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Mass wedding gains popularity worldwide (PHOTOS)

Muslim brides show their hands decorated with henna paste as they wait for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 6, 2011
Mass weddings are increasingly becoming common worldwide and sometimes are preferred over regular weddings by couples because of economic reasons, as the costs for the venue, decorations, and sometimes celebrations afterwards can be shared between multiple families.
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Westboro Baptist Church Was Used to Train FBI Agents

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recruited members of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., train agents and police officers in speaking to people they disagreed with, a practice the agency has said it will discontinue.
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Law Prohibiting Sale of Violent Video Games to Kids Struck Down

Violent Video Game Ban Author Rebukes Court Decision

California State Senator Leland Yee says the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the law he authored calling for a ban of sales of violent video games to minors “put the interests of Corporate America” first.
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Marijuana Bill Stands 'Snowball's Chance in Hell' in Congress

The first-ever Congressional bill to let states legalize marijuana is a bipartisan effort, and the group of police and judges who make up LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, are 100% in favor of it. However, majority support does not appear likely in the current session of Congress.
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Winklevosses vs Facebook: Twins Back in Court

The Winklevoss Twins, who sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly copying their idea for the world’s most popular social networking site, are now taking the fight to a federal court in Boston, a day after they decided not to appeal a U.S. Supreme Court to undo a 2008 settlement with Zuckerberg.

Winklevoss twins launch another legal attack on Facebook

Just a day after Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss indicated they gave up the fight and were not taking any lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the Supreme Court, the twin brothers and their business partner Divya Narendra filed another status report on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss leave the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a hearing on a settlement dispute with Facebook in San Francisco

Winklevoss Twins Not Quite Giving Up

The brothers are seemingly making one last appeal, asking a Massachusetts judge to investigate whether or not Facebook inadvertently hid evidence from them.

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