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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked parts of an Indiana immigration law cracking down on illegal immigrants, in a ruling handed down a week before the bill was to go into effect. Full Story »

FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - The chair of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission will arrive in Nebraska Sunday to monitor preparations against Missouri River flooding at two Nebraska nuclear power plants, officials said Friday. Full Story »

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Indiana from enforcing a law that eliminated funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions. Full Story »

MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - Floodwaters swamped lower-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota, on Friday and eclipsed a 130-year-old flooding record as federal officials sharply increased water releases to the swollen Souris River. Full Story »

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The end is in sight for the weeks-long first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony, the young hard-partying Florida mother who garnered national attention in 2008 when she falsely claimed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee had been kidnapped by a nanny. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday when a tractor-trailer rig crashed through closed rail crossing gates and collided with an Amtrak train on a rural Nevada highway, authorities said. Full Story »

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Failed Senate candidate Joe Miller must reimburse Alaska more than $17,000 in legal fees and costs incurred during his fight to overturn Lisa Murkowski's write-in victory, a state judge ruled on Friday. Full Story »

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Six men were indicted on federal drug charges on Friday in connection with more than 90,000 marijuana plants stumbled on by bear hunters in a remote patch of forest that local authorities described as the largest cannabis farm ever found in Oregon. Full Story »

BOSTON (Reuters) - Former mobster and accused murderer James "Whitey" Bulger appeared at a highly charged court hearing on Friday just hours after he was brought back to Boston following 16 years on the run. Full Story »

MIAMI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Going lightly on the gas pedal, getting a few dollars of gas rather than filling up, cutting out the cruising, and swapping the BMW for a Dodge Caliber -- those are ways Americans are coping with gasoline prices well above $3 a gallon. Full Story »

FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - From the air for miles over the Missouri River valley in eastern Nebraska, only the treetops and rooftops are visible. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut's public employee unions have rejected an offer by Governor Dannel Malloy for a cost-cutting labor accord that would not involve any layoffs, meaning that a $1.6 billion gap in the two-year budget will have to be filled another way. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. municipal bonds backed by payments from cigarette makers on Friday extended a rally sparked by hopes that Big Tobacco and state governments were closer to dividing up nearly $6.5 billion of escrowed funds. Full Story »