Traditionally the commission doesn't act on those until after the Department of Justice -- 99 out of 100 times the Department of Justice goes first and the Department of Justice hasn't acted yet on that merger. 
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, by the Como lake, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
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Deputy chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Andrea Nahles arrives for a party leaders meeting at the resort hotel Schwielowsee in Werder, south of Berlin September 7, 2008. Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will nominate Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's election, party members said.
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Performers realease balloons into the air in central Moscow on September 7, 2008 during celebrations for the 861st anniversary of the founding of Moscow.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak (R) speaks to the press as her attorneys Cheney Mason (L) and Donald Lykkebak (C) stand with her after her pre-trial hearing at Orange County Court in Orlando, Florida August 24, 2007. Nowak is accused of stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman at Orlando International Airport.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, in the presidential election, in front of The Parliament House in Islamabad on September 6, 2008. Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on September 6, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago. The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history, taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline "war on terror" ally.
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Supporters of the ruling party, Pakistan People's Party, chant slogans as they celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Islamabad September 6, 2008. Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.
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U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent arrives at the federal courthouse for a hearing on his indictment on sex crimescharges Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 in Houston. He was indicted last week on federal sex crimes following a Department of Justice investigation. He is facing two counts of abusive sexual contact and one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent arrives at the federal courthouse for a hearing on his indictment on sex crime charges Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 in Houston. He was indicted last week on federal sex crimes following a Department of Justice investigation. He is facing two counts of abusive sexual contact and one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse.
Carlos Alves de Brito, Chief Executive Officer of Inbev SA, leaves the presidential palace after a meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, unseen, in Brasilia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Belgian brewer InBev SA said Monday that the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking additional information pertaining to its $52 billion acquisition of U.S. rival Anheuser-Busch.
This photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Jeffery Wood who is scheduled for execution Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the Texas prison in Huntsville. Wood is scheduled for lethal injection for the January 1996 slaying of Kriss Keeran, 31, at a Kerrville Texaco gas station convenience store.
The Treme area of New Orleans lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit in this file photo from August 29, 2005. In 2005 the U.S. Justice Department formed the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force to combat fraud associated with billions of dollars in government aid allocated for victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma along the U.S. Gulf Coast. In a Sept 2007 report, the task force said it charged 188 people in Louisana with fraud or corruption since Sept 2005.
This photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Michael Rodriguez who is scheduled for execution at the Texas prison in Huntsville, Thursday, Aug. 14. Rodriguez would be the first of the six surviving members of the infamous "Texas 7" _ seven convicts who broke out of a South Texas prison in December 2000 _ to be executed. The gang was captured in Colorado after six weeks on the run. One of them, Larry Harper, killed himself rather than surrender to authorities, but not before they all were involved in the fatal shooting of Aubrey Hawkins, an Irving policeman, during a Christmas Eve robbery of a sporting goods store in the Dallas suburb.
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State officials have disclosed a Thursday letter from Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker, who said the investigation will focus on whether patients are safe from harm at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital.
The Camden County hospital has been
Editor’s note: In her Ad Astra Poetry Project, Kansas Poet Laureate Denise Low highlights historic and contemporary poets who resided in Kansas for a substantial part of their lives.
Brian Daldorph came to Kansas University’s English department almost
The case of an ex-Marine acquitted of Iraq-related charges validates the law that sent him to federal court. In acquitting a former Marine accused of a war crime in Iraq, a federal jury in Riverside has done more than render a verdict to the best of its
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a
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Thank you Mayor Cashell.
I would like to begin by thanking you and Senator Reid for hosting
ST. CROIX - The Senate Finance Committee on Friday afternoon approved the final round of requests for appropriation transfers allowing three more departments to shift funds within their Fiscal Year 2008 budget to address areas of critical
TRENTON — The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division will begin an inquiry into conditions at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, the state announced Friday.
The Justice Department "intends to examine patient safety and treatment quality at Ancora,"
An 87-year-old Ukrainian immigrant has lost his appeal to keep his US citizenship after a US federal court has ruled that he had collaborated with Nazis during Germany's occupation of Ukraine and helped liquidate a Jewish ghetto in Poland.
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A lost computer disc containing personal details about thousands of justice staff is not thought to have fallen into the wrong hands, a Government minister said.
Data protection minister Michael Wills told the BBC: "We believe the data is not in the
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While we deny any liability regarding the Department of Justice's assertions, in order to avoid the distraction, cost and uncertainties of litigation we entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice
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The matter is in the Department of Justice's hands ... We've spoken to the Department of Justice about the case.
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