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Judge Rejects Suit Over Louisiana Drilling

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 08:02 PM PST

A flood board had sought billions in damages from energy companies over coastal erosion, but the action was dismissed in federal court.

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Former Army Sniper Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:57 PM PST

Joseph M. Hunter, 49, and two other men had agreed to kill an agent of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and an informant for $800,000.

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County Coroner in Washington Plans Inquest Amid Furor Over Police Killing

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:50 PM PST

The shooting of the orchard laborer in Pasco, who the police say threw rocks at officers, has stirred outrage among the Hispanic population in southeastern Washington.

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David Carr, Times Critic and Champion of Media, Dies at 58

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:38 PM PST

Mr. Carr, a shrewd and well-informed skeptic, wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand media columnist at The New York Times.

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Standards Are at Stake in a Fight Over Schools in Arizona

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST

Officials in Arizona are battling over control of the Board of Education and the state's schools, just one example of an increasingly fractious landscape of state education politics.

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Governor Leaves Office in Oregon, Besieged in Crisis

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 06:05 PM PST

John Kitzhaber stepped down amid a scandal that included a criminal investigation of the role that his fiancée played in his administration.

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Stiffer Tax Penalties Used to Spur Insurance Enrollment

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:47 PM PST

President Obama and his team are making a final, urgent push to boost government health insurance sign-ups in the next two days, in part by making sure people know that tax penalties for remaining...

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After Growing Pressure, Federal Inquiry Begins Into Muslim Students’ Killings

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:39 PM PST

After searching the suspect's apartment, investigators said they had seized at least a dozen firearms and an extensive collection of ammunition, holsters, cases and scopes.

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National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Official Refuses Order to Halt Union Fees

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:15 PM PST

The state comptroller, Leslie Munger, said Friday she would not follow an executive order by Gov. Bruce Rauner to hold up so-called fair-share union dues from nonunion workers.

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National Briefing | Rockies: Utah: House Votes to Reinstate Death by Firing Squad

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:12 PM PST

A proposal that reinstates Utah's use of firing squads to carry out executions narrowly passed a crucial vote Friday in the state's Legislature after three missing lawmakers were summoned to break a...

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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Governor Halts Executions

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:05 PM PST

Gov. Tom Wolf imposed a moratorium on the death penalty on Friday, calling the current system of capital punishment "anything but infallible."

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Beliefs: Conservative Politicians Abroad Seem More Accepting of Evolution

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:53 PM PST

Unlike American evangelicals who can reside in their own church and schools, the English have a more unified national culture that makes it easier to teach and accept the science.

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Most Alabama Judges Begin to Issue Licenses for Same-Sex Marriages

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:42 PM PST

The state's probate judges saw a federal district court judge's order that the licenses be issued in Mobile County as a signal for them to issue the licenses, too.

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Opinion: Leaving Only Footsteps? Think Again

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:07 PM PST

When we visit the great outdoors, we do damage we don't even notice.

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In Alabama City, Gay Couple Try to Wed, Early and Often

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 11:18 AM PST

Denied a marriage license on Monday by a probate judge caught between the state and federal courts, Keith Ingram and Albert Pigg have not lost hope.

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Opinion: To a Friend, on His Divorce

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 09:52 AM PST

Welcome to your new life as a middle-aged single dude. Here's what it will be like.

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Motherlode Blog: Let Children Change

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 09:20 AM PST

When parents keep expecting our kids to repeat old mistakes, we're saying "you can't change," or maybe "you can't change while I'm still here." Bad plan.

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Law Enforcement Issues in Missouri and Other States Spur Unlikely Alliances

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 08:53 AM PST

After Ferguson, white Republicans and leaders from conservative groups joined black lawmakers in backing a bill to limit the revenue Missouri towns can keep from traffic fines.

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Democrats’ Convention Choice for 2016 Reflects a Philadelphia Resurgence

Posted: 13 Feb 2015 08:32 AM PST

A city long overshadowed by nearby New York and Washington has learned to take pride in the creativity born of its relative affordability.

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