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Federal judges to tour Bernalillo County Jail

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two federal judges plan to tour the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque this week as part of their role in a longstanding civil rights lawsuit.

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Greece caves in on civil service firings

A woman walks past a advertising board for a pawn shop, in central Athens, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Parties backing Greece's coalition government will hold a second day of emergency talks Monday on a vital austerity deal with rescue creditors, after an intense weekend of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough needed to avert bankruptcy in March. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.

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Hearing to determine Tucson suspect’s competency

This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and left several others wounded, including then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A federal judge has called a hearing in San Diego to determine whether Loughner should remain at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office, File)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will spend four more months at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him.

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Hearing to determine Tucson suspect’s competency

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has called a hearing to determine whether the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that left then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded should remain at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him.

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Judge allows ‘Sister Wives’ suit to proceed

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has ruled there’s sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law.

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