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(AP) — Louisiana corrections officials want a federal judge to reduce the nearly $890,000 that a team of lawyers is requesting in a lawsuit over hot conditions on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Lawyers for the state claim in court documents that the billing records for the inmates attorneys are "compromised by vague entries, imprecise record-keeping, duplicative work and unreasonable time expended without adequate justification."

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police and U.S. military service officers are expected to line the streets of Manhattan for a funeral for a U.S. soldier and New York City police officer killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. The 45-year-old Westchester resident was a technical sergeant in the Air Guard's 105th Base Security Squadron and a 15-year member of the NYPD.

The video shows the priest in a white cassock gliding up and down the church's aisles on the two-wheeled electric scooter while singing a Christmas song. Philippine church officials have urged priests to live simply and humbly as they minister to the poor in the Asian bastion of Catholicism, especially under the leadership of Pope Francis, who is known for his frugal lifestyle.

(AP) — National Heritage Academies originally planned to open its second charter school in Lafayette Parish for 2015-16. Construction was stalled in the spring because of new state education policies that tie future charter school openings to the past performance of existing sister charter schools.

(AP) — A former Lincoln teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a student is appealing his sentence. Hedrick graduated last year from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor's degree in education and was hired to teach social studies at Irving Middle School in August 2014.

Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday that the funds are part of $3 million in federal Victims of Crime Act funds that he set aside earlier this year to allow colleges and universities to provide additional programming, promote education and awareness and create partnerships with community-based organizations.

Migration Agency officials said Wednesday the asylum-seekers were spooked by flickering lights and noise in the plumbing system at the facility in Grannaforsa, a small village in Smaland province.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday was not authorized to fly the aircraft used in volunteer search-and-rescue missions, authorities said. The plane belongs to the Civil Air Patrol, a civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force that is made up of volunteers who help with search and rescue, disaster relief and homeland security across the country, according to a statement from the national group. The early morning crash happened... Читать дальше...

The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1TobO9e) says the Lawrence school will expand the program to other Kansas Board of Regents universities, first with Kansas State. The University of Kansas launched its Legal Education Accelerated Degree program for its undergraduates in 2012.

UNM class aims to teach students on refugee experience ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A University of New Mexico class is teaching students how to help recently resettled refugee families in the state.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy plans to visit the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf to highlight legislation he says will greatly increase food donations. The Vermont Democrat sponsored the Senate version of the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Act, a House version of which has been included in the newly signed 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The act will expand and make permanent tax deductions for donated food, which Leahy says will encourage donations of food to anti-hunger program. Читать дальше...

The Guthrie will provide free matinee tickets to 2,109 ninth-grade language arts students from nine schools in the Minneapolis School District. In addition to free tickets and busing, the arts partnership offers workshops, study guides and in-school visits to help students and teachers connect with Shakespeare's romance.

The 22-year-old appeared in Hennepin County District Court on Monday afternoon to face charges of first-, second- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct in one case and first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct in the other case. An 18-year-old woman alleges Drill-Mellum raped her at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house during a Halloween party in 2014.

The Indiana State Library says 240 state parks passes have been placed in circulation for check-out. The State Park Centennial Annual Pass Library Check-Out Program is a partnership between Indiana State Parks and the Indiana State Library.

CHICAGO (AP) — Arne Duncan will give his final speech as U.S. education secretary at a church on Chicago's South Side. The Department of Education says Duncan will give the address Wednesday morning at St. Sabina Church. The department says Duncan will talk about protecting children from violence. Duncan announced in October that he would step down after seven years. He was one of the longest-serving secretaries in the department's history. Duncan followed President Barack Obama to Washington from Chicago... Читать дальше...

BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — Former New York Gov. George Pataki has ended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with just over a month to go before the first nominating contests begin. "While tonight is the end of my journey for the White House as I suspend my campaign for president, I'm confident we can elect the right person, someone who will bring us together and who understands that politicians, including the president, must be the people's servant and not their master," said Pataki, 70. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Eighth-graders may seem a little old for toys, but at Batchelor Middle School, the students were hooked on a project to make a pull toy for their introduction to engineering class. From a flying tank to a ship, a race car, a train and even an all-terrain vehicle, 24 eighth-grade students in teacher Rob Freese's Project Lead the Way class got creative and thought like engineers to make a toy that would use a mechanism to transfer energy. In some cases, the students had to go back to the drawing board and redesign their toy. Читать дальше...

Catholic hospitals operate with the same standards of safety in maternity care and are inspected by the same organizations that inspect non-Catholic maternity programs such as the Joint Commission and the licensing agency of each state. Catholic hospitals must adhere to the same robust standards as every other maternity service in the country. The dignity of the life of both mother and baby are critically important to all those serving in Catholic health care. Dear Sister Carol: Since printing that letter... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are expected to announce changes in police training, including a requirement that every officer responding to service calls be equipped with a Taser. The release of the video set off protests, forced the resignation of the city's police chief and has led to an ongoing wide-ranging civil rights investigation of the entire Chicago Police Department by the U.S. Department of Justice. The statement does not specifically mention the McDonald shooting but says, "The policy... Читать дальше...

The pot industry's makeshift branding efforts, from celebrity names on boxes of weed to the many weed-themed T-shirts and stickers common in towns with a legal marijuana market, show the industry taking halting steps toward the mainstream. Patents and trademarks are largely regulated by the federal government, which considers marijuana an illegal drug and therefore ineligible for any sort of legal protection. [...] federal authorities have either ignored or rejected marijuana patent and trademark requests... Читать дальше...

[...] if the end game is to win a Super Bowl, candidates applying for NFL head-coaching vacancies may want to downplay their college resumes. There's three-time (in a 6-year span) national championship winner Nick Saban, who was 15-17 in the NFL and desperate enough to depart the Miami Dolphins that he lied several times about chasing the Alabama job he eventually latched onto. [...] there's Steve Spurrier, Dennis Erickson, Lou Holtz, Butch Davis, Bobby Petrino, Rich Brooks, Frank Kush and even Oklahoma Sooner legend Bud Wilkinson... Читать дальше...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — A teen fugitive from Texas known for using an "affluenza" defense and his mother were scheduled to depart for the U.S. after authorities said a phone call for pizza led to their capture in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta. A U.S. Marshals Service agent tipped local authorities off Monday to the location of Couch — who was on juvenile probation after killing four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck — and his mother, according to a police report issued by the Jalisco state prosecutors' office. Читать дальше...

The latest in the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an "affluenza" defense (all times local): An immigration official who is not allowed to be quoted by name told The Associated Press they were to be returned to the United States aboard a commercial flight to Houston Wednesday.

People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the main group opposing the project, said in a statement Tuesday that the commission was within its rights and made the correct decision. Last month, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it would end theatrical orca shows at the San Diego park after visitors at the tourist attraction made it clear they prefer seeing killer whales act naturally rather than doing tricks.