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Documents Show FBI Misused Surveillance

WASHINGTON – Previously classified documents being released Monday show numerous misuses of FBI surveillance, including improper searches and seizures of e-mails and bank records, The Washington Post reported in Monday’s editions. The documents, which were turned over under a Freedom of Information Act (search) lawsuit filed by the Electronic Privacy …

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Alaskan Judge Protects Benefits for Same-Sex Couples

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday it is unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay rights advocates in one of the first states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Overturning a lower court ruling, the state high …

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Star Trek's 'Sulu' Comes Out of Closet

LOS ANGELES – George Takei (search), who as helmsman Sulu steered the Starship Enterprise through three television seasons and six movies, has come out as a homosexual in the current issue of Frontiers, a biweekly Los Angeles magazine covering the gay and lesbian community. Takei told The Associated Press on …

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