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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Jackson County judge was scheduled to consider motions to dismiss a misdemeanor charge against a Roman Catholic bishop in Kansas City who is accused of violating Missouri's mandatory reporter law....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is taking up the key question in the challenge to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul: Can the government force people to carry insurance or pay a penalty?...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After nine years and two grand jury reports, prosecutors have brought a landmark case to trial that explores how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia dealt with child sex-abuse complaints against scores of Roman Catholic priests....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After nine years and two grand jury reports, prosecutors have brought a landmark case to trial that explores how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia dealt with child sex-abuse complaints against scores of Roman Catholic priests....

Compulsory HIV testing of accused sex offenders satisfies the special needs requirement because it is a public health issue, not a criminal law issue. Imposing a probable cause standard would be “entirely impracticable” [not impractical?] because of lack of immediate outward manifestations. State v. Handy, 2012 VT 21, 2012 Vt. LEXIS 22 (March 23, 2012).*

Fourth Amendment law is clear that mobility of a car makes for exigency for the automobile exception. Because the defendant did not argue that the state constitution should be separately considered as in other states where a warrant would be required if there was time, the court declines to do decide case on state constitution. State v. Sanchez-Loredo, 2012 Kan. LEXIS 210 (March 23, 2012).*

The officers observed defendant committing a crime, so there was probable cause for the stop and search of his car. Marked money was in plain view torn up on the floorboard. Therefore, defense counsel couldn’t be ineffective. Cooper v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39826 (C.D. Ill. March 23, 2012).*

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a bid to save the CIA's drone campaign against al-Qaida in Pakistan, US officials offered key concessions to Pakistan's spy chief that included advance notice and limits on the types of targets. But the offers were flatly rejected, leaving US-Pakistani relations strained as President Barack Obama prepares to meet Tuesday with Pakistan's prime minister....

SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin had been suspended from school for having marijuana when the unarmed teenager was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, a family spokesman said Monday.

Trayvon, 17, was suspended by Miami-Dade County schools because traces of marijuana were found in a plastic baggie in his ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The White House called North Korea the odd man out. President Barack Obama counted it back in....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Organizers of an annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children have canceled this year's event, citing the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their children get an egg.

That hunt was over in seconds, to the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A high-ranking monsignor who's on trial "won't run" from the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, his lawyer said Monday as the landmark child endangerment trial began....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The voices inside the Supreme Court building were not nearly as loud - or as colorful - as those along the sidewalks facing its heavy bronze doors....

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The maker of "pink slime" suspended operations Monday at all but one plant where the beef ingredient is made, acknowledging recent public uproar over the product has cost the company business....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The family and supporters of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin found themselves on the defensive Monday following revelations he had been suspended for marijuana before he was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Police also confirmed a report that the watchman claimed Martin was the aggressor, punching him in the nose and smacking his head on a sidewalk....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- To the chagrin of consumer groups, the House gave overwhelming bipartisan approval Monday to two bills easing requirements that President Barack Obama's overhaul of financial regulations impose on some exotic financial instruments blamed for helping trigger the 2008 financial crisis....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As demonstrations swirled outside, Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they are ready to confront without delay the keep-or-kill questions at the heart of challenges to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. Virtually every American will be affected by the outcome, due this summer in the heat of the election campaign....

PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG — An organization that includes atheists and agnostics is suing over a Pennsylvania House resolution that declares 2012 the "Year of the Bible," saying the measure violates the U.S. Constitution.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued the measure's main sponsor, the House clerk and the House parliamentarian Monday ...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont police found a body in a remote area Monday that they believe is that of a beloved teacher at a New England boarding school whose SUV was found running with her unharmed 2-year-old inside....