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HARTFORD, Conn. — The mild winter that has given many Northern farmers a break from shoveling and a welcome chance to catch up on maintenance could lead to a tough spring as many pests that would normally freeze have not.

Winters are usually what one agriculture specialist calls a "reset ...

CNN's John King looks at how people voted according to faith.

CNN analyst Donna Brazile says Mitt Romney connects with voters when he uses negative ads.

Gizmodo: Police Drone Crashes into Police:

The Montgomery County (Texas) Sheriff's Office had a big day planned. After becoming the first department in the country with its own aerial drone ($300,000!), they were ready for a nice photo op. And then the drone crashed into a SWAT team.

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Not only did the drone fail [at 18' altitude], and not only did it crash, it literally crashed into the police. It's no wonder we're not able to find a video of this spectacular publicity failure. Luckily, the SWAT boys were safe in their Bearcat.

This would be a fine one-off blooper story if it weren't for some upsetting implications. This is exactly why we have reason to raise multiple eyebrows at Congress, which wants to allow hundreds of similar drones to fly over US airspace. These drones are still a relatively young technology, relatively unproven, and relatively crash-prone. The odds of being hit by one are low, of course, but should a Texas-style UAV plummet ever happen in, say, a dense urban area, nobody would be laughing. Not all of us are driving around in Bearcats. [Examiner]

Sarah Palin says she won't rule out a run for president or a spot on the 2012 ticket if she is asked at the convention.

Sarah Palin reacts to Rush Limbaugh "slut" comments and responds to whether she'd participate in an open convention.

NEW YORK — A group of expert hackers who attacked governments and corporations around the globe has been busted after its ringleader — one of the world's most-wanted and most-feared computer vandals — turned against his comrades and secretly became an informant for the FBI months ago, authorities said Tuesday.

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CNN's John King looks at the whether Ohio conservatives are satisfied with the presidential candidates.

Mitt Romney won most of the 10 Super Tuesday states in the GOP nomination race, but didn't get strong staunch-conservative support. Rick Santorum won three states; Newt Gingrich grabbed one.

President Barack Obama will deliver a high school commencement address in Joplin, Missouri, nearly a year after a killer tornado ravaged that city, the White House said Monday.

LZ Granderson says President Obama's re-election bid vastly complicates the tense situation with Iran and Israel

President Barack Obama will hold a news conference Tuesday shining a light on his administration for a moment on a day the nation will mostly be focused on the Republican Party and Super Tuesday.

A day after meeting with President Barack Obama about the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sit down with U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to emphasize his country's urgent fears.

Ari Fleischer says Republicans want a candidate who fits the mould of the tea party but their choices served in a big-government era

Defendant used a buddy’s work computer to do internet searches on “how to kill a baby, how to have a miscarriage, and how to find a missing person.” He was told before the search that the company could see it. The computer was password protected but the search history was available to IT. He was convicted of arranging the murder a 14 year old he impregnated. He had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the internet search history after the computer was turned over the police after the murder. State v. Robinson, 2012 Kan. LEXIS 149 (March 2, 2012). [The court did not have to go this far to show a lack of REP in the search history. It was somebody else's computer, and he assumed the risk it would be found and turned over to the police. That's all it had to say.]

An officer approached a van parked too long in a McDonald’s parking lot and he saw the occupants “moving frantically as if they were trying to hide something or retrieve something.” He yelled, “‘Show me your hands,’ and moved toward the front of the van; neither individual complied.” He pulled his gun, and ordered them from the vehicle and then searched for a weapon. This did not constitute an arrest, and was for officer safety. State v. Walker, 2012 Ohio 847, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 739 (2d Dist. March 2, 2012).*

The fact that defendant was a little slow in responding to an officer’s command to put his hands on the steering wheel does not justify a protective weapons search of the car. The officer first called him "reluctant," then qualified it. In addition, the government used every innocuous fact to attempt to show reasonable suspicion and came up short [damaging its credibility in the meantime; like a lawnmower and weedeater in the trunk must have meant the defendant was trading for drugs]. United States v. James, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28355 (E.D. N.C. January 19, 2012).*

Trash pulls and a records check of the resident showing a drug history was probable cause for issuance of a search warrant for drugs in the house. State v. Mooney, 2012 Ohio 852; 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 745 (5th Dist. February 23, 2012).*

Police responded to a shooting call and asked for permission to look in defendant’s house to see if anyone was shot. Defendant let them in. The officer could see marijuana and scales in plain view in the kitchen and, through a floor heating vent, he saw marijuana in baggies. The officer removed the vent grill and pulled out what he could. Then he went to the basement to get the rest by removing the ductwork. All this was reasonable. State v. Smith, 2012 Ohio 845, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 737 (2d Dist. March 2, 2012).*

There are no pure "winner-take-all" contests on Super Tuesday, but almost all of the 10 states holding contests on the biggest day of the primary season offer candidates some chance of shutting out their opponents in the all-important race to amass delegates.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's prime minister didn't close ranks with President Barack Obama on how to deal with Iran's suspect nuclear program, but he can expect a warm reception to his tough talk when he visits Capitol Hill on Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican candidate Mitt Romney says that if he were president, he would combine diplomacy with "a military option" to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican candidate Mitt Romney says that if he were president, he would combine diplomacy with "a military option" to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons....