December 20, 2019

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Law:

Kirkland & Ellis Offers Bonuses That Beat The Market… But Leave Associates Grumbling
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This Elite Firm Is Beating Biglaw Bonuses Like It’s No Big Deal
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Selendy & Gay Beat Milbank Scale with Year-End Associate Bonuses
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ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Finalists! (2019)
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Practicing Law In Paradise
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Alston & Bird Liable for $4.7M in Legal Malpractice Case
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Revealed: What partners really think of their firms
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Hogan Lovells Confirms New CEO and Deputy CEO
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Ch. 11 Trustee To Take Over Liddle & Robinson
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NY Litigator, Accusing Lender of Coup, Loses Control of His Law Firm
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Suspended for Allegedly Calling Prosecutors 'S----,' Long Island Attorney Sues, Says He Was Misheard
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Mass grope at firm Christmas party
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Christmas miracle! Law firm and restaurant declare truce after party fiasco
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Profane Lawyer Hires Prominent Lawyer
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Avenatti Furious He May Lose Law License
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Nevada Bar Says In-House Lawyer Non-Compete Breaks Ethics Rules
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Gender equality is ‘irrevocable tenet of our society,’ ABA president says
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Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep Deadly Secrets
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Inside Jeffrey Epstein's finances: a billionaire's daughter, tuition payments to models, and the possibility of more money for victims
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Former model sues Harvey Weinstein, alleging he sexually abused her when she was 16
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The Mueller Report Illustrated
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Harvard law prof pitched the idea of withholding impeachment articles; is it constitutional?
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4th Circuit Rules Trump Administration Must Face Claims of Inadequate Preparation for 2020 Census
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Legal Analyst: Roger Stone Is Doing All He Can to Delay Sentencing in Hopes of a Pardon
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AG Barr Hits Back At Comey’s ‘Nonsense’
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Accuser Sues Harvey Weinstein Under New York's Child Victims Act, Alleging Sexual Abuse
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Attorney in Walmart Price Tag Scam Suspended
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Roundup Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Arrested on Extortion Charges
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Georgia Mom Threatened to Shoot Kids Who Allegedly Bullied Her Son, Police Say
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Best of Bonkers Law Firm Websites
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UK: Glamorous Solicitor 2019 - The Final
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Tantrum at the opera as lawyer convicted of punching seatmate
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California police search for a man who allegedly stole $500 from caricature artist, left his portrait behind
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Anti-Semitism in the U.S. isn't usually violent. What if that's changing?
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Widespread Outrage After Prosecutors Charge Teen with Murder for Killing Her Rapist
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Judges:

Senate Confirms Bankruptcy Judge to NY Federal District Court Judgeship
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Senators Confirm 12 New Judges Ahead of Holiday Break
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Hero Judge Extolls Virtue Of Truth Because It’s 2019 And These Things Need To Be Said
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‘He’s the only hope we’ve got.’ All eyes on chief justice in Senate impeachment trial
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Wall Street:

US futures point to slightly higher open
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World shares mixed as US says trade deal with China ready
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Layoffs:

Robot can make 300 pizzas an hour
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Toyota unveils upgraded version of its humanoid robot
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Utilities:

CEO on Fate of PG&E: 'I'm Not the Wikipedia of Bankruptcies'
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PG&E CEO predicts five more years of power shutoffs
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Early PG&E Blackouts Forewarned Later Problems
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PG&E, SoCal Edison and SDG&E can't raise profit margins PG&E monthly bills set to rise in early 2020 after PUC vote
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PG&E Admits 1987 Hook Failures Did Not Prompt More Tests
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Year-End Developments in PG&E’s Bankruptcy: Clashing Short-Term and Long-Term Demands
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What now for PG&E?
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Non-Profits:

What the Mormon church has in common with Larry Page
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E-Cigarettes:

54 reported dead from vaping-related lung illness
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Environmental:

Trump Doesn’t Want You to Know How Toxic Your Neighborhood May Be
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2019's Worst Environmental Rollbacks
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Climate:

Greenhouse Gases at the Bottom of the Sea
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Australia Declares a Wildfire Emergency
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 234,000
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America's Average Credit Scores by State
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Philly Fed Manufacturing Suggests Activity "Flat" in December
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Mapping credit inequality in the U.S.
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While Americans Drown In Financial Despair, The Fed Celebrates
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No, the richest 400 Americans don't pay a lower tax rate than the bottom 10 percent
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Unfixed: The Economy After Great Recession
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Even after Trump's trade deal, China tariffs will cost the American economy $316 billion by the end of 2020
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A GOP senator slammed Trump's NAFTA rewrite, saying it's 'the only trade pact ever meant to diminish trade' House passes reworked North American trade deal in victory for Trump, Democrats
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U.S. Banks’ Repo Reticence to Continue Even as Fed Reacts
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1.3 million more workers will be eligible for overtime pay in 2020
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Budget watchdogs howl over deficit-ballooning deals
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The Biggest Business Disasters of 2019
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Global shift toward protectionism expected to continue in 2020, experts say
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A year of protests caps a decade of crisis and anger
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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:

NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 5.35 million in November Comments on November Existing Home Sales
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Reverse Mortgages End, Heirs Have Heartache
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Municipalities:

Coventry Fire District Committee Faces Distrust, Fears Of Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Refinery news roundup: Middle East set for Q1 turnarounds
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7 Things To Expect From The Oil And Gas Industry In 2020
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Delivery:

Amazon's delivery business reveals staggering growth as it's on track to deliver 3.5 billion packages globally this year
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Retailing:

