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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo – Voters in the Rocky Mountain town of Breckenridge will decide next week whether to legalize pot for all adults at a time when the movement to allow medical marijuana is gaining steam. A measure before Breckenridge voters in Tuesday’s municipal election would legalize possession of smoking paraphernalia …

The parents of an Eagle Scout who was suspended from his upstate New York high school for a month over a 2-inch pocketknife he kept locked in his car have retained a lawyer to appeal their school district’s zero-tolerance policies and demand that their son’s record be cleared. Education lawyer …

VIENNA – Oil prices jumped above $75 a barrel Wednesday for the first time in a year on investor optimism crude demand will improve ahead of the Christmas shopping season. A weak dollar was also bolstering crude prices. Benchmark crude for November delivery was up 85 cents to $75 by …