A federal judge
ruled government agents near the border can search electronic
devices such as laptops or smartphones for any reason they
wish.- Justice Sonia Sotomayor has
ordered two Catholic charities to be temporarily exempt from
the Obamacare contraception mandate. The exemption will last
at least until Friday, by which time the government is required to
make a legal response. - The chief operating officer of the Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, the government official who was tasked with the
botched Obamacare website roll out, will be
retiring. Heckuva job! - Legal marijuana sales
began in Colorado yesterday. - The US Ambassador to India says she
regrets the way the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York
City was handled, but that the charges against her won’t be
dropped. - Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi will
face trial later this month for allegedly breaking out of jail
with other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2011, the first of
three cases against him. - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a
coma since 2006, is in
critical condition. - Global warming activists on a boat trapped in Antarctic ice
have been
rescued by helicopter; the crew is expected to remain until the
ship is freed.
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