July 2, 2018

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Law:

Unequal Treatment Across Offices Leaves Lots Of Angry Associates • Big Player In Smaller Market Joins The Raise Train — With A Catch • The First Biglaw Firm To Match Becomes The Latest Firm To Match • The Price Of Doing Business In The U.S.: Magic Circle Firm Increases Associate Salaries • Another Boutique Law Firm Joins The Bigtime • The Final Countdown: Has Your Law Firm Raised Salaries And Announced Bonuses Yet? • Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness
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Trump's CFPB Bashing Brings Halt to Big Law Workflow
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O’Melveny Tops in Survey for Firm Culture, Job Satisfaction
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Texas Tie Ups Lead Busy 2nd Quarter for Law Firm Mergers
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Report: Texas Lawyer's 2018 Firm Finance
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UK: The first set of corporate law firm financial results are looking strong
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Jones Day Is So Secretive About Why It's So Secretive
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Apparently ICE Is Messing With Skadden Partners Now
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Latham Elects London Partner as Firm Chair
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Top ABA officials will visit hurricane relief sites in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
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Attorney uses TrialPad, TranscriptPad and DocReviewPad in her law practice
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You’ve Been Fired: How to Explain it in a Job Interview • “What Are Your Compensation Expectations?”
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Ex-Lawyer on Trial for Killing Wife Wants Mistrial After Drew Peterson’s Name Comes Out in Court
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The Secret Barrister unmasked in London burger joint
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Brad Toben, America's Second Longest-Serving Law School Dean, Has Grown Baylor's Endowment From $875,000 To $120,000,000
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Legal Services Delivery At The Speed of Business — And Why It Matters To Law Schools
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LSAT Adopts 12 Different Gender Identity Options
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Barclays puts hourly billing under spotlight as bank completes final formal panel review
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33 Jurisdictions Now Use Uniform Bar Exam
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Report Railing Against Lawyers' Conduct in State Street Case 'Unmoored,' Says Labaton
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Suspect in Capital Gazette shooting lost pro se case; court said he misunderstood defamation law • Capital Gazette Gunman Swore Oath to Kill • The Capital Gazette gunman used a legally purchased pump-action shotgun, police say • 'It was sickening': Intern at Maryland newspaper is unsure if he'll return to work after shooting • Trump condemns 'horrific' attack on newspaper, saying journalists 'should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their jobs' • New Details in Maryland Newspaper Shooting • Capital Gazette staffers describe minute-by-minute what happened the day of the shooting • Town Turns Out for Newspaper Victims • The Capital Gazette Won’t Stop Reporting • Capital Gazette Staff's Thinly Veiled Message To Trump • Suspect Denied Bail on Maryland Newspaper Murders • Annapolis shooting suspect "an injustice collector," former FBI profiler says
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6 children among 9 stabbed in apartment complex attack
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AP may have led FBI to Manafort storage locker • Where the Heck Did the Term “Collusion” Come From? • Newly unsealed court filing shows Paul Manafort was more indebted to Putin ally Oleg Deripaska than previously known
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Michael Cohen: The Silence is Now Broken • Michael Cohen teases new interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos
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Judge in Trump Foundation Case Shifted Around Her Calendar to Hold Key Hearings Before Midterm Elections
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Judge blocks Medicaid work requirements
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Report: Draft DOJ rule would deny asylum for illegal border crossers • Immigrant children begin appearing in court without lawyers or parents • This isn't the first time a president has blamed 'the law' for his immigration policies — and history shows the real reasons haven't changed • Plans to Detain Migrant Families for Months • New Plan: Enter Illegally, Can't Get Asylum • Thousands of protesters marched against Trump's border policies in more than 700 rallies across the US • Trump contradicts himself on immigration again, falsely saying he 'never pushed' Republicans to vote for a conservative bill • Smugglers, floating bodies, and victims: Border Patrol agents describe what it's like working in the busiest sector on the border • ICE Agent Complains: ‘Even the Cops Don’t Like Us Anymore’ • Border Patrol Arrests Drop Sharply in June • TX: Ranchers Say Migrant Crisis Exaggerated • Immigrant families are being forced to pay massive airfares to reunite with children separated by the Trump administration • Man Pulls Out Gun, Sings 'ICE, ICE Baby' at Immigration Rally • The Trump administration says it's a 'myth' that families that ask for asylum at ports of entry are separated. It happens frequently, records show
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Top ICE Lawyer Sentenced to Four Years in Prison For Stealing Immigrants' Identities
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The Nation That Sits Astride the U.S.-Canada Border
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Filmmaker Pardoned By Trump Retweets #BurnTheJews • Dinesh D'Souza Under Fire After Retweeting Posts With #BurnTheJews and #BringBackSlavery Hashtags
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Thieves Steal Oldest Vet's Entire Savings
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Man Takes Truck On Destructive Joyride Through Walmart
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Woman angry over order chomps off restaurant owner's ear
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Prof accused of stalking student with 800 daily texts
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Study: 1 in 5 adults use pot, many report driving high
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Lawyer Claims Google Review Defamed Her
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Man uses rattlesnake in neighbor dispute
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UCLA Professor Dies During “Mummification” Game
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Feds appeal Rand Paul neighbor's jail sentence for lawn attack
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Former AG Eric Holder to receive Thurgood Marshall Award at ABA meeting: Will he run for president?
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Judges:

