PUBLIC PACKS IOWA HEARING ON RELEASING KILLER
By RYAN J. FOLEY This Nov. 1, 2012 photo provided by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Rasberry Williams who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an acquaintance…
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SINGER DIONNE WARWICK FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY IN NJ
FILE – This Nov. 3, 2012 file photo shows singer Dionne Warwick after receiving the lifetime acheivement award at the 2012 MOBO Awards in Liverpool. Warwick claims in a recent…
AP SOURCES: SD SEN. JOHNSON WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and DAVID ESPO FILE – In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic officials say Johnson…
ND LAWMAKERS DEFINE LIFE AS STARTING AT CONCEPTION
By JAMES MacPHERSON North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the…
GA. LAWMAKERS OK CRACKDOWN ON SO-CALLED PILL MILLS
By KATE BRUMBACK FILE – In this June 14, 2012 file photo, a suspect is loaded into a DeKalb police prisoner transport van during a “pill mill” raid by dozens…
LANDMARK GUN BILLS SIGNED IN COLORADO
By IVAN MORENO FILE – In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the…
COLO. CORRECTIONS DEPT. CHIEF SHOT, KILLED AT HOME
By P. SOLOMON BANDA This undated image provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows its director Tom Clements. Sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Kramer says Clements was shot to death around…
WITNESS BREAKS DOWN IN NYC STOP-AND-FRISK TRIAL
By COLLEEN LONG Devin Almonor speaks to members of the media after testifying in a civil trial regarding police stop and frisk tactics in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013.…