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Iowa Caucus Dispatches, Jan. 4, 2012

WEST DES MOINES Campaign manager doesn’t know if Bachmann’s done Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager says it’s hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses. Asked if he could say with certainty whether the Minnesota congresswoman would go forward with her candidacy, campaign manager Keith Nahigian said: […]

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UMaine Beat: Black Bears chip away at the ‘block’

ORONO — Before the University of Maine hockey team came to Portland on Nov. 26, it was watching its season sink to the tune of a 3-6-2 record (3-5-1 in Hockey East). Besides requiring a lot of improvement, Maine needed some positive motivation. Forget the one-game-at-a-time approach. The Black Bears needed to see more progress […]

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When dog sniffs drugs, is it legal search?

MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff itself an unconstitutional search? Florida’s highest state court said […]

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Pro-‘millionaire’s tax’ ads target Kim Kardashian

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kim Kardashian, the model who has parlayed reality TV fame into a personal fortune for her family and herself, is the target of a new online advertising campaign asking Californians to support a proposed ballot initiative to raise taxes on its wealthiest residents. An online video from the Courage Campaign flashes images […]