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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.

A knee injury rules out Wales captain Sam Warburton from Saturday's RBS Six Nations game against Italy in Cardiff.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Turkish Airlines started flying into Somalia's war-torn capital Tuesday, becoming the first international company to fly passenger planes into Mogadishu in more than 20 years....

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo....

A man burgled his father's home just days before he bludgeoned a widower to death for his Personal Identification Number (Pin), a court hears.

A serious case review into the murder of a Polish teenager in Leeds by a violent sex offender says police and public protection agencies had failed to act effectively.

A 96-year-old woman is dead following an incident believed to have involved a lift shaft at a residential care home in Cardiff.

Brazil has become the sixth-biggest economy in the world, overtaking the UK, the country's finance minister says.

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) -- 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....

Nissan is to build a new compact model called the Invitation at its Sunderland factory, creating 2,000 new jobs.

At least 42 people have been killed by an avalanche in Afghanistan's remote north-eastern Badakhshan province, officials say.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report that raises questions about whether students of all races are disciplined evenhandedly in America's schools....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report that raises questions about whether students of all races are disciplined evenhandedly in America's schools....

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....

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....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The past was present in a courtroom where former police detective Stephanie Lazarus sat before a judge while the man whose love she is alleged to have killed for watched in the courtroom behind her, his face as grim as hers as lawyers recounted a 26-year-old tragedy that brought them here....