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Hold on, NFL. Spygate isn’t over. Not if the “incensed” Pittsburgh Steelers fan in Congress has anything to do with it. Sen. Arlen Specter on Wednesday called for an independent investigation of the New England Patriots’ taping of opposing coaches’ signals, possibly similar to the high-profile Mitchell Report on performance enhancing drugs in baseball.
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Texas mayors and business leaders have filed a class-action lawsuit to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence.
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A key senator postponed action Thursday on a homeowner rescue package that could help half a million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages, as negotiators...
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Travis Childers speaks to a capacity crowd at Northeast Mississippi Community College Tuesday night May 13, 2008. Childers won a hotly contested race against Southaven mayor Greg Davis.
