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• Calif grand jury probes small-town pot farm plan
• In NH, Trump takes credit for Obama birth info
• Hawaii government hands over Obama's birth records
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• Feds issue guidelines for protecting waterways
• Appeals court blocks polygamy land trust ruling
• NC teacher faces sex charges after student essay
• Obama recognizes Daley's 22 years as Chicago mayor
• Hearing set for motion to disqualify Prop 8 judge
• Reid: Add deficit 'cap' to debt legislation
• AP Exclusive: Feds examining Calif explosion
• Loughner loses bid to prevent release of records
• Wash. parents plead not guilty to caging 2 boys
• Wash. parents plead not guilty to caging 2 boys
• 5 charged in Mass. bullying case strike deals
• RI House speaker: Gay marriage bill won't pass
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• Conn. mom pleads not guilty over school enrollment
• Feds say solar project imperils desert tortoises
• Giffords flying to Florida for shuttle launch

Calif grand jury probes small-town pot farm plan Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:30 PM PDT Officials in the small California farming town of Isleton are facing legal scrutiny over their licensing of a medical marijuana growing operation to raise revenue for the struggling city.

In NH, Trump takes credit for Obama birth info Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:29 PM PDT After weeks of suggesting Barack Obama was born in Africa, Donald Trump hastened to boast that he had forced the Democratic president to release a detailed Hawaii birth certificate disproving that claim, painting an apparent setback as a victory within minutes of arriving in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

Hawaii government hands over Obama's birth records Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT Hawaii government officials made a special exception to state policy when they gave President Barack Obama copies of the original documents recording his 1961 birth in Honolulu.

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Feds issue guidelines for protecting waterways Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT The Obama administration has issued guidelines designed to clarify which streams, wetlands and other waterways are protected from pollution under the Clean Water Act.

Appeals court blocks polygamy land trust ruling Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:10 PM PDT A federal appeals court is blocking a federal judge in Utah from handing control of a communal land trust back to leaders of Warren Jeffs' polygamous church.

NC teacher faces sex charges after student essay Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT A former high school band teacher in North Carolina has been arrested on sex charges after a young woman wrote in an essay published in her college newspaper that he got her pregnant and took her to get an abortion when she was his student.

Obama recognizes Daley's 22 years as Chicago mayor Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:31 PM PDT President Barack Obama says he doubts that outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley will be taking time off when he steps down next month after 22 years in office.

Hearing set for motion to disqualify Prop 8 judge Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:31 PM PDT A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on whether a ruling that struck down California's same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out because its author is in a same-sex relationship.

Reid: Add deficit 'cap' to debt legislation Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT The leader of the Democratic-controlled Senate says any legislation increasing the government's ability to borrow more money to meet its obligations should contain a cap on how big the deficit can be in any given year.

AP Exclusive: Feds examining Calif explosion Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT Federal prosecutors are seeking thousands of pages of documents from California regulators as they launch an investigation into a deadly gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb.

Loughner loses bid to prevent release of records Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:10 AM PDT An Arizona judge ruled against the Tucson shooting rampage suspect and ordered that health records dating back to his youth can be given to a psychologist trying to determine whether he's mentally competent to stand trial.

Wash. parents plead not guilty to caging 2 boys Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT A Washington state couple accused of keeping two autistic boys in a caged room have pleaded not guilty to criminal mistreatment and unlawful imprisonment charges.

Wash. parents plead not guilty to caging 2 boys Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT A Washington state couple accused of keeping two autistic boys in a caged room have pleaded not guilty to criminal mistreatment and unlawful imprisonment charges.

5 charged in Mass. bullying case strike deals Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT Five teenagers have agreed to admit to a minor charge in the bullying of a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who later committed suicide.

RI House speaker: Gay marriage bill won't pass Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT Rhode Island's House speaker says legislation extending marriage rights to gay couples is dead for the year.

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Conn. mom pleads not guilty over school enrollment Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT A homeless single mother has been arraigned for allegedly stealing educational services by sending her son to the wrong Connecticut school district.

Feds say solar project imperils desert tortoises Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:20 AM PDT A federal assessment shows more than 3,000 desert tortoises that are threatened with extinction would be disturbed by a California solar project, and up to 700 of the young turtles would be killed during construction.

Giffords flying to Florida for shuttle launch Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:10 AM PDT Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left the hospital and boarded an airplane Wednesday to travel to Florida to see her husband's space shuttle launch in another important step in her long recovery from a bullet wound to the head suffered at a political event nearly four months ago.

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