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Carly, left, smokes marijuana with the help of Hunter at the Denver 4/20 pro-marijuana rally at Civic Center Park in Denver on Saturday.

Denver smoke out ends in shootout

Crime |  Denver’s first legal 4/20 marijuana rally ended Saturday as gunfire erupted and panicked crowds scattered. The unknown assailant shot three people, none of…

Sen. Max Baucus

Midday Roundup: Republicans salivate over Baucus Senate seat

Newsworthy |  Open season. Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection in 2014, Democratic strategists announced today, fueling speculation Republicans might have a chance to…

Avoiding prison’s revolving door

Avoiding prison’s revolving door

Prison |  INDIANAPOLIS—Melissa Benton looked like a candidate for a career in crime. Her parents divorced, and her stepfather was accused of abusing her and her…

This handout photo provided by the US Attorney's office shows a backpack, gun, ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches at the scene of the FRC shooting.

Government seeks 45 years for FRC shooter

Crime |  Prosecutors are seeking a 45-year sentence for the man who pleaded guilty to plotting an attack at the Family Research Council’s Washington, D.C.,

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks past a sign in the company's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters.

Facebook fights crime, one status update at a time

Technology |  Social media site monitors users' profiles to predict criminal activity, and gives the data to police

PERSISTENT CHALLENGE: A tower on the U.S. side of the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., contains cameras and other sensors to detect fence crossing.
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Buggy border

Technology |  Border Patrol sensors are bedeviled by aging hardware and false alarms

Photos of defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal.

School scandal should lead to school choice

Education |  My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students…

James Holmes

Midday Roundup: Prosecutors want death penalty for Colorado shooter James Holmes

Newsworthy |  Paying the ultimate price. Colorado prosecutors announced today they will seek the death penalty for James Holmes, the man accused of shooting up an Aurora,

Kermit Gosnell

Abortionist's murder trial enters third week

Abortion |  Testimony in the third week of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial begins today after an emotional end to last week's hearing.  The 72-year-old Philadelphia…

Abu Qatada

Midday Roundup: Britain protects terrorist from jail time in Jordan

Newsworthy |  Respecting terrorists’ rights. Lawyers for the British government lost their bid to have a radical Muslim cleric deported to Jordan, where he faces…

T.J. Lane at his sentencing hearing last Tuesday.

There’s something wrong with all of us

Crime |  What makes a good person? Goodness is something we assume to be general. We hear it all the time: “I’m basically a good person,” or, “I try to be a…

Kermit Gosnell

Gruesome photos, testimony mark first days of Gosnell's murder trial

Abortion |  The defense lawyer for a Philadelphia abortionist who allegedly killed seven babies born alive tried Wednesday to prove the first baby died in the womb and…

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