BK CD CA: Court News Newsletter
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Kennedy's retirement from Supreme Court could clear path for Trump's environmental rollbacks • Trump to announce his Supreme Court nominee on July 9; two women are being considered • Just Like LeBron James, Justice Anthony Kennedy Is Now A ‘Free Agent’ • Kennedy's retirement threatens to upend Supreme Court on social issues, but business will hardly notice • Justice Kennedy's Judicial Philosophy • Several states ready to outlaw abortion if Roe v. Wade overturned • Joe Biden calls for Democrats to 'rise up,' force 'consensus' pick for Supreme Court • With Kennedy's Retirement, 11th Circuit's Pryor Back on Hot List • The Most Compelling Theory You Haven’t Seen About Why Anthony Kennedy Retired Right Now • Post Kennedy Supreme Court is Already Here • SCOTUS lawyers: For business clients, Kennedy exit means business as usual – for now • Good Riddance to Anthony Kennedy—Now #PackTheCourts • The Kennedy Retirement Leaves The Court Without A Center of Gravity and Grace • Top Dem: Trump's Supreme Court pick should recuse themselves from Russia decisions • Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick • Democratic senator warns colleagues of 'career-ending' Supreme Court vote • Trump Does Deep Dive on High Court Finalists Before July 9 Pick • Key Republican senator says she got Trump to add names to his Supreme Court shortlist, and that a candidate who will overturn Roe 'will not be acceptable' • Collins Won't Support Anti-Abortion Justice • Abortion rights the focus of Trump's SCOTUS pick • Conservative Paper: Trump's Supreme Court Pick Will Overturn Roe v. Wade
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Gallup: Confidence in U.S. Supreme Court Modest, but Steady
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Trump’s attacks on independent judges cloud Supreme Court pick
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Ex-Clerk to Kavanaugh: Potential Pick 'Would Not Go Wobbly' on Conservatives • SCOTUS contender Brett Kavanaugh's Bush 43 photobomb
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SCOTUS Pick's Odd Social Media Habits
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Potential nominee profile: Don Willett
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How Supreme Court Nominations Lost Their Apolitical Pretense
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SCOTUS By The Numbers: Recapping the 2017 Term
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Supreme Court this year gave a preview of things to come: Wins for Trump, employers and Republicans
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Federal Judicial Clerkship Report of Recent Law School Gradates, 2018 Edition
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Muscling Into Collection Case Gets Judge a Public Reprimand
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Federal Judicial Clerkship Report Of Recent Law School Graduates
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Wall Street:

