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Details: Written by GRANT SCHULTE, SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2016

In this Monday, March 21, 2016, photo, Ronald Tillman stands outside of his apartment in Lincoln, Neb. Tillman, a Navy veteran, spent three years in prison for selling morphine pills to a police informant, and is now ineligible for food stamps despite his bipolar disease and a debilitating back injury that have made it hard for him to work. Nebraska is among a dwindling number of states that still enforce a lifetime ban on drug offenders receiving food stamps. (AP Photo/Grant Schulte)

Nebraska, other states reconsidering lifetime ban on drug offenders receiving food benefits

Details: Written by ALLEN G. BREED, AP National Writer; Published: 22 April 2016

In this Tuesday, March 8, 2016 photo, David Cantara watches as his newest litter of would-be service dogs eat from their food dish at Patriot Rovers in High Point, N.C. Cantara has been training dogs to help fellow veterans for about 30 years. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Questions arise about logistics of study and what it requires of the participating animals

Details: Written by MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer; Published: 21 April 2016

This image provided by the Library of Congress shows Harriet Tubman, between 1860 and 1875. A Treasury official said Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. (H.B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)

Famous abolitionist will replace Andrew Jackson on the currency

Details: Written by COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press; Published: 20 April 2016

Melissa Butler, Akai Gurley's girlfriend, reads a statement in court during the sentencing of former police officer Peter Liang in New York, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Liang, convicted in the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man, Akai Gurley, in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge. (Jesse Ward/The Daily News via AP, Pool)

Peter Liang was sentenced to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service in the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press; Published: 17 April 2016

Video: Is New York the make it or break it state?

Details: Written by SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer; Published: 17 April 2016

Video: What studying children tells about lying

Details: Written by ALAN FRAM, Associated Press; Published: 17 April 2016

Oregon Republican Solomon Yue seeks to block efforts to ditch Tump and Cruz

Details: Written by DON BABWIN, JASON KEYSER, Associated Press; Published: 15 April 2016

In this Monday, April 11, 2016 photo, a member of the Chicago Police Department walks under police tape at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Chicago. Chicago police say an officer shot and killed 16-year-old Pierre Loury during a chase after the teen turned and pointed a gun. Loury's mother, Tambrasha Hudson, denied her son had a gun. The shooting is being investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP)

The task force report outlines a painful history of excessive force spanning generations

Details: Written by KEVIN MCGILL, REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press; Published: 13 April 2016

Mementos left by fans and well-wishers are displayed at a makeshift memorial in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, near the spot where former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith was shot and killed, and his wife wounded by gunfire, after a traffic accident last Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Smith's lawyer said the former Saints defensive was shot multiple times in the back, but never pulled out his own handgun

Details: Written by Michael Chappie Grice, Special to The Skanner News; Published: 11 April 2016

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