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** FILE ** With the Colorado state capitol building visible in the background, partygoers dance and smoke pot on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The annual event is the first 420 marijuana celebration since retail marijuana stores began selling in January 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

House votes to halt federal meddling in medical marijuana

The House voted early Friday to halt federal prosecutions of medical marijuana users in states that have legalized the drug's use with a doctor's prescription, marking the first time a chamber of Congress has approved such a broad decriminalization.

May 30, 2014
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., addresses supporters during the Michigan Democratic election night party in Detroit. The Detroit Democrat has been disqualified from the August primary ballot because of problems with his nominating petitions. But Michigan election officials are expected to make a decision Friday, May 23, 2014, on Conyers' appeal. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Rep. John Conyers’ appeal denied, kept off Detroit ballot

Longtime Rep. John Conyers suffered another setback Friday in the struggle to get his name onto the Aug. 5 Democratic primary ballot in his Detroit district, as state election officials confirmed that he lacked enough signatures to qualify.

May 23, 2014
FILE - In this June 18, 2010, file photo, the firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, is shown. Used mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries, it was also used in 1977 in Utah to execute Gary Gilmore, the first inmate put to death after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume, and two other Utah inmates. Some experts consider it the quickest and least painful method. (AP Photo/Trent Nelson, Pool, File)

Tennessee brings back electric chair as lethal injection supplies dry up

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that brings back the electric chair for inmates facing death sentences, while Wyoming lawmakers are mulling whether to use a firing squad — all in response to the shortage of drugs used to make lethal injections for prisoners.

May 23, 2014
Supporters of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act say it would give law-abiding citizens the ability to protect themselves when they travel, but critics say it eviscerates states' rights to uphold their own firearms standards by allowing gun owners who obtain permits in states with lesser requirements to carry in all 50 states. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats want $60 million to study guns

Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing to spend $60 million for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence, rekindling a debate over whether political agendas taint these taxpayer-funded studies.

May 22, 2014
President Barack Obama listens to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, as soldiers who are part of the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride, race past, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, during an event honoring the seventh annual Soldier Ride. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Americans split on blame for VA scandal: Poll

Americans are divided about who to blame for the scandal at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, but more say it's VA Secretary Eric Shinseki than President Obama, found a new poll released Thursday.

May 22, 2014
Republican candidate for Senate Jack Kingston speaks to supporters during an election-night watch party Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Atlanta. Kingston will face David Perdue in a run-off election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Georgia’s GOP runoff rivals come out swinging

The remaining two Republicans in the U.S. Senate race in Georgia didn't waste any time before starting the mudslinging Wednesday, attacking each other on national TV just hours after they survived a crowded field in Tuesday's primary vote to make it into a July 22 runoff.

May 21, 2014
Hillary Clinton, left, Marjorie Margolies, center, Bill Clinton.

Clinton in-law loses Pa. primary race

Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies' family ties to the Clintons didn't help her in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District, as she was crushed by state Rep. Brendan Boyle in the election Tuesday.

May 21, 2014