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Supreme Court: Foreigners May Continue to Adjust Their Status

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has made it easier for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain in the United States legally. The court ruled 5-4 Monday that someone who is here illegally may withdraw his voluntarily agreement to depart and continue to try to adjust his …

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Police Rule Plane Jumper's Death a Suicide

DUANESBURG, N.Y. – A 29-year-old man who plunged to his death from a skydiving plane with no parachute on Saturday committed suicide, state police said. Sloan Carafello of Schenectady was described as an observer on the small plane. Witnesses say he leaped out behind three parachuters. An autopsy on Sunday …

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UK Proposes Cigarette Logo Ban

LONDON – Britain’s Department of Health has proposed banning tobacco companies from putting any logos or branding on cigarette packs. One proposal for preventing young people from smoking is to sell cigarettes in plain black-and-white boxes with nothing on them but health warnings. The British government is also considering banning …

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