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Court upholds $4M verdict in a&E TV show dispute... (KXMA-TV Dickinson)
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Parents: TSA Frisked Our 6-Year-Old Daughter (10News)
A Kentucky couple wants the TSA to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport.

House Republicans vehemently opposing tax hikes (The Boston Globe)
Leading congressional Republicans renewed their vehement opposition to tax increases Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to put forth his new prescription for slow growth and national indebtedness.

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House Budget Retains Democratic Medicare Cuts (EDGEboston Health/Fitness Feed)
In a postelection reversal, House Republicans are supporting nearly $450 billion in Medicare cuts that they criticized vigorously last fall when Democrats and President Barack Obama passed them as part of their controversial health care law.

Gay Dads Lose La. Birth Certificate Case (EDGEsanfrancisco News Feed)
A gay couple who wanted both their names to appear on the birth certificate of the Louisiana child they adopted in New York have lost their latest round in federal court.

Fired workers say Chipotle was soft on immigration (WMGI-FM Terre Haute)
The hundreds of illegal immigrants recently fired from fast-growing burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc had a pretty good run when it came to job security.

Clinton urges Arab states to embrace reform (english.aljazeera)
Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, has urged Arab leaders to embrace the "spirit of reform" that has swept the region and move swiftly to respond to the growing demands of their citizens. "The long Arab winter has begun to thaw," said Clinton on Tuesday, at the opening day of the US-Islamic World Forum being held in Washington. She praised Arab youth for rising up against "false narratives" that she said had choked political and economic reform for generations.

Jury convicts Mexican trafficker of agent's murder (reuters)
A federal jury on Tuesday found a Mexican drug trafficker guilty of second degree murder for killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent by deliberately swerving a truck at him in a dash back to Mexico to escape arrest.

Mother who withheld medicine guilty of attempted murder (reuters)
The mother of an autistic boy with cancer was found guilty on Tuesday of attempted murder for withholding chemotherapy drugs that potentially could have saved his life.

Border agent in Arizona marijuana case is indicted (mercurynews)
A federal grand jury indicted a U.S. Border Patrol agent Tuesday on charges of marijuana trafficking after prosecutors said he appeared to be a mole who infiltrated the agency to smuggle drugs.

Orlando can restrict feeding the homeless, rules 11th Circuit (csmonitor)
Feeding the hungry may be an expression of free speech, but cities can still put 'reasonable' restrictions on it, ruled the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision.

Mother drives minivan into Hudson, killing three kids, herself (midhudsonnews)
NEWBURGH A Newburgh woman, who had apparently just been involved in a domestic dispute, drove her minivan into the Hudson River in Newburgh, killing three of her small children and herself.

Spending cuts bill hits defense and foreign aid (KMOV-TV Saint Louis)
Tea party members insistent on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to like in the spending deal struck by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.

Obama pivots, eyes Medicare changes, tax increases (Boston)
President Barack Obama, two years into a presidency marked by increased spending on a weak economy, is turning his attention to the nation's crushing debt and trying to counter a Republican anti-deficit plan with one of his own.

IOL pic apr13 justin bieber israel (Independent Online)
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will appear together on The Oprah Winfrey Show in May, as the TV chat show queen nears the end of her 25-year reign.