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Sen. President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, left, talks with Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, on the final day of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, May 20, 2013. Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyrics of “They call me Mr. Pitiful." It was fitting music for the Democratic minority in the Legislature, which failed to pass its top priority: expanding the state Medicaid program for 300,000 Alabamians under the federal Affordable Care Act. For Republicans, it was the opposite. They passed the Alabama Accountability Act, loosened restrictions on guns, started the consolidation of state law enforcement agencies, and kept a promise about paying back money. “It's definitely been the best session in the three years we've been in power,” Marsh said after the session ended at midnight Monday.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Ala. legislators' view of session depends on party

Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing a recording of Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyric, "They call me Mr. Pitiful." It was fitting music for the Democratic minority in the Legislature, which failed to pass its top priority: expanding the ...

With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely

A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas ...

2 shot at practice for LR high school graduation

Authorities say two people have been wounded in a shooting during graduation practice for a Little Rock high school. North Little Rock police said they were called at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to Verizon Arena, where a male and a female were wounded. Police say the female victim was a ...

Official: No drugs, alcohol found in US gunman

Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday. Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself ...

Official: No drugs, alcohol found in Conn. gunman

Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday. Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself ...

People walk along the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Visitors to the Jersey shore this weekend will find many of their favorite beaches and boardwalks ready for summer, thanks to a massive rebuilding effort after Superstorm Sandy. While several neighborhoods remain damaged, all but one of the storm-wrecked boardwalks should be ready for Memorial Day weekend, and amusement rides will still be available from Keansburg to Wildwood. Most beaches will be open, despite losing sand during the storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer

The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers ...

US Rep Cramer criticized for commencement comments

U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer is defending comments he made earlier this month linking legalized abortion with school shootings. Cramer told The Forum and The Bismarck Tribune that his speech was about the erosion of Christianity and morals in American culture — something he has talked about for years. During the ...

Newtown mom visits Utah hometown for ceremony

A woman who lost a child in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is visiting her hometown in Utah this week for a private ceremony to honor her slain daughter. Alissa Parker is also planning to speak about a program in which she and other victims' parents are raising ...

Conn. lawmakers announce mental health proposal

Relatives of the victims of the Newtown school shooting are calling on lawmakers to pass a child mental health bill before the legislative session ends in a little more than two weeks. Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year old daughter, Ana, was one of 20 children and 6 educators killed at Sandy ...

Nicole Hockley, a parent who lost her child, Dylan Hockley, 6, in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, testifies on assault weapon legislation during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Monday, May 20, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Ill. Senate panel endorses ammunition limit

Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims testified Monday in favor of an Illinois limit on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal that got a Senate committee endorsement. The Executive Committee voted 12-3 on legislation to ban the delivery, sale or transfer of ammunition feeding devices of more ...

Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team. "I think the police is not very professional," ...

Concord gun range offering discount to teachers

A gun range in Concord is reaching out to teachers Monday night. The Eagle Guns and Range posted on its Facebook page that its giving school employees a discount. It said the teachers and administrators can learn basic skills and become more confident. This comes as the National Rifle Association ...

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