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The justice department has asked the Supreme Court to take up and resolve the case in its new term, which starts on October 6.

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“There’s no question that there were failures, but it was not one specific individual or one specific department that can have an, ‘Off with your head.’

Luxury department store Harrods has warned customers their personal data may have been taken in an IT systems breach.

From BBC

Barnett was born in Waukegan, Ill., where his father operated the local Social Security office and his mother worked part time in a department store.

The special election is expected to cost the state and the counties $282 million, according to the secretary of state’s office and the state department of finance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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