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• Supreme Court signals it's OK with parts of Arizona's immigration law

  Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story, msnbc.com erroneously described a portion of the bill under review. The section in question requires that  police try to determine the immigration status of people whom they arrest or stop if there's reasonable suspicion t …

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• As immigration case goes before high court, what it means for 2012

  Wednesday’s argument before the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of an Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigrants is almost as much of a 2012 campaign event as it is a courtroom face-off between the Obama administration and Republicans. This week’s oral  …

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• Second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin shooting surprises legal experts

  Legal experts expressed surprise that a Florida state prosecutor is seeking a second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, the block watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during a scuffle, given that he wasn't arr …

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• Trayvon Martin case 911 call: Screams not George Zimmerman's, 2 experts say

  Updated at 2 p.m. ET: The voice heard crying for help on a 911 call just before Trayvon Martin was shot to death was not that of George Zimmerman, according to two forensic voice identification experts, one of whom told MSNBC on Sunday that he believes the evidence is strong eno …

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• Trayvon Martin case: Mayor says police resisted release of 911 tapes

  SANFORD, Florida -- The mayor of the city where Trayvon Martin was killed says he overruled police and prosecutors who opposed the release of tapes of 911 calls, telling them: “We're not here to hide anything.” Jeff Triplett, who is a senior vice president at United  …

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