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State veteran health care system officials on leave following claims on alleged waiting list

US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced on Thursday that Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care facility director Sharon Helman, Associate Director Lance Robinson and an unidentified third employee had been placed on administrative leaves following reports that the facility keeps a secret waiting list, which is part of a scheme to explain the long wait time to provide medical care to US veterans, CNN reported.

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Approved In-state tuition rates for 'illegal' entrant-students splits Florida Senate

Once Florida Governor Rick Scott signs House Bill 851 into law, The Associated Press said that children who had been brought into the US illegally can now avail in-state college tuition rates.

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Report says two state cases could limit 'stand your ground' law protections

The two cases in Minnesota and Montana invoking "stand your ground" state laws could open up the possibility that the society in the US may consider adding limitations to the protections offered by the controversial legislation, The Christian Science Monitor said.

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Report indicates Lockett's defiance prior to botched lethal injection execution

A report by Corrections Department Director Robert Patton in compliance to a state review on the botched execution of Clayton Lockett revealed that the condemned inmate was defiant in the hours before his death, USA Today reported.

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Court awards Musk's SpaceX order to temporarily halt Boeing-Lockheed rocket venture

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Avon to settle US bribery probe with $135 M

Court hands high-profile art dealer a one-year sentence for his role in gambling ring

FCC chairman rejects reports that open internet will be gutted

GOP urges the White House to 'come clean' on Benghazi attack emails

Gay couples claims Ohio marriage ban is unconstitutional

Indicted NY congressman to meet House majority leader to discuss political future