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Bust Likely Won't Stop Drug Use on Campus
Final exams start next week at San Diego State University, but dozens of students won't be in class. They face prosecution on drug-related charges after an unprecedented bust on campus. Still, some students and experts say this week's crackdown is not likely to change a thing. Andrew Phelps reports for member station KPBS in San Diego.
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Will R. Kelly's Career Survive the Sex Trial?
The R&B artist is accused of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl. It's taken years, however, for the trial to get off the ground.
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Utah, Ariz. Prosecutors Vow Not to Raid Polygamists
The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they won't do what Texas did. They won't raid polygamist groups in their states, even though the polygamists targeted in Texas last month are based on the Utah-Arizona border. The officials spoke at a town meeting on polygamy Thursday night in Utah.
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FBI Searched Bloch, Seized Flash Drives
When federal agents searched Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch's home and offices on Tuesday, they physically searched Bloch and seized two portable devices used to store data, NPR has learned. Bloch told investigators last March that he transferred many files onto the portable drives.
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Reporter Explores America's Unique Take on Justice
The United States is home to less than five percent of the world's population — and almost a quarter of the world's prisoners. Adam Liptak, national legal correspondent for The New York Times , says that's one of the ways America's legal system differs from those of other countries.
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