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Calif. governor: “No time for politics as usual”

February 3, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Gov. Jerry Brown invoked the struggles for democracy in Egypt and Tunisia as he called for "turning to the people" for "a clear mandate"

Planned Parenthood seeks FBI probe of video plot

February 2, 2011 By Susan Webb

Planned Parenthood has asked the FBI to investigate an apparent video scam operation linked to a far-right anti-abortion group, targeting several of its clinics in six states.

Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian

February 2, 2011 By Joe Sims

Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.

Michigan deficit plan: Raise taxes on poor

February 2, 2011 By John Rummel

Going after those on the low end of the economic ladder, Republicans in the Michigan Legislature want to eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor.

Justice Dept. weighs probe of Seattle police killings

February 2, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

A local jury returned a split verdict, but the finding by four jurors that the cop's use of lethal force was unjustified is virtually unprecedented.