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Tuesday September 7, 2010
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Crime & Courts NewsAZ: Feds sue Arpaio to get access to jail, recordsThe U.S. Department of Justice filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for refusing to provide full access to records and facilities for a civil-rights investigation.
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AZ: Court tosses conviction for littering at borderHuman rights activists can't be charged with littering for leaving bottles of water for migrants on federal property, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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ID: Paper gets records detailing remote Idaho shootoutIDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Public records recently obtained by the Post Register detail a strange incident in which four Idaho State Police officers were left scrambling for safety when they were shot at by an unknown assailant at a remote mining claim.
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IN: State board keeps Republican off ballotThe Indiana Election Commission refused to add a Lake Circuit Court candidate to the Nov. 2 ballot due to the method of his selection.
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IN: Indiana to get share of Botox settlementIndiana's attorney general says a pharmaceutical company that makes Botox will pay the state nearly $636,000 in a civil settlement.
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IN: Plea deal to end inmate's time on Indiana's death rowANDERSON, Ind. -- An inmate will be leaving Indiana's death row after more than 25 years after taking a deal with prosecutors giving him a 75-year prison sentence for killing a woman during a robbery.
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IN: Indiana lawmakers consider ban on synthetic marijuanaState lawmakers are set to take up proposals that would ban synthetic marijuana substitutes known as K2 or Spice.
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ND: Fargo caught for having most speed trapsA national organization for motorists released a list naming Fargo as having the most speed traps in the state.
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ND: Prosecutor -- No key info withheld in Blunt caseA prosecutor says no relevant information was withheld from former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt before his felony trial.
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OR: Judge orders government to revise plan to protect Pacific Northwest's northern spotted owlsIn what conservation groups say is a win for science over political manipulation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service must revise its recovery and habitat designation plans for the northern spotted owl.
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SD: SD AG -- Deputies justified in fatal shootingSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the sheriff's deputies who fatally shot a Sioux Falls man last month were justified.
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SD: S.D. governor urges safe holiday drivingSouth Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds is urging motorists to use extra caution on the state's highways during the Labor Day weekend.
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WA: No more bets -- WA court says online bookie illegalAll bets are off at Betcha.com, a Seattle-based online bookmaker that couldn't skirt the state's gambling laws by making it optional for losing bettors to pay off wagers.
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AK: Subsistence case against lawmaker dismissedA judge in Sitka has dismissed subsistence fishing violation charges against Alaska state Sen. Albert Kookesh and three others.
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AK: State reviewing case against Bill AllenAlaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan said Thursday that state prosecutors are examining sex abuse allegations against former Veco Corp. chief Bill Allen, revitalizing a case that the U.S. Justice Department recently decided not to pursue.
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AL: Two Alabama Republican justices give to Democratic Supreme Court candidatesTwo Republican justices have donated to Democratic candidates for the Alabama Supreme Court, causing a potential split in an election year that has otherwise appeared rosy for the GOP.
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AL: Troy King joins legal brief in support of Arizona's controversial immigration lawAlabama Attorney General Troy King said today that he will ask a federal circuit court to reverse a lower court's injunction that stopped enforcement of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
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AR: Nelson sues Game & Fish CommissionSheffield Nelson, a former chairman of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, sued the commission today alleging the panel is illegally controlled by three members.
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AZ: State's tab to fight SB 1070 suits growsDefending the state against lawsuits related to Senate Bill 1070 has cost more than $440,000 to date, and outstanding bills could add up to an excess of $1 million or more.
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AZ: Brewer laughs at her epic pauseJan Brewer has been in politics for 28 years, but it took only 13 seconds to reshape her national image.
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