| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Conn. Senate votes to halt death penalty | | The Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 early Thursday morning on a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make the state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment. |
| Sandusky seeks dismissal of charges | | Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will be in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday as his lawyers argue that child sex abuse charges against him be dismissed. |
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