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• Ferguson residents claim frequent racial, civil rights injustice with police; Holder tries to appease unrest over Michael Brown shooting

  The fatal shooting of 18 year-old black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer might have been just another headline if not for the color of their skin. On the other hand, it also put the police of Ferguson, Missouri in the spotlight, questioning their policies on handling potential suspects. Citing a slew of accounts by Ferguson residents, CNN reported that the community echoed only one thing: civil rights injustice is still alive in this part of town.

• Obama assures captured Benghazi suspect to face 'full weight' of American justice

  On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama made a public promise regarding the capture of a suspected ringleader of the deadly US attack in Benghazi, Libya, Yahoo News said.

• House holds ex-IRS official in contempt for her silence on Tea Party probe

  Yesterday, the US House of Representatives has voted to hold ex-director of exempt organizations at the Internal Revenue Service Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress and to ask the US Attorney General to appoint a special counsel to conduct a probe on the tax agency nearly a year after the former director of exempt organizations has invoke her right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions about her role in scrutinizing nonprofits' political activity.

• Source says US eager to seek guilty please from Credit Suisse, others

  Sources shed light on what goes on inside the US government's crackdown to hold parent companies of banks currently under probe for wrongdoing.

• Justice Department to widen criteria to evaluate clemency petitions

  In a video message on Monday, US Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Justice Department has widened its evaluation process that would allow more federal prisoners on drug sentences to get clemency for their crimes, Fox News said.

• Two-thirds of Americans think the US should treat and not prosecute drug users - survey

  The latest survey of Pew Research Center revealed that Americans are warming up to the idea to treat non-violent drug offenders instead as oppose to prosecuting them, Businessweek reported.

• Attorney General assures 300 Michigan same-sex marriages are valid despite appeals court decision

  US Attorney General Eric Holder said in an announcement on Friday that for the purpose of federal law, same-sex couples in Michigan could continue to avail federal benefits accorded to married couples despite a federal court judge striking the gay marriage ban earlier this month, Fox News said.

• Voting rights for ex-convicts to be restored by Obama administration, conservatives in reform

  The Wall Street Journal reported that the unusual alliance of the US government and conservative lawmakers indicate a shift in how politics view crime in light of the swelling population in US prisons.