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January 14, 20136:18 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama endorsed controversial bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines on Monday, as well as stricter background checks for gun buyers — but conceded he may not win approval of all in a Congress reluctant to tighten restrictions.

January 14, 20136:14 PM ET

BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer who formerly represented Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz on hacking charges said Monday he told federal prosecutors about a year ago that Swartz was a suicide risk.

January 14, 20136:10 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives opposed to more deficit spending tried Monday to chip away at the $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package by requiring offsetting spending cuts to pay for recovery efforts and by stripping money for projects they say are unrelated to the Oct. 29 storm or not urgently needed.

January 14, 20136:05 PM ET

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has selected a consultant to study the state's lackluster economy and recommend ways to boost it.

January 14, 20135:55 PM ET

HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital and went home Monday after spending nearly two months being treated for a bronchitis-related cough and other health issues, a family spokesman said.

January 14, 20135:53 PM ET

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State auditors say they've discovered the state of Connecticut erroneously submitted more than $3.4 million in Medicaid claims for partial federal reimbursement.

January 14, 20135:51 PM ET

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Even before Superstorm Sandy slammed into Connecticut and the rest of the Northeast, a state task force that studied the impact of the damage from previous storms concluded that towns along the shoreline need to adopt zoning laws accounting for rising sea levels.

January 14, 20135:44 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Jan. 13 about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, The Associated Press reported erroneously how much power the plant supplies to Vermont. The plant currently supplies a small fraction of Vermont's power, not a third, as it used to before a contract expired last March. The story also erroneously reported when the plant's state certificate to operate expired. It expired March 21, 2012; it is not expiring March 21, 2013.

January 14, 20135:39 PM ET

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Stamford state Sen. Andrew McDonald, the governor's legal counsel, cleared his first legislative hurdle Monday as he moved closer to becoming the next member of the Connecticut State Supreme Court.