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WALTHAM, Mass. – Judicial independence is vital to our nation, not a “problem to be solved,” and leaders should steer away from anti-judicial rhetoric, the chief justice who wrote the decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told graduates. In a commencement speech Sunday at Brandeis University, Supreme Judicial Court Chief …

NEW YORK – The government has urged a federal judge to reject a bid by former WorldCom (search) chief Bernard Ebbers (search) for a new trial as his sentencing nears for his part in the record-breaking $11 billion accounting fraud. Federal prosecutors told Judge Barbara Jones in papers made public …

WASHINGTON – The Agriculture Department paid a freelance writer for stories in hunting and fishing magazines where he promoted the agency’s conservation efforts. The writer, Dave Smith (search), later was hired by the department. He is now a biologist for the department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Missoula, Mont. President …