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Posted: 6:56 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013

Stuff You Should Know for January 17, 2013 

President Obama unveiled new policies Wednesday, aimed at limiting gun violence. Some of the main legislative proposals backed by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are: requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales - including private sales, and banning "military-style" assault weapons.  Read More

 

A jury found Courtney Brantlee guilty of misprision and failing to report a felony on Wednesday – but the judge has yet to accept that verdict. Courtnee is the ex-girlfriend of Dontae Morris, who is accused of killing Tampa police Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab in 2010.  Read More

 

A story about Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s girlfriend dying of leukemia was apparently a hoax that the football player had no idea about. Te'o said he had developed an emotional relationship the woman – who he met online - and was "the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke."  Read More

 

Police in Tampa say a Bank of America teller conspired with a friend to rob the bank of more than $100,000 on Tuesday. Alan Ethington and Marcus Halbert face charges including grand theft.  Read More

 

A 7th grade teacher in South Florida who was charged with DUI after a hit-and-run collision offered a face party to a police officer and invited him to grope her in exchange for letting her go. Mary Maloney was arrested and could now lose her job.  Read More

 
 
 

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