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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic officials say veteran Rep. Jay Inslee intends to resign from Congress to focus full time on running for governor of Washington state this fall....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon plans to resume programs that would pay for military training and equipment in Yemen, nearly a year after halting aid to the key counterterrorism partner because of escalating internal chaos....

The stop was justified and the questioning not so prolonged that the stop was unreasonably extended. The officers were not acting pursuant to SB 1070 or the part enjoined in United States v. Arizona, 641 F.3d 339 (9th Cir. 2011). United States v. Paramo-Villasana, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31075 (D. Ariz. March 8, 2012).*

Defendant’s broad attack on a long affidavit based on wiretaps and investigation for lack of a substantial basis for finding probable cause failed. There was such a basis and it was not stale. United States v. Bussell, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153965 (E.D. Tenn. December 16, 2011).*

Plaintiffs’ complaint that the police could not come to their house after they called for the police after a prowler call and then attempted to terminate the encounter didn’t state a claim. Plaintiff was ordered to produce his gun because he was a felon. That, too, didn’t state a claim. Plaintiffs were also sanctioned attorney’s fees but didn’t properly appeal that order. Smith v. Bd. of County Comm'rs for Chaves, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 4953 (10th Cir. March 9, 2012) (unpublished).*

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- When the makers of "Top Gun" were filming on board the USS Enterprise, they donated a set of black fuzzy dice to liven up the ship's otherwise drab interior....

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- When the makers of "Top Gun" were filming on board the USS Enterprise, they donated a set of black fuzzy dice to liven up the ship's otherwise drab interior....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite the Obama administration's predictions that the Syrian government's days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake....

Hartford Courant: Feel Like You're Being Watched? It's Because You Are by David McGuire:

Imagine a government that can track everyone, all the time, with license plate scanners, cellphone signals and networks of cameras mounted on buildings, traffic lights — even flying drones.

You don't have to imagine. Law enforcement agencies in the United States already use these technologies and are starting to collect, indiscriminately and on a massive scale, data on the movements and associations of innocent Americans. It's happening everywhere, including Connecticut.

As the surveillance state expands, it is rapidly developing the capacity to expose your whole life, the way an airport scanner exposes your body. The damage to privacy and constitutional protections is incalculable. The potential for abuse is staggering.