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House GOP leader slams aid for Detroit
The Washington Times - Thu Nov 13, 2:47 pm ESTThe House's top Republican Thursday attacked plans by leading congressional Democrats to double a $25 billion assistance package for the country's ailing automakers, saying there were no assurances the extra money would be well spent.
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Navy allowed to use sonar off Calif. coast
Denver Post - Thu Nov 13, 10:39 am ESTThe U.S. Supreme Court dealt a defeat to environmentalists Wednesday and cleared the way for the Navy to use high-powered sonar off the Southern California coast even if it poses a threat to whales and other marine mammals.
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Divided Supreme Court OKs Navy's sonar use
San Jose Mercury News - Thu Nov 13, 10:36 am ESTWASHINGTON — Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday that the nation's security outweighs the need to protect marine mammals from high-powered sonar during Navy training exercises, environmentalists said the fight was far from over.
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Court OKs Navy use of sonar off California coast
Contra Costa Times - Thu Nov 13, 10:35 am ESTFederal judge's injunction requiring Navy to take precautions during submarine-hunting exercises thrown out
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Whale of a ruling by Supreme Court
The Republican - Thu Nov 13, 6:43 am ESTGo Navy. The U.S. Supreme Court rightly sided with the U.S. Navy in a battle with environmental groups that had been trying to block the use of sonar in naval exercises off the California coast.
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Plans to restart Carlmont paper in place
San Mateo Daily Journal - Thu Nov 13, 6:01 am ESTSchool officials say the Carlmont High School newspaper could begin publication again early next year after having its journalism program suspended for what was deemed “inappropriate” content.
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High court sides with Navy over whales
The Sacramento Bee - Thu Nov 13, 3:16 am ESTWASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Navy could use sonar in submarine-hunting training exercises off Southern California without heeding restrictions imposed by a lower court to protect whales and dolphins. The high court didn't question the scientific basis of concerns about harm to marine mammals but ruled that the Navy's need for the exercises was more important. The ...
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U.S. Supreme Court will rule in spring '09 on Summum monument suit
The Salt Lake Tribune - Thu Nov 13, 2:38 am ESTWASHINGTON - If the Supreme Court requires the Utah city of Pleasant Grove to post a monument to a spiritual group's Seven Aphorisms next to the Ten Commandments, what's to stop someone from demanding their own obelisk next to the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial?
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Justices rule for Navy's use of sonar
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu Nov 13, 1:11 am ESTThe nation's need for Navy sailors to practice using sonar to guard against enemy submarines "plainly outweighs" any legal requirement to protect orcas and other marine mammals, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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CNN Student News Transcript: November 13, 2008
CNN - Wed Nov 12, 10:59 pm ESTNovember 13, 2008
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US high court weighs freedom of speech, religion in Utah case
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 12, 10:34 pm ESTThe US Supreme Court Wednesday took up the issue of freedom of speech and religion in a case in which a small sect wants to place its own monument alongside one of the Ten Commandments in a public park in Utah.
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US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use
Slashdot - Wed Nov 12, 9:31 pm ESTgollum123 writes "The US Supreme Court has removed restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises near California. The ruling is a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can kill whales and other mammals. In its 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said the Navy needed to conduct realistic training exercises to respond to potential threats. The court did not deal with the ...
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MILITARY: Supreme Court lifts Navy sonar limits
North County Times - Wed Nov 12, 9:28 pm ESTIn a partial victory for local military officials, the nation's highest court Wednesday cleared the way for the Navy to use sonar in war games in the open ocean off the coast of San Diego County and Southern California.
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Little NW impact seen from Sup. Court sonar ruling
The Columbian - Wed Nov 12, 8:58 pm ESTThe U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow Wednesday to environmentalists hoping to curtail the Navy's use of sonar off the coast of Southern California to protect whales. But the decision to allow...
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U.S. top court considers religious monument dispute
Boston Globe - Wed Nov 12, 8:43 pm ESTThe U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday on whether a city violated a religious group's free-speech rights by refusing to put its monument in a public park near a similar Ten Commandments display.
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Obama Talks SCOTUS
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Cornell University: Supreme Court Decisions
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CHRONES, WARDEN v. PULIDO, MICHAEL R.. Decided 12/02/2008
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BELL, EDWARD N. v. KELLY, WARDEN. Decided 11/17/2008
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WINTER, SEC. OF NAVY, ET AL. v. NATURAL RESOURCES, ET AL.. Decided 11/12/2008
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