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AP Enterprise: Federal sentences still vary widely (AP)

AP – A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don’t line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime.

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Federal agent opened fire during job discussion (AP)

A Homeland Security police car is shown parked outside the Long Beach, Calif., Federal Courthouse Friday Feb. 17, 2012 in Long Beach, Calif. On Thursday a gunman shot another agent who was then shot and killed by a third agent. The wounded agent was hospitalized. This shooting at the federal building of a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement official was over an unspecified disciplinary matter, a person familiar with the case said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP – It had all the ingredients of workplace violence: a manager, an angry employee, a discussion about job performance and at least one gun.


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1 dead, 1 hurt in Calif. federal building shooting (AP)

AP – A federal immigration agent shot and seriously wounded a co-worker during a Thursday evening workplace confrontation before another agent pulled his weapon and shot the gunman to death inside a Southern California federal building, the FBI said.

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Shooting at a California federal immigration building leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt  

A federal immigration agent who shot and injured a colleague in their office Thursday was killed when a third agent drew his weapon and fired, the FBI said.

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2 dead, 1 hurt in Calif. federal building shooting (AP)

AP – Two people were fatally shot and one was wounded Thursday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Long Beach, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

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Bloomberg: More federal spending on gun control

Mayor Bloomberg slammed Congress Sunday for not providing federal funding to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Touting a new anti-illegal gun Super Bowl ad, the mayor said city and states don’t get enough money to perform proper background checks on gun applicants.

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Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts (AP)

In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Three justices will turn 80 before the next presidential term ends: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, who leads the closely divided court's liberal wing, Antonin Scalia, second from left, a conservative, and Anthony Kennedy, second from right, who leans conservative, but on some issues provides a decisive vote for the liberals. A titanic confirmation fight would ensue if it allowed a Republican president to cement conservative control of the court, or a Democrat president to give liberal appointees a working majority for the first time in decades. Others seated are Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left, and Chief Justice John Roberts, center; standing from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer,  Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.


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