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  • Janet Reno, 1st Female US Attorney General, Dead at 78

    Janet Reno, who during the Bill Clinton administration became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Reno died early Monday morning surrounded by family and friends, her niece Daphne Webb told NBC News. Reno served nearly eight years as attorney general under President…