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detention after Mexican authorities said they found marijuana under her bus seat.
• Since she still has family in Mexico, she said she'll return. "Not right now, maybe in the future."
• "I don't think it's going to happen again," she said of her arrest, but "I'll drive my own vehicle."
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Federal judge orders Google to hand over customer data in FBI national security letters case

• SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing so-called national security letters to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others was unconstitutional and unnecessary.
• FBI counter-terrorism agents began issuing the secret letters, which don't require a judge's approval, after Congress passed the USA Patriot Act in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

• The letters are used to collect unlimited kinds of sensitive, private information, such as financial and phone records and have prompted complaints of government privacy violations in the name of national security. Many of Google's services, including its dominant search engine and the popular Gmail application, have become daily habits for millions of people.
• In a ruling written May 20 and obtained Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston ordered Google to comply with the FBI's demands.
• But she put her ruling on hold until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could decide the matter. Until then, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company must comply with the letters unless it shows the FBI didn't follow proper procedures in making its demands for customer data in the 19 letters Google is challenging, she said.
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After a second-round 74, Tiger Woods must make up double-digit deficit on weekend at Memorial

• DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Tiger Woods has won a record five times at the Memorial Tournament by making great shots that more than erased any mistakes along the way.

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