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  • In 2009, the court used administrative law to uphold the FCC's decision to fine Fox for broadcasting a live event in which the singer Cher used the F-word while accepting an award. The justices ducked the censorship issue, specifically reserving it for another day. That day has now come.
  • The Republican presidential candidate has claimed that the private equity firm he founded helped to create more than 100,000 jobs. But that's only part of the story.
  • One of the most powerful writers and producers in Hollywood is black, female, middle-aged and Muslim. Along with her husband, Mara Brock Akil produces The Game -- one of the biggest hits on cable TV. Last year, the couple collaborated on the comedy-drama film Jumping the Broom.
  • Last month, a passenger was traveling with the cupcake packed into a jar filled with icing. Too much icing says the Transportation Security Administration. In its blog, the agency explained icing counts as a gel, and some gels can be used to make explosives.
  • If the New Hampshire primary goes as expected, Mitt Romney should emerge the winner. How big he wins will matter because polls have shown him with a commanding lead. But New Hampshire could provide a surprise in a GOP presidential race that has already had more than a few.
  • Nicotine patches helped improve memory for patients on the road to dementia or Alzheimer's disease. But doctors didn't find the change meant they people did better on everyday problems.
  • A narrow win in the nation's first presidential primary — or a surprisingly strong finish from one of his rival candidates — will be played up as more evidence that Republicans still have their doubts about the former Massachusetts governor.
  • This is the first time the state offers compensation to victims of the eugenics program the state ran from the '30s to 1977.
  • Getting into Delhi University, one of the most prestigious schools in India, can be even tougher than getting into an Ivy League school in the U.S. The university's College of Commerce takes less than 2 percent of applicants.
  • Eight colleges in Georgia will now become four and will affect about 36,000 students.
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