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Ex-DEA chiefs: Obama should sue over Calif. pot legalization just like Ariz. immigration law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Every former U.S. drug enforcement administrator is calling on the Obama administration to come out against California’s marijuana legalization effort with the same force it brought against Arizona’s illegal immigration crackdown….

Federal judge: Military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy violates constitutional rights

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ruled Thursday…

Too Many Master Chiefs: ‘Halo: Reach’ aims to grab gamers with personalized protagonist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since fans lined up at midnight nearly three years ago for the release of the last “Halo” video game, a recession struck the economy, President Barack Obama took office and “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ became the best-…

Florida Quran burning canceled, pastor to go to NYC

GAINESVILLE — The pastor who created an international stir by planning to burn Qurans on Saturday will travel to New York today, his son said, and plans to meet an imam who wants to erect an Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 attacks….

Medal of Honor bestowed in 2007 ambush

President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to a soldier who saved the lives of several comrades in a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan that killed two others, including a sergeant from Wisconsin.

The White House says Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore…

Burris asks high court to reopen Senate ballot

Sen. Roland Burris is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court in his battle to avoid being pushed out of office in November.

Burris attorney Timothy Wright said Friday that he has asked the court to block a plan that bars Burris from filling out the last…

Death Threat Written on Bathroom Door of Rest Stop in Franklin County; Vandals Target President Obama’s Press Secretary

Vandals in Franklin County take aim at President Obama’s Press Secretary. On Thursday, State Police were called to the the Interstate 81 Welcome Center along Molly Pitcher Highway in Antrim Township. Someone found a death threat written on a bathroom door…

FIFA de visita en la Casa Blanca

NUEVA YORK — Los inspectores de la FIFA que evalúan la candidatura de Estados Unidos para los mundiales de 2018 y 2022 desayunaron en la Casa Blanca.

El presidente de la federación estadounidense de fútbol, Sunil Gulati, dijo que todavía…