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PHOENIX (Reuters) - A year after a deadly shooting spree that left Representative Gabrielle Giffords battling for her life, the accused gunman remains shut up in a prison hospital amid wrangling over his fitness to stand trial. College dropout Jared Loughner is charged with murdering six people and wounding 13 others, including Giffords, who was shot through the head and is recovering. Loughner ...

Analysis: Obama consumer chief decision under a legal cloud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could become entangled in a legal battle over its legitimacy, though history and the Constitution appear to favor him, experts said. The White House said on Wednesday Obama would use his constitutional authority to install Cordray while Congress was not in session ...