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A ruling in the case of failed futures brokerage Sentinel Management Group could make it more difficult for customers to recoup money lost in the much larger collapse of MF Global, according to Sentinel's bankruptcy trustee. A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling that puts Bank of New York Mellon ahead of former customers of Sentinel in the line of those seeking the return of money lost in the 2007 failure of the suburban Chicago-based futures broker. The appeals court affirmed an earlier district court ruling that the bank had a "secured position" on a $312 million loan...

WASHINGTON: A group of US senators has revived stalled cybersecurity legislation by offering compromises to address civil liberties concerns, an effort quickly endorsed by President Barack Obama. The new bill drew some support from Republican lawmakers amid a drive to pass legislation before the summer recess, but prospects for passage were unclear. Lawmakers said they hope to bring the measure to the Senate floor in the upcoming week. The bill aims to identify so-called "critical infrastructure," including electric power and utility computer networks, and provide oversight to ensure these are secure from attacks. The revised measure removed some parts of...

The union that represents Border Patrol agents in Southern Arizona and around the country called today for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to resign. The National Border Patrol Council cited Holder’s alleged dishonesty about Operation Fast and Furious in making the call. That ATF-led operation put guns from Arizona in the hands of Mexican organized-crime groups, and two of those guns were found at the scene west of Rio Rico where Agent Brian Terry was shot to death in December 2010. Remainder of Article at Link

WASHINGTON — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association filed a petition Dec. 23 in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent greenhouse gas (GHG) “endangerment finding” rule. The endangerment finding does not in and of itself regulate greenhouse gases, but it is a step in the process for GHG regulation under the Clean Air Act. The rule provides the foundation for EPA for the first time to regulate GHGs from small and large sources throughout the economy, including farms, hospitals, office buildings and schools. Not science-based The cattlemen’s association claims EPA’s finding is not based on...

You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much?

1/24/2007: S.AMDT.187 Amendment SA 187 TEXT OF AMENDMENTS -- (Senate - January 24, 2007) Page: S1081 Page: S1082 TITLE III--SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH COVERAGE Page: S1083 Page: S1084 Page: S1085 Page: S1086 Page: S1087 ``Part 8--Rules Governing Association Health Plans Page: S1088 DIVISION B--IMMIGRATION REFORM DIVISION B--IMMIGRATION REFORM TITLE I--BORDER SECURITY Page: S1089 Subtitle A--Border Security Strategic Planning Subtitle B--Border Infrastructure, Technology Integration, and Security... Subtitle C--International Border Enforcement TITLE II--STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE TITLE III--ESSENTIAL WORKER VISA PROGRAM TITLE IV--ENFORCEMENT TITLE V--PROMOTING CIRCULAR MIGRATION PATTERNS TITLE VI--FAMILY UNITY AND BACKLOG REDUCTION TITLE VII--H-5B NONIMMIGRANTS TITLE VIII--PROTECTION AGAINST IMMIGRATION FRAUD TITLE...

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume the separate and equal station to which the laws of this nation and the vision of our forefathers entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. As our nation's founders themselves declared, we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all people are created equal; that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights; and that among these are...

Immigrant activists rallied on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a bill that would lift a legal cloud over efforts in California and other states to give undocumented youths access to public higher education at more affordable resident rates. The Student Adjustment Act, sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman, D-Mission Hills, and Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles, would amend a 1996 federal law requiring states to charge undocumented immigrants higher nonresident fees. It would also give undocumented students access to federal education loans and grants. A Senate version of Berman's bill would also free states to charge lower resident rates, but would continue...