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Bans on assault weapons, background checks and more make law likely be USAs toughest

Connecticut will likely become the third state to pass a major overhaul of its gun laws when its General Assembly votes Wednesday on a measure crafted in the wake of the December massacre at an elementary school there.


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VIDEO: Clinton makes first public appearance since stepping down along with Joe Biden

The GOP prepared reams of research documents to use against her back in 2008, but a lot of their ammunition went unused. Republican operatives are openly worrying about a Clinton coronation in 2016, so they plan to make use of it early.


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Educators are charged with racketeering and making false statements

(CNN) -- Before daylight on Tuesday, the first of 35 educators indicted in a cheating scandal that rocked Atlanta's public schools turned themselves in to the Fulton County Jail.


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FBI describes group as 'whites only,' prison-based gang that has been operating since the 1980s

(CNN) -- As investigators scramble to figure out who killed two Texas prosecutors, suspicions abound over whether the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas played a role.


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Prosecutors: N.Y. Democrat tried to bribe way onto GOP Mayoral ballot

(CNN) -- New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested Tuesday morning on charges they schemed to fix the city's 2013 mayoral election through fraud and bribery, according to prosecutors.


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Pipeline rupture allowed thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil to flow into a community

(CNN) -- Arkansas is opening an investigation into what caused last week's pipeline rupture that allowed thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil to flow into a community in the middle of the state.


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Defense offered last week that James Holmes would plead guilty to avoid death penalty

CENTENNIAL, Colorado (CNN) -- Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes despite his offer last week to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding a death sentence.


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Two months earlier, an assistant district attorney was shot to death

KAUFMAN, Texas (CNN) -- Fears that a white supremacist gang or someone else is targeting Texas law enforcement officials spread Monday to Houston, where the chief prosecutor went under 24-hour protection in the wake of the weekend shooting death of his counterpart in a suburban Dallas county.


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Twitter announced its site is now a paid service, and that only 'premium' users will get to use vowels

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- April Fools' Day is here, and the usual suspects are at it again with fake product launches.


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Former Superintendent Beverly Hall 'was a full participant,' says DA but Hall denies charges

In what has been described as one of the largest cheating scandals to hit the nation's public education system, 35 Atlanta Public Schools educators and administrators were indicted Friday on charges of racketeering and corruption.


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