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Robert Collins of Baltimore poses for a photo Friday, March 16, 2012 at Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore. When Collins returned from a leave of absence from his job as a security guard with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in 2010, he was asked for his Facebook login and password during a reinstatement interview, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Rights group accuses some Syrian rebels of abuses

Men react at a funeral of the victims killed during a suicide bombing attack in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 18, 2012. Three suicide bombings in Damascus on Saturday killed several people. The government blamed those on the opposition, which it claims is made up of "terrorist" groups carrying out a foreign conspiracy. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman) […]

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Men react at a funeral of the victims killed during a suicide bombing attack in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 18, 2012. Three suicide bombings in Damascus on Saturday killed several people. The government blamed those on the opposition, which it claims is made up of "terrorist" groups carrying out a foreign conspiracy. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

BEIRUT (AP) — An international human rights group Tuesday accused some in Syria's armed opposition of carrying out serious abuses, including the kidnapping and torture of security forces, in a sign of the growing complexity of the year-old uprising against President Bashar Assad. The statement by Human Rights Watch comes as Syria's rebellion

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NYC activists reflect on Occupy’s direction

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators stand and cheer in front of the George Washington statue on Wall Street as they celebrate the protest's sixth month, Saturday, March 17, 2012, in New York. With the city's attention focused on the huge St. Patrick's Day Parade many blocks uptown, the Occupy rally at Zuccotti Park on Saturday drew […]

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Occupy Wall Street demonstrators stand and cheer in front of the George Washington statue on Wall Street as they celebrate the protest's sixth month, Saturday, March 17, 2012, in New York. With the city's attention focused on the huge St. Patrick's Day Parade many blocks uptown, the Occupy rally at Zuccotti Park on Saturday drew a far smaller crowd than the demonstrations seen in the city when the movement was at its peak in the fall. A couple hundred people attended. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street protesters anticipate that with the coming of spring their movement for economic justice will pick up momentum, making priorities of issues as varied as the environment and the November elections. But on Sunday, a day after police broke up a rally at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and arrested dozens, some observers

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How health care law affects lives of 7 Americans

FILE – In this file photo taken Jan. 20, 2011, Glenn Nishimura discusses his health insurance situation at a coffee shop in Little Rock, Ark. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, The Associated Press spoke with a variety of people to hear their experiences so […]

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FILE - In this file photo taken Jan. 20, 2011, Glenn Nishimura discusses his health insurance situation at a coffee shop in Little Rock, Ark. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, The Associated Press spoke with a variety of people to hear their experiences so far with the landmark legislation, whose major provisions don’t take effect until 2014. Reporters asked: How has the health care law affected your life? Nishimura has been uninsured for nearly three years. He lost his health coverage after he left a full-time position with benefits in 2007, thinking he could land another good job. The recession destroyed that plan. He’s been denied coverage because of high blood pressure and high blood-sugar levels. A provision in the national health care law gave his state $46 million to insure people like him who've been denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. But Nishimura said he can’t afford the coverage. It would cost him about $6,300 a year in premiums with a $1,000 deductible, meaning he would pay the first $1,000 out of his own pocket before coverage kicks in. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — A father lost his job at a medical device company that is facing a new tax. A young woman got back on her parents' insurance and was able to get surgery for an injury that could have hobbled her. A part-time sales woman stopped putting off a colonoscopy and cancer screenings and saved nearly $3,000 because health plans now must pay

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Lawyer prepares to meet Afghan killings suspect

In this Aug. 23, 2011 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. A senior U.S. official, Friday March 16, 2012 […]

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In this Aug. 23, 2011 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle defense attorney prepared to meet Monday with Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is facing formal charges in an attack on two slumbering Afghan villages that left 16 people dead, including nine children. John Henry Browne flew to Kansas Sunday ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with the 10-year Army veteran, who is

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SF sheriff faces sentencing for false imprisonment

FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi talks with reporters while leaving Superior Court in San Francisco. Mirkarimi is facing sentencing for false imprisonment in a closely watched domestic violence case, capping a dramatic saga involving his Venezuelan actress wife that has gripped the city of San Francisco […]

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi talks with reporters while leaving Superior Court in San Francisco. Mirkarimi is facing sentencing for false imprisonment in a closely watched domestic violence case, capping a dramatic saga involving his Venezuelan actress wife that has gripped the city of San Francisco and caused a media frenzy for nearly three months. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi faces sentencing for false imprisonment in a closely watched domestic violence case involving his Venezuelan actress wife, in a dramatic saga that has gripped his city for nearly three months. The sentencing Monday for the misdemeanor comes a week after he pleaded guilty as part

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GOP voters’ passion uneven for Romney, Santorum

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a campaign stop Sunday, March 18, 2012 in Moline, Ill. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even […]

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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a campaign stop Sunday, March 18, 2012 in Moline, Ill. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters. Out of a dozen states where voters in the GOP contest have been polled, most Romney voters have said they strongly favor him in just five

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