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Governor Scott Walker touts thriftiness in donor email

WASHINGTON (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is claiming to be thrifty in an email asking supporters to help him pay off more than $1 million in presidential campaign debt. Walker said in the fundraising plea sent Sunday that "If there is one thing the American people learned about me during our presidential campaign, it…
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Court hearing set in death of ex-Saints player

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 28-year-old man accused of killing a former New Orleans Saints player will appear before a state judge in Orleans Parish Criminal Court. Cardell Hayes is being held one $1 million bond in the death of Will Smith. Hayes will appear in magistrate's court Monday at 3 p.m. to let the…
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1 year after Freddie Gray, police work to heal city’s wounds

BALTIMORE (AP) — In the year since Freddie Gray died, the Baltimore police department has worked on its relationship with the community and tried to heal wounds opened during protests and rioting last spring. Part of the department's efforts have been putting more officers on foot patrol in poor, mostly black neighborhoods and encouraging beat…
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