Dow futures fall more than 100 points as Trump, EU exchange trade jabs • US stocks set for a triple-digit drop as trade woes amplify across the world
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FTSE 100 stumbles 1% as U.S. remains on collision course over global trade
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It's been another bloodbath for Chinese stocks on Monday
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Stocks rise to end the first half on a high note
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Nervous investors exiting US stocks at near-record pace on trade-war fears
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Why Goldman Sachs Is Lending to the Middle Class
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Layoffs:

GM: New Tariffs Will Cost US Jobs
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A robot cooks and assembles burgers in 5 minutes at this new San Francisco restaurant
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Automated restaurant opens in Shanghai
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Trump Spouse-Visa Shift May Hurt Workers, Push 100,000 From Jobs
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Currency:

Bitcoin plunges through $6,000
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Over 800 cryptocurrencies are now dead as bitcoin is 70 percent off its record high
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Personal Finance:

37 brilliant questions to ask at the end of every job interview
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Millions wrongly carry balances to hike credit scores
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Musical Instruments:

Creditors Probe Gibson’s Pre-Bankruptcy Dealings With Lenders
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Federal grand jury indicts Elk Grove woman on 18 counts related to bankruptcy scheme
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Coal:

How The Alpha Bankruptcy Could Lead To Change In The Law
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Religion:

Minnesota archdiocese sees new restructuring plan ending bankruptcy
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Debt Collections:

Mass. SJC Holds Mass. Debt Collection Regs Apply to Creditors that Auto Dial or Don’t Leave Messages
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Food/Beverage:

Zaycon Fresh Suddenly Closes Their Doors -- Here's What Customers Can Do
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Restaurant Performance Index Down Slightly From April
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Nuclear:

Government, military officials in favor of Trump's nuclear bailout plan
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Amusement Parks:

50 days into N.Y. Wheel deal, little progress on project
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Banking:

June 2018: Unofficial Problem Bank list unchanged at 92 Institutions, Q2 2018 Transition Matrix
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Warren Buffett is in line for a multi-billion dollar windfall after stress tests on US banks
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Bank shares jump after most get the go-ahead from the Fed to raise dividends, buybacks
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Transit:

There's a Bus Driver Shortage. And No Wonder.
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Road rage: NYC turns parking spots into car share-only zones
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Farming:

CDC retracts widely cited study on farmer suicides
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Best advice to U.S. dairy farmers? 'Sell out as fast as you can'
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Climate:

Temperatures near 100 degrees across Northeast • Sweltering heat wave bakes large part of nation ahead of July 4th
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Air Quality Warning As California’s County Fire Spreads
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Economy:

