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Judge rejects $225K award for blind Wis. vendor
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.

Feds pledge overhaul of tribal recognition system
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Writer BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.

Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law
By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.

Government agrees to pay $3 million in CIA lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has agreed to pay $3 million to a former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration who sued CIA officers for illegal eavesdropping.

Woman in wrong-embryo case hopes to see child soon
NEW YORK (AP) - An Ohio woman who was implanted with the wrong embryo says she hopes to visit soon with the baby boy she delivered and turned over to his biological parents.


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