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ABC News | Reporting on aerial drones patrolling America is becoming a commonplace news item even for mainstream media.

AFP | Thousands marched in protest to the city's Stop and Frisk policy that has disproportionately targeted blacks and Hispanics.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the recession took its toll many states diverted scarce money away from pension plans to pay for more immediate concerns, and the amount of new costs states will owe the public retirement funds in the decades ahead ballooned to $757 billion, according to a study released Monday....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate on anti-abortion legislation is set to perform "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps - with a hand from the author....

RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- An autopsy has been completed on Rodney King, but the results won't be released for several weeks....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that a Texas horse trainer charged with conspiring to launder money for Mexico's powerful Zetas drug cartel should be released on bond, rejecting the prosecution's argument that the threat of cartel reprisals against him was so severe it could harm the surrounding community....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The video was shocking when played for the first time: A shadowy, jumpy clip of police officers slamming their batons against a fallen man....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq withdrew from consideration Monday as Senate Republicans suggested his confirmation was endangered because of his behavior and judgment while working at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2008....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 1,000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it - roughly $80 billion a year - goes for grocery bills for one of every seven Americans through food stamps....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ahead with major parts of the president's health care law if its most controversial provision does not survive, according to veteran Democrats closely involved with the legislation....

Reuters | President Barack Obama will press Vladimir Putin over Russia's role in the Syrian crisis when they meet on Monday.

Business Week | The Socialist bloc won 314 out of the 577 seats, granting an absolute majority in the National Assembly.

Nick Wing | Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has submitted an affidavit on Voeltz's behalf.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A hitchhiker's chilling tale of being shot in a random drive-by along a rural Montana highway quickly unraveled when no gun could be found in the supposed perpetrator's pickup, authorities said Monday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's pick to be the next ambassador to Iraq is withdrawing his nomination amid concerns that he engaged in improper behavior while working at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2008....

Kurt Nimmo | Bar patron's crime? He was talking too loud on phone.

Pro Libertate | Dehumanization reaches a new level in Utah where cops are forcibly catheterizing people for refusing to submit to searches.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Seeking common ground, President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday on the need for a political process in Syria to prevent civil war in the violence-torn country and said any tensions between the United States and Russia can be worked out....

Gothamist.com | As NY and NJ Governor request National Park Service assistance to fund and manage the 9/11 memorial and museum, infighting ensues.