A 190-page report concluded that the campus police’s actions against Occupy demonstrators last November at the University of California, Davis, “should and could have been prevented.”

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Task Force Criticizes Pepper Spraying of Protesters at U.C. Davis

Has some words for director Davis Guggenheim

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Obama Doc Didn’t Do It for Romney

Democrats have been saying for a long time that the House could be in play in 2012, and now some Republicans are starting to join them. “For Democrats to take 25 seats, they will need a wave,” former congressman Tom Davis wrote in an op-ed in The Hill recently. “Continued polarization and obstruction could create such a wave.” Read full article > >

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Democrats’ chances of retaking the House improve

The chancellor at the University of California, Davis, asks the district attorney to investigate campus police tactics after officers pepper sprayed seated protesters.

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Police Chief at U.C.-Davis Put on Leave in Pepper Spray Incident

Meanwhile, students and others affiliated with the Occupy U.C. Davis movement planned for a Monday afternoon protest on the California campus.

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The Lede Blog: Officers Put on Leave After Pepper Spraying Protesters

The chancellor of the University of California, Davis, is under pressure to resign after the action against seated protesters.

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UC Davis to probe pepper-spraying

OAKLAND, Calif. — Al Davis, the Hall of Fame owner of the Oakland Raiders known for his rebellious spirit, has died. The team said the 82-year-old died at his home in Oakland on Saturday morning. It was Davis’ willingness to buck the establishment that helped turn the NFL into THE establishment in sports — the most successful sports league in American history. Read full article > >

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Al Davis, Hall of Fame owner of Oakland Raiders, dies at 82

Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor charged with two counts of murder in Pakistan, faces misdemeanor assault charges in Colorado after authorities say he was involved in a fight over a parking spot.

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CIA contractor charged in parking fight

People attending Troy Davis’ funeral on Saturday vowed to continue fighting for the man they think was wrongfully executed. Davis was convicted of murdering a Savannah cop in 1989.

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Friends, family chant ‘I am Troy Davis’

Troy Davis’s death and the protests it generated will continue to fuel both sides in the national debate over capital punishment.

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In Death-Penalty Debate, Execution Offers Little Closure

In the wake of Troy Davis’s execution.

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Jimmy Carter Bashes Death Penalty

Troy Davis is executed in Georgia for the shooting of a policeman in 1989, in what supporters claim is a miscarriage of justice.

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Troy Davis is executed in Georgia

Troy Davis is executed in Georgia for the shooting of a policeman in 1989, in what supporters claim is a miscarriage of justice.

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Troy Davis is executed in Georgia

Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7 p.m. in the killing of a Savannah police officer 22 years ago.

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Request for Lie Detector Test for Davis Is Denied

ATLANTA — Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection for the killing of off-duty Savannah officer Mark MacPhail, who was slain while rushing to help a homeless man being attacked. It is the fourth time in four years that Davis’ execution has been scheduled by Georgia officials. Read full article > >

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Ga. board rejects clemency bid by Troy Davis despite high-profile support for innocence claim