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The Obama administration holds a meeting for federal employees about government openness -- and refuses to let the public attend. The meeting is an apt symbol of Obama's mixed record on transparency, which he has touted as a key issue. One transparency advocate suggests the president's earlier pledges were "smoke and mirrors."

A Cornell University professor sues Wesleyan University, saying the school mistakenly distributed his picture to media outlets as a suspect in a student's shooting. Stephen L. Morgan shares the same first and last name as the man accused of gunning down a 21-year-old woman in a bookstore.

A New York couple is now debt-free after a judge erases $525,000 in mortgage payments that a bank was demanding on their home.

A study by two human rights groups says many video games encourage players to flagrantly violate criminal and humanitarian law in the real world. By allowing players to attack civilians and destroy churches and mosques, says the report, the games suggest that modern warfare has no limits or rules. One gaming industry expert disagrees, calling the virtual havoc "just fun, harmless escapism."