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State to challenge body armor ruling

Dec. 29, 2009
The state will ask the California Supreme Court to revive a law that prohibited violent felons from possessing bullet-resistant body armor, Attorney General Jerry Brown said today. Police chiefs in San Francisco and elsewhere had clamored for Brown to...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler