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Federal judge weighs fate of Corbett suit vs. NCAA

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania says she’ll decide in the next couple weeks whether to dismiss Gov. Tom Corbett’s antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over penalties against Penn State.

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NYPD messages to Muslim informant: ‘Get pictures’

This undated handout photo obtained by The Associated Press shows New York Detective Stephen Hoban. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating statements about jihad. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he’s seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.

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