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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- April looks good for Mitt Romney, with its string of Midwestern and Eastern primaries seemingly tailor-made for the Republican presidential front-runner....

BLT: Lacking GPS Data, Prosecutors Turn To Cell Tower Information:

Earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court said federal prosecutors in Washington will not be able to use global positioning system information in an upcoming drug conspiracy trial here.

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The Jones case is back in Washington federal district court, and it now turns out that the authorities may not need the GPS data to try to link Jones to the drug house.

Prosecutors said they intend to use cell tower data in place of the GPS information, court records show. Cell tower data was not used in either of the first two trials involving Jones.

Jones’ attorney, A. Eduardo Balarezo, late Thursday filed court papers (PDF) in the case challenging the prosecution’s planned use of tower data to show Jones’ movement in the Washington metropolitan area.

Cell tower information is less reliable than GPS because of the ability of a cell phone to leapfrog over cell towers to others less close, but most persons who claim to be experts on this will admit the failings.

CONIFER, Colo. — Authorities in Colorado say they're investigating how well their emergency telephone notification system works because some residents who signed up never got a warning about a wildfire.

Jefferson County sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer said Friday that an unknown number of people who signed up weren't called.

The ...

By Allysia Finley Romney and the GOP Senate candidates stand little chance of winning unless they shore up their support among women.

Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio makes it clear he will not run for vice president and explains why he endorsed Mitt Romney.

Fmr. Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) shares some stories from his new book "Life Among The Cannibals."

Michael Dorf says as justices mull constitutionality of the health care mandate, they know their decisiion could rob President Obama of his most significant domestic policy achievement

OMAHA, Neb. — Lottery ticket lines swelled Friday as the record Mega Millions jackpot grew to $640 million, thanks to players who cast aside concerns about long odds and opened their wallets for a shot at what could be the biggest single lotto payout in the world.

A café worker ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Newt Gingrich is acknowledging what has become increasingly clear: Mitt Romney is the likely GOP presidential nominee....

By Paul A. Gigot The biggest Republican names are rallying to the former Massachusetts governor.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a conservative backlash, House Republicans are working to change a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation's borders....

Use of a metal detector to enter a building does not limit consent to just that. If it alerts, there is implied consent to a further search. Otherwise, don’t try to go in. Here, defendant was trying to carry drugs into a homeless shelter, and the metal detector went off. Here, it all ripened to reasonable suspicion. People v. Hurt, 2012 NY Slip Op 02408, 2012 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2333 (1st Dept. March 29, 2012):

We reject defendant's argument that his implied consent was limited to the magnetometer search. When a person sets off a magnetometer by passing through it, the person can reasonably expect that security personnel will not permit entry into the restricted premises without taking whatever measures are necessary to find out what triggered the magnetometer. Otherwise, the magnetometer would have little value.

Since defendant never abandoned his attempt to enter the shelter, he implicitly consented to an expanded search. Defendant was free to cut off the search by turning around and walking out. The officer did nothing to suggest otherwise, and defendant never indicated that he no longer wished to enter.