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Austin woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-spouse
A Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for beating and shooting her ex-husband amid a child custody dispute. Jurors in Austin on Tuesday sentenced Andria Stanley over the February 2012 early-morning attack. She was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, burglary of habitation and two counts of ...
Wyoming teen pregnancy rates decline
Wyoming's teen birthrate dropped by nearly 15 percent between 2007 and 2012, but officials are unclear as to why. Ashley Busacker is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wyoming assignee. She says the decline could be because of strong pregnancy prevention messages or increased use of birth control. Her ...
LePage vetoes Maine college tobacco ban
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking at all public university and college campuses in Maine. The Republican governor said in a veto message to the Legislature that "Maine people can make their own decisions" regarding tobacco. He suggested that people opposed to smoking bring ...
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for ...
Child abuse experts gather at Del. conference
State officials are hosting a two-day conference for police, educators, attorneys and others on Delaware's child protection system. The conference that begins Wednesday in Dover is aimed at improving how Delaware professionals work together to respond to child abuse and neglect cases from both a civil and criminal perspective. Organizers ...
600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released
In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation. By the end of the day, the car was covered with details on the man who carried out the rampage, ...
UC hospitals face second day of worker walkout
Workers at University of California hospitals around the state were expected to picket for a second day before an intentionally brief strike ends early Thursday. Thousands of hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers observed the 48-hour walkout in its first day Tuesday as green-shirted ...
Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums
As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries. The Senate version of the immigration bill does away with a one-year application ...
Immigration bill heads to full Senate
A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 13-5 Tuesday night, setting up an epic showdown ...
Young objector challenges Israeli army
The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal military service and divided political beliefs. The refusal by 20-year-old Natan Blanc to serve ...
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