By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Prosecutors have asked a federal judge in North Carolina to bar those in the upcoming trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards from mentioning his poor health because of concern it could create sympathy among jurors.
The widow of country music legend Roger Miller doesn't own the rights to some of his biggest hits, including "King of the Road," a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Yale sophomore Andrew Hendricks has become used to receiving strange looks when he crosses the Ivy League campus in his Air Force uniform.
The Treasury Department announced Monday that it will begin selling its remaining $142 billion in holdings of mortgage-backed securities purchased during the financial crisis.
"The successful sale of these securities marks another important milestone in the wind down of the government's emergency financial crisis efforts," said Mary Miller, Treasury's assistant secretary for financial markets.
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Mary Miller, the dean of Yale College, said the administration was influenced by appeals from President Obama, who used his State of the Union address to call on universities to engage more directly with the military, and a survey by Yale's student government that found support for ROTC.