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THE WASHINGTON FILE:

Looking Within
NUKE AGENCY TO BEGIN REVIEW OF U.S PLANT SAFETY
(AP) - Nuclear energy regulators are meeting Monday to receive an update on the status of Japan's stricken nuclear complex and begin short-term and long-term reviews of U.S. nuclear safety. The five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission will get an update from its staff on the ongoing crisis in Japan and devise a plan to meet President Barack Obama's call for a comprehensive safety review at the 104 U.S. nuclear reactors.

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TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY:

Mending An Achy Breaky Heart
BILLY RAY CYRUS WITHDRAWS DIVORCE FILING
(AP) - Billy Ray Cyrus is trying to save his marriage. He withdrew his divorce filing last Friday in Williamson County Court in Tennessee. His attorney and the judge signed an order withdrawing the divorce papers. It says he and his wife of 17 years, Tish, are attempting to reconcile. Cyrus told ABC's "The View" that for the first time in a long time his entire family is communicating with each other, and that things are really the best they've ever been.

Not a Shopping Catalogue
SPAIN'S POLICE PUBLISH CATALOG OF STOLEN ART
(AP) - Spanish police have published a catalog of high value stolen art and precious objects in the hope of reuniting them with their rightful owners. Among items retrieved during raids are works by Pablo Picasso, sculpture, rare archaeological objects, watches, coins and medals. Six Picasso pieces from 1933 entitled "Cardinal Sins" including "Envy" and "Avarice" - each in a silver frame - feature alongside an Etruscan period bronze sculpture estimated by police to be 2,000 years old and jewelry made of gold, diamonds and emeralds.

(Home) Runaway Jury?
SELECTING A BARRY BONDS JURY WON'T BE EASY
(FindLaw's Tarnished Twenty) - It's not going to be a simple matter to seat a jury in the Barry Bonds case. San Francisco Judge Susan Illston is facing that problem as she prepares to attempt to seat 16 jurors from San Francisco to decide the fate of all time home run king and former Giant Barry Bonds, The New York Times reports.

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Securi-tweet
TWITTER SETTLEMENT: SITE PROMISES TO INCREASE SECURITY
(FindLaw's Decided) - You'll never meet a Twitter user who doesn't simultaneously curse and chuckle when greeted with the iconic Fail Whale. But you'll also never meet a user who doesn't use the microblogging site to criticize Twitter itself. What does this mean? Tweeters can handle a little downtime, but when Twitter security is breached multiple times, as it was at the beginning of 2009, users are visibly up in arms. Or tweets.

Show and (Don't) Tell
NETFLIX PRIVACY LAWSUIT: EX-CUSTOMER'S VIEWING SHOULD NOT BE KEPT
(FindLaw's Common Law) - Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Netflix, this time for an alleged violation of federal privacy law regarding the protection of people who rent movies. The Netflix privacy lawsuit was filed by Peter Comstock, a resident of Virginia. Comstock alleges that Netflix has been violating the Video Privacy Protection Act on an ongoing basis, MediaPost reports. The plaintiffs seek $2,500 per violation of the VPPA, as well as $3,000 per violation of the Consumer Records Act, in addition to punitive damages.

You-Verse
ATT/T-MOBILE MERGER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?
(FindLaw's Common Law) - The internet is abuzz with talk of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger--and with good reason. AT&T has agreed to purchase the German carrier's U.S. operations for $39 billion. If approved, AT&T would control 42% of the U.S. cellular market, followed by Verizon at 31%. The remaining portions of the market are controlled by dozens of small carriers. What exactly does this impending AT&T-Verizon duopoly mean for consumers?

CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:

Released to the Public
HUSBAND IN OHIO 'CAGED KIDS' CASE TO LEAVE JAIL
(AP) - An Ohio man who forced some of his 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages will be released from prison, five days after his wife. Sixty-two-year-old Michael Gravelle is scheduled to leave the Hocking Correctional Facility in Nelsonville in southeast Ohio on Monday. He and his wife, Sharen Gravelle, served two years on child abuse and endangering convictions. Sharen Gravelle was released on Wednesday.


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