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Feds seek prison for rural Washington pot growers 05/12/2014 01:56pm • NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The green-cross storefronts of medical marijuana dispensaries are common in much of Washington, and the state is plowing ahead with licensing people to grow and sell recreational pot to adults.But a federal trial scheduled to begin in the Same-sex marriage opponents invoke Justice Kennedy 05/11/2014 05:10am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pro-gay rights rulings of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy have been a key spark in the march toward legalized gay marriage. To counter the trend, same-sex marriage opponents now are seizing upon other opinions by Kennedy himself.It was Kenne Marine Corps to review raid on law offices 05/10/2014 05:10pm • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Military criminal investigators raided Marine Corps defense counsel offices at Camp Pendleton, opening files during a 2½-hour search and potentially compromising scores of cases, the attorney who oversees Marine defense lawyers in the region said Frid UN calls for terrorists in Nigeria to face justice 05/09/2014 07:23pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council called Friday for the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram to be held accountable for what may amount to crimes against humanity and hinted at sanctions against the Islamist extremists.The statement approved by all 15 Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment Italian victims of priest sex abuse appeal to pope 05/09/2014 06:31pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Italian victims of priestly sex abuse appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice Friday, calling for a commission of inquiry into the problem in the Vatican's backyard.In letters and a video posted online, 17 survivors denounced the treatment NY pot arrests drop moderately as new mayor starts 05/09/2014 02:50pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Minor marijuana arrests in New York City have plunged in recent years amid questions about police tactics. But new statistics show the arrests dropped more modestly in the first three months of a new mayoral administration that has pledged to reduce t Oklahoma court agrees to 6-month stay of execution 05/09/2014 08:50am • SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Thursday to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate while an investigation is conducted into last week's botched lethal injection.The court reset the execution date of inmate Charles Warner Residents: 50 bodies found in Nigeria violence 05/09/2014 06:24am • HARUNA UMAR Associated Press BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) -- Residents of a Nigerian town attacked by Boko Haram criticized security forces for failing to protect them despite warnings that the Islamic militants were nearby. At least 50 bodies have been recovered, many horribly burned, in the town.The attac Police shootings: Albuquerque council meets 05/09/2014 05:13am • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting Thursday night amid new rules designed to avoid the sort of angry confrontation that broke out earlier this week over a spate of deadly police shootings.The s