Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 (Reuters)

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• Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 (Reuters)
• Maryland legalizes same-sex marriage; challenge looms (Reuters)
• The Republican Race Looks Murky, in Michigan and Beyond (Time.com)
• How Obama Is Reviving L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa's Career (Time.com)
• Federal judge in Montana criticized over racist Obama (Reuters)
• More violent weather ahead for damaged communities (AP)
• Coach praised after Ohio school shooting speaks (AP)
• Arizona sheriff unveils Obama birth probe (AP)
• Calif. doctor accused of murder in drug overdoses (AP)
• Postal closures concern election officials, voters (AP)
• Obama touts foreign policy to raise campaign cash (AP)
• Criticism grows over NYPD's Muslim spying (AP)
• Ohio man accused of prostituting adopted boy (AP)
• GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)
• Police: Package at Limbaugh's home was not harmful (AP)
• Jury begins deliberations in ex-Bronco's trial (AP)
• 'Black Madam' arrested in bad buttocks injections (AP)
• Utah woman gives birth to third Leap Day baby (AP)
• AG: Ex-Penn State coach abused boys ages 8 to 17 (AP)

Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:45 PM PST Reuters - Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, an influential voice in Republican circles known for his online media attacks on liberals, died unexpectedly of natural causes in Los Angeles early on Thursday, his family said. He was 43.

Maryland legalizes same-sex marriage; challenge looms (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:58 PM PST Reuters - Maryland became the eighth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage on Thursday, just as opponents were ramping up efforts to repeal the new law at the ballot box.

The Republican Race Looks Murky, in Michigan and Beyond (Time.com) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:40 PM PST Time.com - Now that the heavyweight tussle in Michigan has arrived, we're liable to learn nothing at all

How Obama Is Reviving L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa's Career (Time.com) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:40 PM PST Time.com - Just when his mayoralty seemed certain to end in a whimper, Los Angeles' Villaraigosa returns to the national stage with a high-voltage appointment by Barack Obama

Federal judge in Montana criticized over racist Obama (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:58 PM PST Reuters - A federal judge in Montana who used official court email to circulate a racist joke about President Barack Obama has acknowledged the indiscretion and initiated a misconduct complaint against himself, court officials said on Thursday.

More violent weather ahead for damaged communities (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:15 PM PST AP - Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even stronger.

Coach praised after Ohio school shooting speaks (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:56 PM PST AP - An assistant football coach credited with chasing a teenage gunman from an Ohio school said Thursday that he wanted families of the three children slain in a shooting spree to know that he comforted the teens as they lay dying after the attack.

Arizona sheriff unveils Obama birth probe (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:41 PM PST AP - America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn't adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases.

Calif. doctor accused of murder in drug overdoses (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:19 PM PST AP - A California doctor dubbed "Dr. Feelgood" by a prosecutor for allegedly doling out tens of thousands of prescriptions to patients who didn't need them was charged with murder Thursday in the overdose deaths of three otherwise healthy young men.

Postal closures concern election officials, voters (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:03 PM PST AP - Elections officials in several states are concerned that the closing of mail-processing centers and post offices could disrupt vote-by-mail balloting this year, a potential problem that has led some members of Congress to call for a delay until after the November elections.

Obama touts foreign policy to raise campaign cash (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:12 PM PST AP - Raking in campaign cash, President Barack Obama blitzed through Manhattan Thursday night, offering donors at ritzy fundraisers a vigorous defense of his foreign policy record, saying his administration's successes abroad would weaken one line of Republican attack in the presidential election.

Criticism grows over NYPD's Muslim spying (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:06 PM PST AP - New York City's Police Department is facing mounting criticism of its secret surveillance of Muslims across the Northeast, with ACLU chapters and numerous other groups demanding an investigation and New Jersey's governor accusing the NYPD of arrogantly acting as if "their jurisdiction is the world."

Ohio man accused of prostituting adopted boy (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:26 PM PST AP - A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police, who said the boy was fearful of talking because he didn't want to be taken from his home or separated from his new siblings.

GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:43 PM PST AP - In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effort by Senate Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama's order that most employers or their insurers cover the cost of contraceptives.

Police: Package at Limbaugh's home was not harmful (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:54 PM PST AP - Authorities say a suspicious package sent in the mail to Rush Limbaugh's South Florida home was not dangerous or hazardous.

Jury begins deliberations in ex-Bronco's trial (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PST AP - Jurors in the sexual assault trial of former Denver Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox on Thursday saw video of him expressing shock that the alleged victim was pregnant and that he was accused of raping her.

'Black Madam' arrested in bad buttocks injections (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:28 PM PST AP - A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" could face charges in the death of a London tourist who received illegal buttocks-enhancement injections last year in a Philadelphia hotel, police said Thursday.

Utah woman gives birth to third Leap Day baby (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:54 PM PST AP - In one of the rarest feats in the annals of family planning, a Utah woman has given birth on a third consecutive Leap Day, tying a record set in the 1960s.

AG: Ex-Penn State coach abused boys ages 8 to 17 (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:54 PM PST AP - Prosecutors claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys ranging in age from 8 to 17, eight of whom were molested on the Penn State campus, according to a document with new details about the case filed Thursday.

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