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Day: July 30, 2012

Iowa’s lawmakers oppose budget cuts

Christinia Crippes, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – There is bipartisan consensus among Iowa’s federal delegation that the across-the-board budget cuts expected to happen at the end of the year should not go

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States reconsider juvenile life sentences

By Maggie Clark, Stateline.org – WASHINGTON — Robert Holbrook is serving a life-without-parole sentence in Pennsylvania for participating in a robbery that escalated into murder on his 16th birthday. He agreed to

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In defense of insanity pleas

McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: ——— As Americans speculate about why a young man in Colorado allegedly engaged in a nightmarish shooting rampage in

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Ferentz: ‘Change is energizing’

John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – CHICAGO – The new dean of Big Ten football coaches didn’t have a crowded table in the first hour of the second day of the

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Jimmie Johnson wins Brickyard 400

By Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – INDIANAPOLIS — First, a refresher course. Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR title each year from 2006-’10. He won stock-car racing’s most prestigious event, the Daytona 500,

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In Israel, Romney talks tough against Iran

By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed Sunday to stand with Israel against any threat from Iran, eager to show that he’s a better friend than

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Syria forces pound Aleppo; thousands flee

By Patrick J. McDonnell and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Syrian guns pounded rebel positions in Aleppo on Sunday, as panicked residents streamed from the besieged city and the opposition

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