Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

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"… e interest-rate caps in states with strict limits on finance charges.Under federal law, a state-chartered bank could “export” interest rates allowed in its h …"

GAO says at least 3,700 stimulus recipients are delinquent on taxes

By Laurel Adams

Stimulus recipients who got $24 billion owe $750 million in taxes

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"… , like failing to remit payroll taxes to IRS. Employers are required under federal law to hold payroll tax money before sending it to IRS, failing to do so can r …"

Tucson shooter was troubled, but could still buy a gun

By Kimberly Leonard

The months-long pattern of bizarre behavior by alleged Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner has once again raised questions about what sort of

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"… ve legal requirement to submit records of his mental health instability to federal law enforcement officials or anyone else.“That was the one opportunity to ge …"

"… m plugged into services, but they certainly have no legal obligation under federal law to refer him to the mental health system,” said Ron Honberg, director of …"

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IMPACT: Official calls mishandling of sexual assault cases 'staggering'

By Sarah Favot

Official blames colleges for 'misplaced sense of values and priorities'

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"… er, and we have to do better now,” he said.Schools are required, under a federal law known as Title IX, to fully investigate allegations of campus sexual assau …"

Political inaction committees: How political action committees are spending your donations

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

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"… ment practices to copy,” she said.And the PAC apparently ignored the one federal law that might have alerted voters to the arrangement. While federal campaign …"

American Maritime Officers: The same agenda year after year?

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

An examination of lobbying records filed by the American Maritime Officers (AMO) union has revealed a stunning long-term pattern of Lobbying

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"… s J. Bethel.That’s not just sloppy filing — it’s also a violation of federal law. The Lobbying Disclosure Act mandates that the form include for each quart …"

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Reed College still struggling with campus sexual assault policies

By Lee van der Voo

Reed College, an elite Oregon school, is struggling to put the the debate over campus sexual assault policies to rest

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"… e college itself recently determined were partially out of compliance with federal law.With Reed faculty joining their voices to a mounting student campaign for …"

"… s policies, and some student victims and advocates think Reed is violating federal law.That latter charge was at least partially confirmed by a recent review of …"

"… ding to Myers. Myers said the review showed Reed is out of compliance with federal laws in one specific, but significant way. The result is that the college will …"

"… , called Honor Cases.Myers said a review of Reed’s compliance with three federal laws -- the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which prohibits imprope …"

Assistant attorney general's office approved wiretap in controversial gun probe

By John Solomon and David Heath

High-level Justice Department officials approved wiretap in controversial gun probe

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"… the criminal division reviews thousands of applications a year related to federal law enforcement probes.Holder was questioned for a second day on Wednesday, th …"

"… by the straw buyers to Hispanic males at an auto shop. It is violation of federal law to falsely buy a weapon in another person’s name.However, the memo also …"

Education Department touts settlement as ‘model’ for campus sex assault policies

By Kristen Lombardi

The U.S. Department of Education says two recent settlements will serve as a new model for how colleges, universities, and the department de

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"… nto the institutions to ensure their policies comply with Title IX — the federal law that requires schools to respond to claims of sexual assault on campuses. …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… s who can rope in hundreds of thousands each. That’s no mean feat: under federal law, individuals are limited to giving $2,500 per election to a candidate for …"

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