Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which has been used to defend George Zimmerman’s murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, failed as a defense strategy in two separate court cases.... Read more»
Rick Santorum reaches a climax, George Zimmerman sleeps behind bars, and we hear Ann Romney is some sort of saint. It’s been a big week in politics. Here’s the roundup.... Read more»
The National Rifle Association used endorsements, campaign cash and political pressure to push stand-your-ground laws through state legislatures.... Read more»
“Stand Your Ground,” “Shoot First,” “Make My Day” — state laws asserting an expansive right to self-defense — have come into focus after last month’s killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Arizona is among the many states with a similar statute.... Read more»
Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is so bad you have to wonder whether it was written accidentally by idiots or on purpose by morons.... Read more»
Davy Jones, lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died at the age of 66.... Read more»
A bill to regulate online schools might create an unintended consequence: grade inflation.... Read more»
On Jan. 13, the first-known case of citrus greening disease in Texas was confirmed on a Rio Grande Valley orange tree. The tree showed the telltale signs: undersized, discolored fruit and curled, mottled yellow leaves.... Read more»
Mitt Romney won the Florida primary, report The New York Times and other major news organizations, based on exit polling and actual vote counts. Romney held a nearly 18 percent lead over Newt Gingrich, at approximately 48 percent, and Rick Santorum was a distant third at 12.8 percent.... Read more»
The four GOP presidential candidates met for yet another debate. This one, the final debate prior to Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, brought out false claims about immigration, health care, President Obama and terrorists seeking missile bases in Cuba.... Read more»
A 44-year-old man from Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for being in the country illegally.... Read more»1
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich promised Wednesday to build a base on the moon by the end of his second term in 2020.... Read more»1
According to portions of an interview with the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Rick Perry — the onetime (and, he hopes, future) front-runner in the GOP presidential field finally accepted categorically, all kidding aside, that Barack Obama was born in the United States.... Read more»
Former Godfather’s Pizza executive Herman Cain beat Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the GOP presidential frontrunner, in the Florida Republican straw poll Saturday.... Read more»1
As the presidential hopefuls took part in the CNN/Tea Party debate in Tampa, Fla., roughly 175 Arizona voters sat in front of CNN cameras as a satellite audience.... Read more»
On the heels of a GOP debate where he reasserted his controversial belief that Social Security is a “monstrous lie” and a “Ponzi scheme,” Gov. Rick Perry heads to Florida on Monday, a big state, rich in delegates, with a key early primary — and home to many older voters.... Read more»
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