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      A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday. […]
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      The New York Times reports that a feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not materialized, with plots and arrests dropping sharply over the two years since an unusual peak in 2009, according to a new study by a North Carolina research group. The study found that 20 Muslim Americans were charged in violent plots or attacks in 2 […]
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      The Alaska Redistricting Board on Tuesday decided on a partial appeal of a judge's decision that they redraw four House districts. […]
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      Gov. Robert Bentley called Tuesday night for new economic development legislation and spe­cial tax credits for teachers, while promising to protect Public Safe­ty, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Resources from potentially steep cuts in the state's General Fund. […]
    • AL: Alabama immigration law foes plan Valentine's Day rally in Montgomery
      Opponents of Alabama's law on illegal immigration are planning a Valentine's Day demonstration at the Statehouse in Montgomery. […]
    • AR: Hutchinson firm to represent secretary of state in redistricting lawsuit
      Secretary of State Mark Martin, the lone Republican on a panel that redrew legislative districts last year, said today the law firm of a former GOP congressman and gubernatorial candidate will represent him in a lawsuit that contends the new boundaries dilute the black vote in an eastern Arkansas Senate district. […]
    • AR: Greenwood senator pleads no contest in fleeing case
      A state senator pleaded no contest today to charges that he fled from a sheriff's deputy who tried to stop him for speeding. […]
    • AZ: Arizona leaning toward joining $25 billion foreclosure settlement
      WASHINGTON – Arizona is one of a handful of states that have not yet agreed to a potential $25 billion mortgage settlement for suffering homeowners, but the state hopes to join soon, officials said. […]
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      The House has approved so-called "Caylee's Law" bill inspired by the Casey Anthony case in Florida. […]
    • CA: No closure in sight for Golden State
      Opponents and backers of gay marriage in California are caught in a waiting game. As the battle over California's Proposition 8 gay-marriage ban continues to make its way through the courts, the state may not have a final verdict until 2013. […]
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      Gay marriage already has become an issue in the presidential race. The major Republican candidates, except Ron Paul, have signed a pledge saying they are committed to an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning same-sex marriage. […]
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      This nation still has a long way to go to overcome one of the great remaining barriers to full equality and fairness, but a federal appeals court panel brought it a big step closer with a well-grounded ruling on Tuesday striking down a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California. […]
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      SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES -- A federal appeals court has declared California's 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, concluding that the prohibition served no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians." […]
    • CA: Jerry Brown affirming more releases of killers than Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis
      Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is far more likely to allow the release of paroled killers from prison than either of California's two previous governors, newly released records show. […]
    • CA: Prop. 8 -- Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules
      A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year. […]
    • CA: California Gov. Jerry Brown denies parole for 71 murderers
      California Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned 21 people in his first year in office and rejected parole for 71 first- and second-degree murderers who had been recommended for release by the parole board. […]
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      The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has a hard-won reputation for issuing sweeping, precedent-setting and liberal rulings that are often overturned by the more conservative U.S. Supreme Court. […]
    • CO: Colorado crime bill stirs abortion debate
      Two of the legislature's most conservative lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that critics say would criminalize abortion and establish "personhood" status for a fetus. […]
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      Probationers in Colorado may not use medical marijuana, even if they have a medical-marijuana identification card authorizing them to do so, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled. […]
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      Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Public Defender David Lobato to the Pueblo County bench Tuesday. […]
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      HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Wilmington seems to already have most of the building blocks it needs to deploy the crime-reduction strategy that has helped this city break up open-air drug markets and cut gang violence, officials here told a Delaware delegation Monday. "It may be just a matter of connecting those resources," said Wilmington Police Chief Micha […]
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      Police say the First Student driver did a "fantastic job" of keeping the Grant Middle School students safe. […]
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      A search warrant affidavit filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday showed Josh Powell withdrew $7,000 from a South Hill bank branch Saturday. […]
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      After less than an hour of deliberation, a Summit County jury late Tuesday four a 28-year-old Akron man guilty of aggravated murder. […]
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      A Yolo County judge sent convicted cop killer Marco Antonio Topete to death row Tuesday, after rejecting a defense motion for a new trial and hearing how the murder of Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz traumatized relatives and a co-worker. Marco Topete is led away by officers Tuesday after being sentenced to death for slaying a Yolo County sheriff's deputy in 2 […]
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