- The US Justice Department has indicted 18 current and former LA County Sheriff's deputies in connection with an FBI investigation into civil rights violations of prisoners and charges of corruption.
- Ex-San Diego Democratic Mayor Bob Filner will not go to jail for sexually harassing three female staff members, but will instead face three months of home confinement and three years probation.
- The first real test of the new Senate filibuster rules on presidential nominations begin with HUD nominee Rep. Mel Watt, who may still be delayed and even blocked by Republican procedural motions.
- The US Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the federal Clean Air Act and whether the Obama administration can direct states to limit air pollution that blows into neighboring states' jurisdictions.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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