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Joe Biden makes voting rights appeal on Martin Luther King Day

Brian Hughes -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Monday Nov. 25, 2013 file photo shows Carol Schall, left, and her partner, Mary Townley, at their home in Richmond, Va. The couple, who were married in California in 2008, decided to join a lawsuit challenging Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to wed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Politics

Virginia quickly emerging as key in gay marriage fight

Associated Press -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The town of Bruce passed over a black worker to run the public works department because of his race, and owes him $18,000, a federal jury has found. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Jury: town worker lost promotion because of race

Washington Examiner -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

James Dean, left, JoAnn Taylor, second left, Thomas Winslow, and Debra Shelden, right, who were among five people pardoned Jan. 26, 2009, for the 1985 gruesome rape and murder of 68-year-old Helen Wilson of Beatrice, applaud during a reception held for them in Lincoln, Neb. (AP File)

5 of exonerated inmates known as ‘Beatrice 6’ testify in trial

Associated Press -

January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Politics

2 Nevada Supreme Court justices face no opposition

Associated Press -

January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Crime

US dropping case against man accused of piracy

Washington Examiner -

January 19, 2014 12:26 am

Bloggers have the same First Amendment protections as reporters, an appeals court ruled. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Federal appeals court rules bloggers are real reporters under the First Amendment

Joel Gehrke -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is pictured on Aug. 1 in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Crystal L. Cox was sued for defamation by Bend attorney Kevin Padrick and his company, Obsidian Finance Group LLC, after she made posts on several websites she created accusing them of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and other illegal activities. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Technology

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Former U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull sent emails to personal and professional contacts that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religious faiths and liberal political leaders. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal judge in Montana sent hundreds of bigoted emails

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Law

Joe Biden makes voting rights appeal on Martin Luther King Day

Virginia quickly emerging as key in gay marriage fight

Jury: town worker lost promotion because of race

5 of exonerated inmates known as ‘Beatrice 6’ testify in trial

2 Nevada Supreme Court justices face no opposition

US dropping case against man accused of piracy

Federal appeals court rules bloggers are real reporters under the First Amendment

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

Federal judge in Montana sent hundreds of bigoted emails

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