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Despite staunch opposition from most Republicans, the Senate confirms Sonia Sotomayor as the nation's first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
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Ex-Edwards Mistress Appears at Court
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As federal investigators probe John Edwards' campaign finances, the Democrat's former mistress appears at a North Carolina courthouse where a grand jury is meeting. Rielle Hunter's video production firm was paid more than $100,000 by the presidential aspirant's political action committee in 2006.
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Is Obama Making an Enemies List?
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Critics accuse the president of trying to get you to inform on people who oppose health-care reform. One party chairman takes credit for a phone prank. And which hug was more compelling: Al Gore and Bill Clinton or Euna Lee and her little daughter? We point you to the best of what's on the Web.
Obama Pot Poster Angers Photographer
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First it was the Joker poster. Now it's the smoker poster. The latest reworking of the president's image is causing a stir.
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Controversial Obama Images
This poster created for the 2009 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws conference includes a slightly altered photo of Barack Obama when he was a college freshman. Lisa Jack, who took the picture, did not give NORML permission to use it and is "very irritated."
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Husband: NY Crash Driver Wasn't Drunk
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The husband of Diane Schuler, the 36-year-old women who police say was drunk and high when she crashed into an SUV on a New York highway, says she rarely touched alcohol and "was not an alcoholic." The family's lawyer suggets she may have suffered a diabetic stroke before the fatal July 26 accident.
Newlywed Charged With Plot on Husband
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Video shows police in South Florida staging an elaborate set-up to arrest a woman who allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband of six months.
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Psychologists Nix Gay-to-Straight Therapy
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The American Psychological Association formally rejects therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of people from gay to straight. In a 125-4 vote, the group concludes that there's no solid evidence that such therapy works and that it could be harmful to people.
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Britain Mourns Death of Giant Fish
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British fishermen are mourning the death of Benson, a legendary 64-pound carp that was found dead this summer in the Bluebell Lakes near Cambridgeshire, England. The fish was caught and released more than 60 times over the course of her lifetime. Benson is seen here earlier this year during one such catch before she was thrown back in the water.
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