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• Bikers strap on fruit, pots to dodge helmet law
   Jan. 7: Joe Wurzelbacher, 'Joe the Plumber,' is turning in his wrenches to become a war correspondent, reporting on the Gaza conflict for a conservative Web site. WNWO's Jennifer Taylor reports. KANO, Nigeria - Police in Nigeria have arrested ...
• Canadian polygamist leader arrested
He and another sect member, James Oler, were arrested for violating a little-used law against polygamy, officials confirmed Wednesday. Blackmore once ran the Canadian arm of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...
• State police ready for Mass. pot law
This past November, voters in Massachusetts approved a measure making possession of one ounce or less of marijuana a civil offense subject to a $100 fine rather than a crime. But if any Massachusetts resident plans on taking pot to Rhode Island, the ...
• State seeks custody of sect leader's alleged bride
Fredrick "Merril" Jessop was indicted in November on a charge of conducting a ceremony prohibited by law on July 27, 2006 — the day his daughter was allegedly married to Jeffs. He has not yet entered a plea. Her mother, Barbara Jessop, underwent a ...
• The law is an expansion of Proposition 69, which originally passed ...
Previously, only convicted adult felons had DNA samples taken for a criminal database. Now, officers will collect samples from all adults arrested on felony charges and booked into county jails. This law excludes anyone under the age of 18 even if ...