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• Former Buffalo Bills Player to Enter Minnesota Senate Race
• Mar 16, 2012
• Former Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Phil Hansen is entering a new career — in Minnesota politics.

• Is Facebook a Digital Asset?
• Mar 16, 2012
• Two states are considering bills that would make social network accounts part of a person's digital estate, giving their loved ones access when they die.
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• 'Fighting Sioux' Case Considered by North Dakota Supreme Court
• Mar 16, 2012
• North Dakota's Supreme Court grilled the state Board of Higher Education's lawyer Thursday about the board's tardiness in challenging a law that requires the University of North Dakota's sports teams to carry the Fighting Sioux nickname.

• British PM David Cameron Visits with Cory Booker
• Mar 15, 2012
• British Prime Minister David Cameron met Thursday with the mayor of Newark to learn about education reforms and other programs in the impoverished city before concluding his trip to the United States with a planned visit to New York City and the 9/11 memorial.

• Detroit Mayor, Governor Wrangle over Consent Agreement
• Mar 15, 2012
• The debate over how best to help Detroit avoid going broke escalated into a war of words Wednesday as Gov. Rick Snyder urged the city to get over a "cultural challenge" by accepting his plan for reviving its finances, and local officials snapped back that they're up to the job.

• Giant California Pension Fund Expects Lower Investment Return
• Mar 15, 2012
• The nation's largest public pension fund lowered its forecast Wednesday for investment returns and asked the state of California, school districts and local governments to increase contributions — a move that could siphon more money from basic services.

• Idaho May No Longer Be Among Few States without Animal Cruelty Laws
• Mar 15, 2012
• The Idaho House passed a measure that toughens penalties for animal torture and gamecock fighting. Idaho is one of only three only states without a felony animal cruelty law.

• Tech Firm to Pay New York City Nearly $500M over Payroll Scandal
• Mar 15, 2012
• A technology giant and federal contractor in charge of the city's scandal-plagued CityTime payroll project agreed to pay more than $500 million in restitution and penalties to avoid prosecution.
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• Dyersville, Iowa Neighbors Fret About Plan for 'Field of Dreams'
• Mar 15, 2012
• Should we build it, and would they come? Those are the questions being debated in the Iowa town where the "Field of Dreams" movie was filmed as it considers a $38 million proposal to turn the farmland around the famous cornfield diamond into one of America's largest youth baseball tournament and training complexes.

• Barbers, Beauticians Take Conflict Over Striped Poles to State Legislatures
• Mar 15, 2012
• Steeped in history and symbolism, red, white and blue poles spinning in front of storefronts are an increasing source of friction between barbers and beauticians. Minnesota and Michigan are the latest fronts in a spreading legislative campaign to reserve the swirling poles for barbers.
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• GOP Primary Turns to Puerto Rico
• Mar 15, 2012
• The U.S. territory doesn't vote for the president in the general election, but this Sunday it will select its choice for who should challenge President Barack Obama.

• Senate Passes Highway, Transit Programs Overhaul Bill
• Mar 14, 2012
• The Senate has passed an overhaul of transportation programs that's intended to keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while also strengthening highway and auto safety.

• Oil Taxes on Alaska Senate's Radar for Weeks
• Mar 14, 2012
• This means the House will be working under a tight schedule if it expects to fully vet and pass out a bill before the 90 day session ends April 15.

• Power Partly Restored in Boston After Transformer Fire
• Mar 14, 2012
• Sections of Boston that lost power because of a smoky electrical transformer fire slowly recovered Wednesday but problems were expected to persist for most of the day.

• Former Maine Governor Baldacci Not Running for U.S. Senate
• Mar 14, 2012
• Former Gov. John Baldacci said that he's not running for the U.S. Senate, saying he and his family don't want to leave Maine to move to Washington, where he previously served eight years in the U.S. House.