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Ohio bill would fix errors in sports safety law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State lawmakers moved Wednesday to correct a new state law that inadvertently allows coaches and referees in youth sports leagues to be criminally prosecuted for violating rules regarding players’ head injuries.

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Supporters to push Ultimate Fighting in NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors Uriah Hall and Ryan LaFlare say they want to be able to practice their occupation in their home state of New York.

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Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs gay marriage bill

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signs the gay marriage bill in front of the State Capitol Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize gay marriage. Looking over Dayton's shoulder are bill sponsors, Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1.

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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage

People fill the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The bill now goes to the governor who is expected to sign it.  (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota’s gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding.

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Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states

This combination of undated file photos shows Republican Governors Rick Perry, left, of Texas and Rick Snyder, of Michigan. After winning majorities in more than half the statehouses on principled platforms of making government smaller, Perry, Snyder and other and Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States are facing a philosophical dilemma _ what to do with all the money where an improving economy has suddenly created a surplus in revenues. (AP Photo/File)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma — what to do with all the money when an improving economy suddenly creates a surplus in revenues.

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