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Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press reports: "In a case that could shape firearms laws nationwide, attorneys for the District of Columbia argued Thursday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals."The case is Shelly Parker et al v. District of Columbia, case No. 04-7041

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn) on Monday was named as Chairman of a new Judiciary subcommittee for Privacy, Technology and the Law. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) will serve as ranking member, according to a release by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both, voted to extend expiring provisions for the highly invasive Patriot Act.

When Al Gore created the information superhighway, he didn't account for wrong turns, most notably the frontage-road hucksters you encounter after you punch in a typo'd web address.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), a co-sponsor of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Respect for Marriage Act (intended to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA) has done it

So there’s this conservative talking head. Name’s Jack Burkman. He had some point about how post office employees would be a better source for unskilled labor than immigrant Nigerians.

Ars speaks with Senator Al Franken (D-MN) about his surprising support both for net neutrality and for an Internet censorship bill.

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) had choice words for the Google/Verizon net neutrality plan, and none of them were good. Speaking at a public hearing on Thursday, Franken also called called the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU "very, very dangerous".

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is calling on a developer to provide details of hidden software installed on smartphones that logs numerous details about users' activities. In a letter sent Thursday to Carrier IQ president Larry Lenhart, Franken asked for an explanation of what the company's software records, whether it transmits data to a third party and whether the data presents any security or privacy risks.

"If I had to do it all again, I couldn't do it. I'd be driving a taxi." Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or follow at http://twitter.com/timdahlberg

He wears Alabama red, and if this continues ... Probably proud, too, that his son refused to make it all about him. Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or follow at http ...

Don't blame Alabama or LSU for that. They play a style, and it's main the reason they play so often in the title game. Blame the BCS, though, for dragging the whole thing out so long that nothing about this championship game feels special. Tim Dahlberg is ...

COMMENTARY: FBN-TIM DAHLBERG-012512 Ask Lem Banker what he likes about the ... 7 p.m. No. 7 Tennessee at Alabama, 9 p.m. No. 8 Maryland vs. Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. No. 9 Ohio State at Indiana, 8 p.m. No. 10 Miami vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m. No. 12 Green Bay ...

Heritage, 3:15 p.m. at Big Al’s Battle Ground vs ... Cherno Sowe 0, Ezekial Wells 31, Jake Dahlberg 0. Totals 22 (11) 11-12 66. BATTLE GROUND — Jamie Ford 15, Damien Ford 10, Jordan Olsen 3, Serg Ovchinnikov 14, Trevor Ingram 2, Tim ...

"He would always say I'd rather suffer now than in the hereafter," she said. "That's just who my dad is." Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or at http://twitter.com/timdahlberg