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THE WASHINGTON FILE: HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL TAKING ROOT IN DIVIDED NATION
(AP) - A year after President Barack Obama signed his health care overhaul, the law remains so divisive that Americans can't even agree on what to call it. Supporters call it the Affordable Care Act, a shortened version of the official title Democrats gave their massive bill. It may be better known as "Obamacare," the word used by Republicans seeking its demise. Even so, polls show that about 1 in 8 Americans believe they have been personally helped already, well before the main push to cover the uninsured scheduled for 2014.
| Meeting of the Minds
CONSENSUS REIGNS IN HIGH COURT'S EARLY DECISIONS
(AP) - A couple of angry dissents aside, the Supreme Court has shown a remarkable degree of consensus in the nearly two dozen opinions issued so far this term. Fifteen of the 23 decisions have been unanimous and four have drawn just one dissenting vote. No case has ended in a 5-4 split in which the liberals and conservatives are on opposite sides. But the term is young, with 50 or so decisions to come.
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TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY: Winner's Tax
IRS WANTS PIECE OF MAN'S YEAR OF FREE DOUGHNUTS
(FindLaw's Law & Daily Life) - Nothing in life is free. No, not even Oprah-provided cars and Australian vacations. Bob Choate learned this the hard way last month when he received an IRS Form 1099 telling him he had to pay taxes on $927.61 worth of supposedly free doughnuts. During a 2010 Houston Astros Fan Appreciate Day, Bob Choate won a coveted prize: free doughnuts and coffee for a year. Excited at the prospect of daily glazed and jellies, he headed down to the office to collect his prize, explains the Houston Chronicle. But before he could snag the 365 coupons, he had to sign a form. Chances are it had to do with taxes.
| Pill Popcicles
ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER SOLD OXYCODONE PILLS FROM HIS TRUCK
(FindLaw's Legally Weird) - The song of the ice cream truck is no longer just a beacon for little kids. In fact, "Pop! Goes the Weasel" has a new meaning, and it reaches way beyond monkeys and mulberry bushes. Yep it isn't a noise, or a strange animal's attempt at jumping out of a hole. And it's not about a popsicle either. It's about popping pills.
| Legal Intervention
WISCONSIN'S JUDGE SEMI BLOCKS ANTI-UNION LAW
(FindLaw's Law & Daily Life) - The first hurdle has been surpassed for Democrats and pro-union activists who oppose the Wisconsin collective bargaining law. The judge in the case has temporarily halted its enforcement. After Republicans stripped the bill and voted in less than 24 hours, Governor Scott Walker signed it into law, prompting an immediate lawsuit. Plaintiffs are alleging that Republicans violated the state's open meeting laws when they altered the bill with less than two hours notice. This lawsuit must still make its way through court, but now that a temporary restraining order has been granted, what's next for union supporters and Scott Walker?
| CYBERLAW NEWS - DOWNLOAD THIS!: CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS: Admission of Guilt
YALE'S ANNIE LE MURDER: EX-LAB TECH PLEADS GUILTY
(FindLaw's Blotter) - The man accused of killing Yale University student Annie Le in 2009 has pleaded guilty. Raymond Clark III, 26, a former animal research technician, pleaded guilty to murder and criminal attempt to commit sexual assault. Le, 24, was found stuffed behind a wall five days after she went missing. She was a third-year doctoral student in pharmacology at the prestigious Ivy League university. Investigators, including the FBI, searched the basement of the Yale Animal Research Center, where Le was last seen. Clark worked at the research center, and Le conducted research there. Le was found on what was supposed to be her wedding day. Raymond Clark will be sentenced to 44 years, the LA Times reports. Sentencing is scheduled for May 20.
| MAN, 70, STONED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
(FindLaw's Blotter) - Police made an arrest in a suspected hate crime in suburban Philadelphia. The murder is a suspected "gay bashing," as John Joe Thomas, 28 allegedly confessed to police that he killed his friend Murray Seidman, 70. Thomas allegedly stated that Seidman came onto him sexually and that he had an obligation under the Old Testament of the bible to stone Seidman to death for homosexuality. "I stoned Murray with a rock in a sock," Thomas reportedly said, the Philidelphia Inqurier reports.
| LEGAL LITE: No Deal
CONNECTICUT MAN COMPLAINS TO COPS: COCAINE DEALER CHEATED ME
(FindLaw's Legally Weird) - No one likes getting ripped off. But one should always keep in mind the legality of the product that they are purchasing, before they seek restitution from authorities. Case in point: a Connecticut man who reported his cocaine dealer after he claims he was shorted. "My cocaine dealer cheated me," just isn't one of those things you want to say to a cop.
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