The Wall Street bankers who feast during recessions say there's a 'smell in the air' and it's starting to feel like 2007
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Kudlow Bucks Tradition In Urging Fed To Hike Rates ‘Very Slowly’
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The $6.3 trillion debt binge: American companies have never owed this much
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Chicago PMI Increased in June
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Is The U.S. Headed For Recession? • Does The Flat Yield Curve Point To A Looming Recession? • Recession fears escalate as trade war heats up • Experts Say Next Recession Will Hit In 2020 • Central bank rates will need to go negative, economists say
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Personal Income increased 0.4% in May, Spending increased 0.2%
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Americans are working hard and getting nowhere
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Q2 GDP Forecasts
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New York Fed Staff Nowcast stands at 2.8% for 2018:Q2 and 2.5% for 2018:Q3 • Fed GDPNow Latest forecast: 3.8 percent — June 29, 2018
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The Fed has met its inflation target. Now what?
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It’s been decades since the White House has warned the Fed the way Kudlow just did • This is how Larry Kudlow defines a falling deficit • Kudlow: Deficits Are Falling Rapidly (Huh?) • Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Top Economic Adviser, Says the Deficit Is Falling. It Is Not.
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Consumer sentiment gains slightly in June, but falls below expectations • U.S. Consumer Sentiment Weaker Than Forecast On Tariffs
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Trump reportedly wants to pull the US out of the WTO, a move that would wreck the international trade system • WTO is in Trouble in the Trump Era • Trump: I'm Not Talking About Dumping WTO • Trump Draft Tariffs Bill Tears Up WTO Rules: Report • A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO • People have started calling Trump's draft bill to abandon world trade rules the 'FART Act' • Trump says 'Every country is calling every day saying, "Let's make a deal"' on trade • EU In Crisis: Juncker's desperate bid to end trade war by heading to US for Trump talks • Krugman: Trump’s Potemkin Economy • Trump, Trudeau Discussed Trade on Phone • 'We will not back down': Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against U.S. • Canadians Rally Around Retaliatory Tariffs Aimed At The U.S. • Trump to Harley: Don't Get Cute with Us • Harley-Davidson's problems go much deeper than Trump's trade war • Harley: Classic American with Foreign Parts • Another US motorcycle company considering moving production overseas • Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: 'We will not back down' • Retaliation for US tariffs begins with Canada on Sunday--and take aim at ketchup, whiskey and soup • China and Trump are in a different place on the WTO • Hard lesson – no one wins a trade war • States that supported Trump would get hit hardest in a trade war with Canada • GM warns US import tariffs could lead to 'smaller' company • Navarro: GM Tariff Warnings are Nonsense • Trump says threat of auto tariffs is biggest weapon in trade disputes • EU reportedly warns of new tariffs worth $300 billion if Trump targets automakers • EU Warns Washington on Auto Tariffs • Canada: When Do We Get to the Last Straw? • Companies that want out of new steel tariffs describe a nightmare • Trump: Huge US Steel Expansion (Not) • Trump-era tariffs are hitting this one industry especially hard • U.S. industries feel the heat of Trump's trade wars • Trump's proposed tariffs on cars would cause workers, consumers, and the company serious pain • Japan: Auto Tariffs to Hurt World Economy • BMW: Tariffs Threaten South Carolina Plant • Toomey says Trump trade policies have potential to cause harm in Pennsylvania • Trade Threats Already Hitting China • Fiat Chrysler makes trade contingency plans • WI: State producers battling through trade war • 'In a trade war, everyone loses.' What Trump's tariffs mean for Missouri • Virginia's stake in the trade war • Trump on trade: The EU "is possibly as bad as China, just smaller" • The EU hits back at Trump's claim it is 'as bad as China' — threatening $300 billion tariffs • How Trump’s European auto tariff proposal could backfire • European stocks drive lower as Trump ratchets up EU tariff threats • Gary Cohn's golf analogy to sway Trump on trade • U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business group, attacks Trump on tariffs • Why Trump's Trade War Could Mean Heavy Losses for U.S. Farmers • Winning Trade Wars Not That Easy • Trade War Winner Is Who Loses Least as US Duties Loom • Trump's trade policy is a rerun of a terrible 1980s policy where 'American consumers were the biggest losers'
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Trump Plots to Erase His Tax Cut
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Trump 'not happy' with NAFTA, says he wants to wait until after the midterms to sign a new deal • Mexico’s presidential front-runner could shake up Trump and NAFTA
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16 Asian countries could form the world's largest trading bloc
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Money managers with $160 trillion at stake are vulnerable to a disaster of their own making, the mother of all central banks warns
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The Trump Economy Half A Year After The Tax Cuts • Six Months In: The Impact of the GOP Tax Cuts • AP FACT CHECK: Were tax cuts really an 'economic miracle?' • Have tax cuts helped the economy so far?
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Corporate Taxes Hit a Record Low
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Trump: Additional corporate tax cut under consideration • Republicans propose using online sales tax money for new tax cuts
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Bank Of America: Global markets are echoing the 1998 financial crisis, and there's evidence for another crash
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Grover Norquist: Many Americans don't realize they’re already paying less in taxes due to Trump
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Rex Nutting: Yes, corporations have brought home cash after the tax cut, but they haven’t put it to work
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America's work-life balance isn't so great
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New IRS Tax Forms Are Out
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Millennials' Dark Dystopian Financial Future
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Are There Good Jobs in a Gig Economy?
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Children’s exposure to food insecurity is still worse than it was before the Great Recession
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Americans are working less. Here's what they're doing instead
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Too few children threatens economic growth
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How Income Equality Helped Elect Donald Trump
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Trump's method for punishing Iran threatens to inflict pain at the US gas pump ahead of elections
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The share of teens with summer jobs has plunged since 2000, and the type of work they do has shifted
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate decreased in May
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ID: Facing lawsuit that it embezzled at least $1M, property management company files bankruptcy
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Ditech Mortgage considering a sale four months after exiting bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

