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• Mississippi lawmaker: Coat hanger abortions might come back. 'But hey...'

  Last month, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a law requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges in a local hospital. Mississippi has one clinic left, where, because of the state's anti-abortion climate, they commute to work from Alabama. It's no secr …

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• Mom's Facebook photo pops up on porn, dating sites

  When Jules Rahim posed poolside in a bikini three years ago, she never expected her picture would be posted on either a porn site or a dating website. But that's exactly what happened, the Straits Times of Singapore reports. The Singapore mother of four (including a newborn …

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• Michigan lottery winner charged with welfare fraud

  A Michigan woman who hit a $1 million lottery jackpot but kept getting food stamps pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to welfare fraud, NBC station WDIV-TV in Detroit reported. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette earlier on Tuesday had announced two felony charges against Amanda  …

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• Man uses physics to fight $400 traffic ticket

  A UCSD physicist used his knowledge and a little creativity to get himself out of a $400 traffic ticket. Dmirti Krioukov was issued a traffic ticket for failing to completely stop at a stop sign. Instead of paying the ticket or going to traffic school, the physicist fought the c …

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• Romney sticks to broad attack on Obama in NRA speech

    ST. LOUIS -- Mitt Romney delivered a speech on Friday broadly decrying President Obama's "assault" on basic freedoms -- especially gun rights -- in a bid to court the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its 4 million or so members nationwide. Romney largely avoided  …

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