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Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor
Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a city torn by violence despite what critics claim are the nation's toughest firearms restrictions. ...
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Judge finds Arizona sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols.
Malloy defends effort to restrict Newtown records
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is defending efforts to restrict the release of certain public records related to the Newtown school shooting, saying he wants to protect the victims' families. Malloy said Friday that "an extraordinary set of circumstances" happened on Dec. 14, when a gunman opened fire at the Sandy ...
Student shot in leg at South Florida school
A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school. A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally ...
Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family. Paula Broadwell told WSOC-TV in Charlotte on Thursday (http://bit.ly/10RjHXE ) that she credited her husband and friends for standing by her as she ...
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UK braces for unrest after soldier's slaying while also reviewing whether it missed warnings LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would ...
Molester found slain in Corcoran prison cell
Investigators at California State Prison-Corcoran are investigating as a homicide the death of an inmate who was a convicted child molester. On Thursday corrections officials found the 63-year-old unresponsive in his cell. They have not released his name. He was serving a six-year sentence out of Los Angeles County for ...
NATIONAL NEWS AT A GLANCE
c.2013 New York Times News Service STATES’ POLICIES ON HEALTH CARE EXCLUDE POOREST The refusal by about half the states to expand Medicaid will leave millions of poor people ineligible for government-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law even as many others with higher incomes receive federal ...
Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America." The Congressional Gold Medal ...
Okla. governor signs abortion bill, 20 other bills
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation that requires abortion providers to take additional steps to notify the parents of a minor who is seeking an abortion. The measure was among 21 bills Fallin signed into law on Friday, when the Legislature planned to adjourn its 2013 legislative session. The ...
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