A promise yet to be fulfilled: Two years of PROMESA
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Puerto Rico Overseers Scale Back Spending After Labor-Law Changes Fail
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Puerto Ricans Battle Disaster Capitalism to Achieve Self-Determination
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Judge temporarily blocks FEMA from ending housing aid to displaced Puerto Ricans
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Puerto Rico Oversight Board Sees Projected Surplus Plummeting
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New Puerto Rico plan has about 65% less available for debt
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The Washington Consensus is dead wrong on Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico oversight board to recertify fiscal plan; COFINA bondholders close to agreement
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GAO: Limited Puerto Rico data hinders economic analysis
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Banks That Sold Puerto Rico Bonds Are Facing Their Own Robert Mueller
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Michigan Cities Move Off the State’s Critical List
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Federal judge says there's no fundamental right to learn to read and write
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30 Cities Best Positioned for Long-Term Success
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NYC: The Death of a Once Great City • Lawyers As Migrant Workers
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How an Unknown Reformer Rescued One of America’s Most Troubled School Districts
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Oil/Gas:

Trump Blames OPEC for High Oil Prices
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Trump says Saudi king agrees to raise oil production • Can Trump Counter Soaring Gasoline Prices? • White House, Saudis at odds with Trump on oil production • Oil prices slide after Trump tweet hints at bigger production rise from Saudis
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Growing Pains in America's Biggest Oil Field
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Oil Rigs: "A lousy week for rigs"
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JPMorgan Agents $1.2B Prepetition Facility for Harvey Gulf
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Retailing:

Sears is closing 78 stores as sales tumble. Here's the full list • Sears debuts handwritten signs in stores in an apparent effort to slash costs
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Specialty retailer Brookstone said to be weighing restructuring options, including bankruptcy
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At Toys 'R' Us, 'There Is Nothing Left': The Day It Closed for Good • Toys R Us stores close Friday, leaving behind nostalgia, anger and a chance of revival • Anonymous person buys $1M worth of remaining toys at Toys ‘R’ Us to donate • In farewell to U.S. shoppers, Toys 'R' Us urges 'Play on!' • Just us, the toys are all gone
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Bain Capital, KKR should pay up for Toys R Us letdown
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Faster delivery of nearly everything is the next big thing
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Hobbico files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, beginning liquidation process
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Amazon has met its match in Home Depot
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Steinhoff reports six month loss of R9.6 billion • Steinhoff is paying experts R5.4 million a day to sort out its financial mess - and it may get worse • Hawks swoop on Steinhoff as Bheki Cele confirms three fraud investigations
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Creditors prepping lawsuit against HHGregg officers and directors
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15 Major Stores Where Your Data Was Stolen
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Framing:

The Last Days of an American Dairy Farm
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Guns:

Bankruptcy court approves sale of AcuSport
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How Corporate America is silencing the gun industry
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Baskets:

