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• Anchorage Precincts Run Out of Ballots During Election
• Apr 4, 2012
• An Anchorage official says an "unprecedented number of voters" turned out for a municipal election and multiple precincts ran out of ballots.

• Mitt Romney Pads Delegate Lead with DC, Maryland, Wisconsin Sweep
• Apr 4, 2012
• Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.

• Indiana Student's Profane Tweet Stirs Free-Speech Debate
• Apr 3, 2012
• INDIANAPOLIS — Austin Carroll was fighting insomnia when the Indiana teenager turned to Twitter for relief and casually dropped the F-word multiple times, apparently to demonstrate to his followers that the expletive would fit almost anywhere in a sentence.

• Obama: Ronald Reagan Would Be Rejected by Today's GOP
• Apr 3, 2012
• President Barack Obama said Tuesday Republicans want to force a "radical vision" on the nation, accusing the opposition party of moving so far to the right that even one of its beloved figures, Ronald Reagan, could not win a GOP presidential primary.
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• Colorado Voters Hold Elections on Slew of Ballot Initiatives
• Apr 3, 2012
• More than a hundred municipalities across Colorado are holding elections this week on everything from tax increases and marijuana to plastic bags.

• Maryland Senate Primary Has Two Crowded Fields
• Apr 3, 2012
• Maryland's Democratic and Republican Senate primaries are crowded this year with eight Democrats hoping to upset a popular and well-funded Democratic incumbent Tuesday.

• Milwaukee Mayor Barrett Seeks Re-election, But Eyes Larger Prize
• Apr 3, 2012
• Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett expects to easily win re-election Tuesday to another four-year term, but his attention is already on a bigger prize.

• Homeless Woman's Death Not Police's Fault, Says St. Louis Mayor
• Apr 3, 2012
• A homeless woman's death from blood clots hours after officers arrested her for trespassing at a suburban St. Louis hospital was a tragedy, but was not the fault of police, the town's mayor said.

• Soaring Student Loan Debt Threatens Economic Recovery
• Apr 3, 2012
• Surging above $1 trillion, U.S. student loan debt has surpassed credit card and auto-loan debt. This debt explosion jeopardizes the fragile recovery, increases the burden on taxpayers and possibly sets the stage for a new economic crisis.
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• Supreme Court OKs Strip Searches for Minor Offenses
• Apr 3, 2012
• Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled.

• Philadelphia 'Texting Lane' Highlights Serious Issue for Officials
• Apr 3, 2012
• The sidewalk lanes for the digitally distracted may be a joke, but officials in Philadelphia want the public to know the issue is no laughing matter.

• Embattled Michigan Emergency Manager Law Threatened
• Apr 3, 2012
• Efforts to repeal a law that allows the state to take control of financially foundering local governments has placed the future of several cities and school districts in doubt.

• Medical Pot School in California Raided by Feds
• Apr 2, 2012
• Federal agents raided a San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana training school at the heart of California's pot legalization movement.

• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's Financial Overseer Resigns
• Apr 2, 2012
• Gov. Tom Corbett will move swiftly to recommend another financial custodian to help restore stability to Pennsylvania's debt-laden capital after his first appointee said he was resigning.

• Seattle Police Get Justice Dept.'s Reform Recommendations
• Apr 2, 2012
• A day after Seattle's mayor proposed nearly two dozen police reforms in response to a damning federal report, U.S. Justice Department representatives delivered their own list of proposed changes during a closed-door meeting with city officials.