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Unpaid internships in jeopardy after court ruling

Jun 13

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Eric Glatt, a Georgetown Law student, poses for a photograph on their campus, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Washington. Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad. But those days of working for free could be numbered after a federal judge in New York ruled this week that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage and overtime laws by not paying interns who worked on production of the 2010 movie "Black Swan." Glatt was one of the interns. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad.

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Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets transplant

Jun 12

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Sharon Ruddock, the aunt of Sarah Murnaghan, talks to reporters outside the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after the 10-year-old underwent a six-hour double-lung transplant as a result of her severe cystic fibrosis, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Ruddock said her niece never would have received the transplant without a judge’s ruling that made her eligible for adult donor lungs. (AP Photo/Keith Collins)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl’s family said.

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