A Basket Case? - Longaberger's parent company files for bankruptcy
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Chemicals:

Feds seek warrant to enter abandoned Paterson chemical factory
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Celebs:

Boris Becker looks dapper in a blue suit as he enjoys a night out in London's Mayfair...as his bankruptcy woes rumble on
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Artifacts:

Titanic Artifacts Caught in International Tug-of-War
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Electricity:

FirstEnergy asks bankruptcy court to terminate coal contract for Bruce Mansfield
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Private Equity:

Buyout Firms’ Profit-Goosing Scheme Spurs Backlash From Clients
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Marijuana:

This Massachusetts city is ready to welcome the marijuana industry with open arms
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Vermont is 9th state with legal recreational pot
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Education:

This 23-year-old UCLA student is homeless -- and he's not alone
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Mass Torts:

Insurers to feel brunt of New Jersey asbestos ruling
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (19 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Access to Consumer Bankruptcy
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Local Legal Culture from R2D2 to Big Data
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Discharge:

Connecticut District Court Applies Expansive Reading of “Fiduciary” in Determining Non-dischargability of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim in Bankruptcy
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Supreme Court: To Bar Bankruptcy Discharge, Statement of Financial Condition Must Be “In Writing”
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Insurance:

Controversial Bankruptcy Leaves New York, New Jersey on Hook for Private Insurance Claims
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Ch. 13:

Savings: The Missing Element in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases?
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Litigation:

As legal finance evolves, the possibilities are endless
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Plan Confirmation:

Upon Further Review, Ninth Circuit Finds No Flag On the Play – Creditor Allowed to Block a Cram-Up Plan Following Claims Purchases
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Arbitration:

Second Circuit Holds Arbitration of Alleged Violation of Discharge Injunction Conflicts with Purposes of Bankruptcy Code
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Consumer Bankruptcy:

The Rise and Fall of Fear of Abuse in Consumer Bankruptcy
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TBTF:

A Functional Analysis of SIFI Insolvency
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Executory Contracts:

A New Approach to Executory Contracts
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Cross-Border:

Global Insolvency Proceedings for a Global Market
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Modified Universalism as Customary International Law
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Politics:

Prank caller patched through to Trump on Air Force One
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Trump was reportedly surprised by the number of US troops stationed in Germany and expressed interest in pulling some of them out
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Allies fear the upcoming NATO summit could be a complete fiasco
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Obama tells Democrats to stop dreaming about him and move on
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American politics are at a boiling point after 'one of the most intense months' in memory
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Trump’s approval rating so far has been ‘incredibly stable’
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A look at catchphrases in Trumpworld
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US: NKorea Still Secretly Enriching Uranium • Trump may hold Round 2 with Kim Jong-un in NYC • Report: U.S and North Korean officials meet for first time since summit • Trump: NKorea Nuke Deal May Not Work Out
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President Trump makes some interesting claims about Wisconsin's Republican voting history
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Another Ambassador Resigns Over Trump
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Man charged with threatening to kill FCC Chair's family
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Anti-LGBT Stuff Trump Has Done
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Meghan McCain: I Won't Forgive Trump For Attacking Dad
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Democrats' old and new guards each face painful reckonings
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Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Organizer Wins $5 Dollars in Court Because Woman Called Him 'Crybaby'
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Trump’s ‘Purple’ Family Values
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Travel:

Emotional-support animals are becoming a big problem on planes, and airlines want them to go away
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Now TSA wants snacks
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Healthcare:

Court Halts Lab Tech's Discrimination Claim Filed After Sale of East Orange Hospital
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Why suicide is on the rise in the US, but falling in most of Europe
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Leading vaccine skeptic placed on probation by medical board
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Family Hit With $18,000 Bill From Hospital After Their Infant Was Given A Brief Nap and Released
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72% of Older Americans Are Sorely Misguided on Medicare
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Autos:

