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FILE - This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman shot 27 people dead, including 20 children. The Sandy Hook School Building Task Force meets Friday night, May 3, 2013, to debate whether to renovate or rebuild on the existing school site, or to construct a new school building on nearby property.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Newtown board mulls plans for Sandy Hook school

Newtown officials struggled Friday night to move toward a decision on what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December, after teachers expressed grief and frustration during a closed-door session before a public meeting was held. A task force of ...

Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, left, is kissed by R.I. Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Warwick, after a gay marriage bill was signed into law outside the State House in Providence, R.I., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends. Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill ...

View of Chicago skyline from atop the Sears Tower. July 22, 2007

Ill. Senate cracks down on social media 'flash mobs'

Anyone convicted of using social media to plan or incite a mob attack could face tougher punishment under legislation approved by the Illinois Senate. Lawmakers said the bill approved 52-0 on Wednesday was in response to recent incidents in Chicago. Groups of young people have descended on Michigan Avenue and ...

A City of Corinth police car prevents access to a house in the West Hills Subdivision in Corinth, Miss. on Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. Law enforcement officials were blocking off the dwelling after taking Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Mississippi into custody Wednesday under the suspicion of sending letters covered in ricin to U.S. President Barack Obama and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS). Curtis was arrested at his home in Corinth, Mississippi, and is "believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the U.S. Postal Inspection Service which contained a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin," the Justice Department said in a statement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Man charged in letters case described as troubled

A Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quiet neighbor and an entertainer who impersonated Elvis at parties. Other accounts show a man who spiraled into emotional turmoil trying to get attention for his claims of ...

First lady praises Md. bill meant to help veterans

First lady Michelle Obama praised a Maryland bill that helps veterans and their spouses find jobs, describing it Wednesday as one of the best laws in the country aimed at helping military personnel and their families. The Veterans Full Employment Act, signed Wednesday by Gov. Martin O'Malley at a ceremony ...

Boston, Massachusetts: April 15, 2013.

5 Sen. hopefuls suspend campaigns after explosions

All five candidates in Massachusetts special U.S. Senate race are suspending their campaigns following the explosion of two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than 100. Democrat Edward Markey said he was disturbed and saddened by the explosions and has put ...

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