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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. is finishing the job it started in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Obama said today that he plans on keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdraw virtually all by the close of 2016. Obama said that "Afghanistan will not be a perfect place, and it is not America's responsibility to make it one."
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot rely on intelligence test scores to determine whether death row inmates are eligible to be executed. The court barred the execution of the mentally disabled 12 years ago. The 5-4 decision came in the case of a convicted killer in who has been on Florida's death row for more than 35 years.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some California lawmakers are calling for statewide protocols for all law enforcement officers who are called to check on mentally troubled people. They hope to deter the kind of violence that left six young people killed over the weekend near the University of California, Santa Barbara. The man who carried out the attack said in his manifesto that he was relieved when officers who checked on him last month left without searching his apartment and finding his handguns.
MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of additional firefighters have been deployed to battle a Central California blaze that has burned through 1.4 square miles and threatens up to 100 rural homes. The fire, burning in foothills near Lake McClure in Mariposa County, is being fueled by dry brush. It's burning in steep terrain that crews are having difficulty accessing. Air tankers and helicopters are being used.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge says former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (NAY'-gin) will have to pay the government more than a half-million dollars as result of his conviction on bribery and other charges. Nagin was convicted in February on 20 counts including bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy during his two terms as mayor. He'll be sentenced next month. Nagin is most known for his impassioned pleas for help for the city after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
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