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Hearing today. first, he said some f.b.i. agents did cheat on the test about handling surveillance in open cases. director mueller testified to the senate judiciary committee and told the committee member that a number of agents had cheated on their tests either by taking them in groups or having access to the tests beforehand. director mueller did not say exactly how many agents had cheated. he did say an inspector general is looking into the situation. the tests are part of the bureaus techniq...

Of new york. a former judge says david paterson, the governor, should not face criminal charges for his role in a former aides domestic violence case. the states one time chief judge says governor paterson made errors in judgment by contacting the aides former girlfriend after she called police last year. but in a report to new yorks attorney general, the judge said those errors do not amount to criminal wrongdoing. however, the judge said the evidence could still be enough to charge the aide, d...

>> for 25 years, we didnt enforce the immigration law. they came and they came and they came. we didnt enforce. all of a sudden, were going to snap our fingers and say leave. >> he says having argued in court that immigration is a federal responsibility, the federal government is now obligated to reform the immigration laws. >> all right. wendell, what are republicans saying tonight? >> well, theres disappointment and surprise, shepard. most felt that the main portion of the law, the requirement...

Me during this difficult period. >> it sustained us all, my blago. before the jury left to begin the work, the judge said he does not expect a speedy verdict and our blago told a spectator to say a prayer. moments later, an elderly woman hugged him and gave our blago a piece of candy. makes you warm and fuzzy, just so nice. must be so great on planet blago, mike. all this lawyering is over and now the jury has the case. how was it there on the planet today? >> you know, shep, the case went to th...

He had served eight years of a life sentence for the 1988 attack on pan am flight 103 that killed 270 people. director mueller said the f.b.i. was heavily involved in the response to the attack but not in the decision to release al-megrahi. >> weve spent a great deal of time with the families investigating that case and with our colleagues overseas and generally in those cases when you spend so much time on the investigation, those who conducted the investigation are queried as to what the dispo...

Today. arnold schwarzenegger declaring a fiscal emergency as the state tries to tackle the $20 billion deficit. he says the latest worker furloughs will last until lawmakers reach a deal on the budget which is more than a month overdue already. this comes after nearly a year of furloughs ended in june. despite statewide protests, governor schwarzenegger says the unpaid leave is necessary to avoid bankrupting the state. every day in every way because it makes us feel so good. fox news is on the j...

People who make decisions on their own. secondly, on this paterson case, though, you have a governor talking to two state employees, say pressure this woman who got her face slammed into a desk by this thug that works for him, pressure her not to testify. to even compare those two things is ridiculous. >> i see nothing good about what youre describing, but i would say abuse of power applies to the former governor as well. and theyre equally as wrong -- >> there are a lot of people in sanitation ...

Blago. >> and ultimately, i think i can. >> he may be a goof but hes an innocent goof. >> blagos case goes to the jury. but first from fox this wednesday night, arizonas new immigration law will take effect just a few hours from now. but it will do so without the sections that have caused most of the controversy. a federal judge today blocked those measures and set up a showdown that could potentially go to the supreme court. the obama administration challenged the new law arguing its the federa...