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Drug arrests latest black mark on RI police force (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.

Mass. court upholds state gun-lock requirement (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - The highest court in Massachusetts on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes, a case closely watched by both gun-control and gun-rights proponents.

Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - The FBI arrested a reputed Gambino solider Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian mobster operating in Florida — part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.

Kansas City, Mo., school board to vote on closures (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - The Kansas City school board is facing a stark choice: close nearly half its public schools or face a potential bankruptcy.

Dozen same-sex couples tie knot in DC (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - At least a dozen couples tied the knot in the District of Columbia on the first day same-sex ceremonies were legally allowed, and many more unions were on the way.

Texas ed board set to take 1st vote since primary (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - Texas' state education board, rocked by primary elections that may push the influential panel's far-right leanings toward the center, is set to take its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that could reverberate in classrooms nationwide.

Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

Ga. judge's order dismisses claims in King dispute (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - A Georgia judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., months after the siblings reached a settlement.

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home, bringing back heightened survival instincts that may make them quicker to use force and showing less patience toward the people they serve.