, killing one person and injuring two others, Montana wildlife officials said.

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Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences (AP)

AP - Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug.

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Fed survey: Recovery slows in some places (AP)

AP - The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.

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AP IMPACT: Many Gulf fed’l judges have oil links (AP)

AP - More than half of the federal judges in districts where the bulk of Gulf oil spill-related lawsuits are pending have financial connections to the oil and gas industry, complicating the task of finding judges without conflicts to hear the cases, an Associated Press analysis of judicial financial disclosure reports shows.

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Oscar party crash: No deal in Cablevision-ABC feud (AP)

AP - ABC’s parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision’s 3.1 million customers in New York at midnight Saturday in a dispute over payments that escalated just hours before the start of the Academy Awards.

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Teen clung to Comoros plane wreckage for 13 hours (AP)

AP - The lone survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage for 13 hours before being rescued, lay in a hospital bed with a broken collarbone Wednesday, asking for little — except for a chance to see her mother.

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