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CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Steady applause from men dressed in blue-grey prison uniforms preceded Steven Petrarca as he stood planted behind the chapel lectern at …

Marijuana is now legal in the states of Colorado, Washington and California. Voters OK’d casual pot smoking on Election Day in Washington and Colorado. They …

ORLANDO (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s shooting death was just a blip on the local television news when it was first reported on a soggy night …

NEWTOWN, CONN. — Ten minutes. That was how long it took for a man to shoot his way into an elementary school in an upscale …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A trade school founded in 1899 to provide vocational training to black workers has been evicted from its publicly owned building in …

TALLAHASSEE — Concerns about bullying and its role in school violence, depression, and health have grown over the past decade. Bullying is different from the …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ George Washington Eames Jr., a plaintiff in a 1956 lawsuit that led to the desegregation of schools in Baton Rouge, …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package announcement …

CHICAGO (AP) — Jesse Jackson Jr.’s resignation from Congress might end his once-promising political career but it doesn’t mark the end of troubles for the …

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) _ Leaders of a northern Michigan church are defending their decision to ban a Muslim call to worship that was part …