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- Associated Press Story, June 3, 2005
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- Excellent Federal Venue Motion
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- (AP)CNN Report-Cheney Hunting Accident
- The Associated Press: Hunting Accident
- DMN & DOJ: So Much For the Silver Star
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- Polygraph Results: Washington Post Article
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- Federal Motion-Reduced Sentence
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- Sealing Juvenile Records in Texas
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