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LOS ANGELES -- California's governor has been asked to make the final decision on whether a former Charles Manson follower will be released on parole... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

BY JULIE PACE, ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama took his case for universal background checks and... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

WASHINGTON -- The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabrielle-dunkley/

By Ben Fractenberg, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer DOWNTOWN — The man accused of beating and robbing eight people of Asian descent in East Harlem was arraigned on... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-mathias/

A homeless man with a hatchet claims he saved lives when he whacked an alleged assailant claiming to be Jesus and clutching a woman in... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

An alleged attempted robbery of an assistant basketball coach outside a Detroit high school Friday evening has left one teenager dead and another wounded. The... David Sands http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sands/

A retired Los Angeles priest who admitted to having sexual relations with a girl in his parish went on to be hired by the Los... Kathleen Miles http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-miles/

A 6-year-old girl from Pittsburgh took her mother's car out Sunday morning, hitting two parked cars and eventually smashing the vehicle into a utility pole,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-bindley/

NEW YORK — The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/inae-oh/

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) took to Twitter Monday to respond to this weekend's fatal shooting of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. The suspect who... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-klapper/

Armando Cruz tied a noose around his neck and hanged himself from the ceiling of his prison cell. He left a note that ended in... Alana Horowitz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alana-horowitz/

An Aurora, Ill. teen was ordered held on $5 million bail Monday in the "exceptionally brutal" beating death of an 18-year-old woman who was the... Joseph Erbentraut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

YUCAIPA, Calif. -- A company linked to a tour bus involved in a crash in Southern California that killed at least eight people failed more... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-miles/

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — A Texas sheriff says the man charged with killing a former Navy SEAL and his friend was shocked with a stun gun... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eleanor-goldberg/

A Wrightsville, Ga. dollar-store clerk allegedly spanked a misbehaving boy with her belt -- and he wasn't even her child. Emilia Graciela Bell, 39, was... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Authorities in Oklahoma responded Monday morning to Coweta Intermediate High School after a ninth grade student reportedly committed suicide in a bathroom. The school superintendent... Simon McCormack http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

Daniel Taylor is now 37-years-old. Having spent more than half of his life behind bars, there's no place like home for Taylor -- and no place like prison for the prosecutors who stole his youth. David Protess http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-protess/

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee man accused of killing his teenage neighbor has been found competent to proceed to trial. A mental health expert who examined... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

Rock-a-bye, baby? Three Port Charlotte, Fla., residents were arrested on Thursday after Charlotte County Sheriff's Narcotics, Street Crimes, and K9 Units raided a drug house,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Obama's off to Minnesota today to campaign for his gun control proposals there. According to AP, "His visit to the Minneapolis Police Department's Special Operations... Saki Knafo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saki-knafo/