Supporters of gun regulation won an important victory when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York State's requirement that one show "proper cause" to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.

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Circuit marked a victory for Republicans and business groups critical of the labor board.

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But for a long time it had looked as if the Englishman had tossed away his chance of victory on the daunting Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

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But two days later the American rookie was celebrating his first victory on the U.S.-based circuit, retaining his Tour card for 2013 after a win at the appropriately named Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic.

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed the IRS a victory in its war on offshore accounts and income.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit last May handed the federal government a major victory when it largely rejected First Amendment challenges to the new federal law that strictly regulates the labeling of tobacco products.

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Circuit, but Democrats in the Senate, sensing a victory in the approaching 1992 election, refused to let him come up for a vote.

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The case of Sam William Palmer in the Tenth Circuit is about as close as they ever come to a victory.

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"This circuit is very special to all of us so to get a victory here in front of this Japanese crowd means a lot, " he said.

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Pak Se Ri's victory in the U.S. Women's Open in July made her a star on the professional golf circuit and a national heroine in Korea.

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