Bankrupt Retailers Can’t Stay Quiet, or They’ll Keep Dying
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The 2010s were a devastating decade for the retail industry. Here's how the retail apocalypse began.
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Toys R Us re-emerges with new, smaller stores
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Travel:

6 small details pilots notice when they fly as passengers that you probably miss
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Man gives 88-year-old woman his business-class ticket
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Personal Finance:

5 common mistakes job seekers make when negotiating for a higher salary, and how to avoid them
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7 signs you're spending more money than you can afford
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Food/Beverage:

Fast-growing Burgerim is apparently considering bankruptcy
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Did delivery drive Granite City into bankruptcy?
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Brands:

Zest Soap, VO5 Shampoo Maker Bankruptcy: What Does It Mean For High Ridge Brands?
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Religion:

Scharfenberger gives update on the Buffalo Diocese filing for bankruptcy
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After a toddler's death, a church has tried for days to resurrect her - with prayer
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Autos:

U.S. probes 4 automakers in new Takata air bag recall
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This SoftBank-Backed Startup Sought to Disrupt the Car Market. Instead, It Became a Poster Child for Disruption Gone Awry
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Student Debt:

Is There Really A Student Loan Crisis?
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Tax:

House narrowly passes bill that would restore 'SALT' tax benefits to higher-income Americans
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Healthcare:

Washington Regional Medical Center to remain open, seeking loans to pay employees
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Congress raises age to buy tobacco products to 21
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Half of U.S. adults to be obese by 2030 with one in four severely obese
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How Clarence Thomas Starred in Fifth Circuit's Ruling Against Obamacare Medicare For All Is The Only Viable Plan And The Fifth Circuit Just Proved It Democrats want a 2020 Supreme Court hearing on the lawsuit that could upend Obamacare
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Coke targeted teens by saying sugary drinks are healthy
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Fraud:

10 years in, Mastro bankruptcy case may finally be in 'home stretch'
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(18 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Jurisdiction:

Balancing Power—FERC vs. the Bankruptcy Court
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Cross Border:

Indian Insolvency Proceeding Secures First Recognition under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code
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Avoidance Actions:

Creditors Can't Recover From Tribune Investors Cashed Out in 2007 Leveraged Buyout
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Preemption:

Court Rules Bankruptcy Code Does Not Preempt California Buy-Out Statute
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Politics:

Nancy Pelosi's power play: Democrats might delay a full trial on Trump's impeachment to force concessions from the GOP Trump Dared Pelosi to Send Articles of Impeachment to Senate While She Was Holding Press Conference Mitch McConnell threatens to cancel Donald Trump's Senate trial if 'scared' Nancy Pelosi does not hand over 'slapdash' articles of impeachment Lindsey Graham is ‘enraged’ Pelosi won’t let Senate hold a sham trial Everything you need to know about Trump's impeachment process Trump was impeached with more votes against him than any other president 'TRUMP IMPEACHED': How newspaper front pages reacted to Trump's historic impeachment by the House of Representatives Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment Trump, Pelosi Use Impeachment to Ask for Funds At least 15 million TV viewers watch impeachment vote How the president's favorite news network covered his impeachment Nancy Pelosi is the 'Swamp Mistress' on the New York Post's post-impeachment front page
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Is impeachment suddenly going to be the new normal?
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McConnell Whining About Precedent?
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Judge Napolitano on Trump: Yeah, He Did It
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Evangelical Magazine Christianity Today Calls for Trump’s Removal Evangelical magazine founded by Billy Graham calls for Trump's removal Prominent Evangelical Magazine Calls for 'Grossly Immoral' Trump to Be Removed
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Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president's views on Ukraine, 2016 campaign
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Here are the top moments from the sixth Democratic debate in Los Angeles Democrats vie in debate over how to combat Trump, a roaring economy and impeachment Impeachment overkill, the USMCA's impact on jobs and the power of imagery: 3 quotes from the Democratic debate The sixth debate is justification for discontinuing these Fact-checking the sixth Democratic debate Winners and losers from the December Democratic debate
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Trump announces Rep. Jeff Van Drew will join Republican Party
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Trump mocks Rep. Debbie Dingell, suggests John Dingell may be in hell White House press secretary says Trump is a 'counter-puncher' when asked why he implied that a late, beloved Michigan congressman is in hell now
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5 NJ Public Officials, Political Candidates Snared in Huge Corruption Probe
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Voter suppression could become more important to the GOP's election plans than ever
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Looking at Republicans, female voters see angry, irrational white men
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Report: Washington lawmaker engaged in 'domestic terrorism'
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Sen. Warren to meet privately with tribal leaders in Oklahoma, another attempt to atone for her past
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White House Braces for Mulvaney's Exit
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Poll: Half of Military Unhappy with Trump
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Cool It, Krugman
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UK:

Johnson's Brexit deal set to sail through Parliament Boris Johnson Won't Unite the UK
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Does e-filing administration appointment documents give you a headache?
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Katie Price gushes over kids amid bankruptcy woes – 'it's all about the family' Katie Price ‘refusing to leave’ mucky mansion as she tells friends ‘I’ve got nowhere else to go’
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Canada:

Six more months needed to close old Essar Steel Algoma insolvency files
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Mexico:

United States State Department: Mexico Travel Alert Updates, 5 States 'Do Not Travel'
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France:

French pensions standoff hardens as strike enters 3rd week
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China:

459 Real Estate Bankruptcy Filings Raise Concerns of Homebuyers Losing Out
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South Africa:

Fourth Schedule of the Insolvency Act is amended
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New Zealand:

After mosque shootings, New Zealand's gun buyback runs into an obstacle: gun owners
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