Tesla: 8 Years After IPO and No Profits • Tesla reportedly hit its Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after the deadline
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Corporate Reform:

Watchdog Lets Citi Slide for Cheating Clients
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Fraud:

June 2018 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Joel Tucker indicted in fake payday loan scheme, accused of lying to bankruptcy judge
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Ex-Hunton Lawyer, Longtime Fugitive, Admits to $1.7M Real Estate Fraud
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Metals:

Chippewa submits $900M financial plan to state
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Once-Hot Metals Market Faces Reality of Looming Trade War
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UK:

Neville Kahn resigns from Deloitte • Norwood chairman Neville Khan steps down from Deloitte role amid conduct investigation
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The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open
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UK: Dealers Shift Down as Brexit Hits Autos
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Lawyer promises to investigate Rangers sky-high liquidation fees and pledges to offer his services for free
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Insolvency specialists target ambitious growth with new brand and additional office
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Australian firm picks over the bones, while UK regulator hits S&G with fine
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Manufacturing loses momentum as trade war looms
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Clock ticking on Havelock Europa as it reveals intention to appoint administrators
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Carpetright has had a difficult few months. Things have gone from bad to worse in 2018
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Insolvency chief: Carillion not driving construction failures
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153 estate agents go bust and 7,000 at risk, says insolvency firm • Another 153 UK estate agent insolvencies in the past year as pressure from online rivals grows
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Confidence in Brexit low among 75% of CFOs • Theresa May warns her Cabinet there is now no chance of a bespoke Brexit deal • NHS prepares for drugs and doctor shortages under chaotic no-deal Brexit • Brexit: EU says no hope of securing UK's withdrawal deal by October • Foreign Firms to Flee England on Brexit • Trump's trade war with EU 'could boost chances of Britain getting a good Brexit deal' • Theresa May Finally Faces Her Moment Of Truth On Brexit
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EU:

Merkel's allies reject EU immigration deal, threatening her coalition • Merkel’s political alliance hangs in the balance
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European Commission aims to provide better protection when booking holidays online- Merchants must buy insolvency protection
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PIIGS:

German parliament approves Greece debt-relief package • End of the bailouts and onto a path to a new bankruptcy • EU's Debt Deal Is “Kiss of Death” for Greece
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Canada:

How to fight Trump's trade war , Part 1
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India:

Bankrupt Indian Companies Are Clogging the Economy—but Now the Clock Is Ticking
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Developments in favor of PNB in US bankruptcy case of Nirav Modi firm • Lawyers’ fees in Nirav Modi case in the US cross $2.7-million mark in just 3 months • When Nirav Modi Turned Foreign Investor In His Own Firm
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Indians' Life Satisfaction Goes Bust as Economy Booms
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Trade war good for India
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India's new bankruptcy code driving a debt clearout
(DBN)

In India's $210 bn stressed assets, Deutsche Bank sees a credit bonanza
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Australia:

Bankrupt Hells Angels bikie associate charged with trafficking more than 300kg of ice 'wins $1.33million jackpot' while behind bars
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Latin America:

Latin America Deep Dive
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Leftist candidate rides wave of frustration to win Mexico election • Leftist firebrand López Obrador wins Mexican presidential election • Mexico’s next president believes Trump is ‘erratic and arrogant’ — but vows to build ‘friendly' ties • Trump congratulates Mexico's new president: 'I look very much forward to working with him' • Leftist 'AMLO' sweeps to Mexican presidency • Meet Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the new populist president of Mexico who vowed to sell the official jet and wrote a book calling on Trump to 'listen up'
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Malaysia:

‘He will be brought to court soon’: Dr Mahathir warns Najib of looming prosecution for 1MDB scandal
(DBN)

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China:

The biggest difference between China and the US today explains why China is taking over the global economy
(DBN)

Trump's Trade War Arrives in the Data as China Awaits Tariffs
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France:

Notorious French criminal freed from prison by heavily armed men in helicopter
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