• Legal Fight over Drilling Money Seeps into Virginia Governor’s Race
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   June 14, 2013
• A complex legal dispute over mineral rights in Virginia’s coal country has become the latest battleground in the state’s bitterly fought gubernatorial race, with Democrats accusing Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II of improperly siding with out-of-state energy companies against Virginians who say the firms cheated them out of natural gas royalties.

• Record-Breaking Colorado Fire Kills 2, Burns 379 Homes
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   June 14, 2013
• Rich Harvey, the commander of the federal incident-management team that took over firefighting duties early Thursday, estimated containment at 5 percent.

• More Police Agencies Collecting DNA Records
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   June 13, 2013
• The trend — coming at a time of heightened privacy concerns after recent revelations of secret federal surveillance of telephone calls and Internet traffic — is expected only to accelerate after the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding a Maryland statute allowing the authorities to collect DNA samples from those arrested for serious crimes.

• Indiana Lawmakers Override Gov. Pence's Income-Tax Veto
• Source: Indianapolis Star   |   Indiana   |   June 13, 2013
• The votes defied the normal political alliances, with most Democrats backing the Republican governor, and most Republicans voting to reject his veto.

• Bloomberg's Plan to Fight Climate Change Faces Obstacles
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   June 13, 2013
• The projects will have to pass through an array of government agencies, billions of dollars in financing must be secured; and of course the mayor is leaving office at the end of the year, and there is no guarantee that his successors will embrace all of the components.

• Maryland Gov. O'Malley Endorses Booker for N.J. Senate
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   June 13, 2013
• In the first of what is likely to be a string of national endorsements, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said he is endorsing Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s candidacy to replace U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

• FEMA Rejects Texas' Request for More Aid After Plant Blast
• Source: Dallas Morning News   |   West, Texas   |   June 13, 2013
• Officials across Texas are scrambling to reverse the federal government’s decision not to free up more funds to help rebuild the town, where a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 and destroyed schools and homes.
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• Judge Rules Tennessee Violated Occupy Nashville's 1st Amendment Rights
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   June 13, 2013
• Occupy protests spread around the country in 2011, mostly by citizens who were taking aim at the country’s income disparities and what they saw as an overly cozy relationship between federal politicians and Wall Street financiers.

• Jersey Shore Town Bans Baggy Pants on Boardwalk
• Source: Press of Atlantic City   |   Wildwood, N.J.   |   June 13, 2013
• The Wildwood City Commission on Wednesday adopted new "decency standards" for the Boardwalk to outlaw sagging pants and to require shirts during the evening hours.

• Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Alabama over Abortion Clinic Law
• Source: Reuters   |   Alabama   |   June 12, 2013
• The law, signed by Gov. Robert Bentley in April and set to take effect next month, requires every doctor who performs an abortion at a clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital.

• NYC Bike-Share Program Faces Problems Unlike Anywhere Else
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   June 12, 2013
• The city's new program has had technical errors of a magnitude never experienced by bike-share programs in other major American cities.

• Kansas to Start Teaching Evolution, Climate Change in Kindergarten
• Source: AP/Kansas City Star   |   Kansas   |   June 12, 2013
• The Kansas school board has approved new multistate science standards for public schools that treat evolution and climate change as key concepts to be taught from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
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• D.C.’s Educare a Preschool Model for the U.S.
• Source: Washington Post   |   District of Columbia   |   June 12, 2013
• NE D.C.’s state-of-the-art Educare, funded both publicly and privately, celebrates its first birthday.
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• Thousands Evacuated as Wildfire Burns Through Colorado
• Source: CNN   |   Colorado   |   June 12, 2013
• More than 3,600 people were evacuated as a wildfire in east central Colorado burned quickly through dry timber Tuesday.

• Chicago Public Schools Releases Five-Year Plan
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Chicago, Ill.   |   June 11, 2013
• The long-term plan is the first of its kind since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office and aligns the entire district with the rigorous Common Core Curriculum by the 2014-15 school year.

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