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• IMMIGRATION

  Immigration bill faces major tests Thursday

  The reform legislation faces major hurdles as it goes through the Senate process Thursday.
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  Cleveland man charged with 3 women's kidnap, rape

  A man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so oppressive they were allowed outside for only a few moments in disguise and never saw a chance to escape until this week.
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  Jodi Arias convicted of first-degree murder

  Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense.
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  Former US official describes Libya attack

  A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
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  Mark Sanford redeems career, heading to Congress

  In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago.
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  Colorado shootings suspect to enter insanity plea

  The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday, despite their fears that the plea could severely hamper his ability to mount a defense against the death penalty.
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  Morning-after pill

  Florida women play key role in emergency birth-control case

  A group of Florida activists are leading the fight to give access to emergency contraception to girls and women of all ages. A judge will hear arguments Tuesday in New York to determine the next steps in making Plan B One Step, a morning-after pill, available.
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  Police facing questions in 3 women's Ohio rescue

  One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows.
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  Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain

  A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces a tougher hurdle in the House of Representatives.
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  Miami Federal Court

  U.S. judge allows Cuban spy to stay in Havana if he renounces citizenship

  René González, who had been convicted of espionage and released from prison on parole, can remain in Cuba, a federal judge has ruled.
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  Birth control

  FDA rule on morning-after pill draws strong reaction

  The agency has ordered retailers to make emergency contraception available to women 15 and older without a prescription. A federal judge’s ruling may expand that to females of any age.
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  The Everglades

  New Interior chief visits Glades

  U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s first big trip is to South Florida, a visit she acknowledged was intended to underline the Obama administration’s commitment to Everglades restoration efforts

• International trade

  World Trade Month celebrates global ties

  A series of international events will be held in South Florida in May
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  CUBA

  Mariela Castro gets permit to travel to LGBT forum in U.S.

  Previously the State Department had said she would not be able to travel beyond the New York metro area. Now it says she can go to Philadelphia for the forum.
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  Obama vows anew to close Guantánamo

  President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he’d redouble efforts on a failed first-term campaign promise to close the prison for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

• IMMIGRATION

  Feds: Number of previously deported immigrants returning to U.S. is increasing

  A growing number of people who had been deported are sneaking back into the U.S.

• PolitiFact

  PolitiFact: Immigrants would get free cell phones under new bill, bloggers falsely claim

  Claims that the Senate’s massive immigration reform bill included cell phones for undocumented immigrants were false, says PolitiFact.

• The Oppenheimer Report

  Andres Oppenheimer: U.S., Europe take new step to crack down on ‘tax havens’

  While many of us were focused on the Boston bombings, Venezuela’s dubious elections and North Korea’s war noises in recent weeks, the world’s biggest nations took a potentially historic step — they launched a system to detect secret offshore bank accounts.

• Congress moves to ease air travel delays, then heads for airport

  Congress moved fast Friday to ease delays at airports around the nation triggered by furloughs of air traffic controllers, as the House of Representatives approved by 361-41 a budget fix designed to avert more trouble.
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  JOBLESS BENEFITS

  Feds blasts Florida’s unemployment compensation system for denying civil rights

  Federal officials said Florida violated the civil rights of the unemployed when in 2011 required them to apply online for benefits and take an "assessment" before receiving any check.

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