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Assembly passes bill for condoms in Calif. prisons

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Former Dallas Cowboys Josh Brent stands in court as potential jurors are directed into Judge Robert Burns, looking on in back, courtroom Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Josh Brent gets 180 days in jail for death of former Cowboys teammate

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Gov. Jerry Brown asks state Supreme Court to overturn rulings against Calif. high-speed rail

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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown plans official Mexico trip

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Former Dallas Cowboys Josh Brent looks around in court during the penalty phase of the intoxication manslaughter trial in Dallas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Brent was found guilty on Wednesday, of intoxication manslaughter and faces probation to 20 years for a fiery wreck that killed his teammate and close friend Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Ex-Cowboy Brent gets 180 days in jail, probation

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Prosecution rests in penalty phase of Brent trial

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California seeks 2-year delay on prison crowding

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LaTasha Brent, center, the mother of former Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent, walks to an elevator with a member her son's defense team after he was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Dallas, for a fiery wreck that killed his teammate and close friend, Jerry Brown. He faces up to 20 years in prison for a December 2012 wreck after a night of partying with fellow Cowboys players. He could also get probation. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Nathan Hunsinger) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

Brown’s mother: No grudge against ex-Cowboy Brent

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Gov. Jerry Brown receives applause from lawmakers as he walks to podium of the Assembly chambers to deliver his State of the State address at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Brown delivered a dual message in his annual address to the Legislature, that a California resurgence is well underway but is threatened by economic and environmental uncertainties.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, pool)

Brown: Calif. comes back but challenged by drought

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Former Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent arrives at court for closing arguments in his intoxication manslaughter trial Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Dallas. Lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday morning before the case went to the jury for deliberations. Prosecutors accuse the former defensive tackle of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes near Dallas during a night out in December 2012, killing his good friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Former Cowboy Josh Brent convicted of intoxication manslaughter in death of Jerry Brown

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Former Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent arrives at court for closing arguments in his intoxication manslaughter trial Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Dallas. Lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday morning before the case went to the jury for deliberations. Prosecutors accuse the former defensive tackle of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes near Dallas during a night out in December 2012, killing his good friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Josh Brent, former Dallas Cowboys player, convicted of manslaughter in wreck that killed teammate

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

Former Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent, right, hugs Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee in court after closing arguments in his intoxication manslaughter trial Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Dallas. The jury has begun deliberating in Brent's intoxication manslaughter trial after lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday morning. Prosecutors accuse the former defensive tackle of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes near Dallas during a night out in December 2012, killing his good friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Ex-Cowboy convicted of intoxication manslaughter

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Former Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent, right, hugs Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee in court after closing arguments in his intoxication manslaughter trial Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Waco, Texas. The jury has begun deliberating in Brent's intoxication manslaughter trial after lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday morning. Prosecutors accuse the former defensive tackle of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes near Dallas during a night out in December 2012, killing his good friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Ex-Cowboys player’s crash case goes to jury

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Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official, announced that he would run for governor of California while giving the keynote speech at the Sacramento Business Review at California State University, Sacramento, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Kashkari, a political newcomer and Republican, faces long odds against incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Head of bank bailout runs for California governor

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FILE -- In this Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, right, describes how paparazzi aggressively follow her and her three children daily, while she and actress Halle Berry, left, testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities and public figures, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A related measure by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, would amend the civil prohibition on stalking to prohibit surveillance techniques, including staying outside a persons' home, school or work place with no legitimate purpose. Bloom's measure is one of the hundreds of bills that face an end-of-the-month deadline to pass their house of origin.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Legislative deadline nears for hundreds of bills

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FILE -- In this Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, right, describes how paparazzi aggressively follow her and her three children daily, while she and actress Halle Berry, left, testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities and public figures, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A related measure by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, would amend the civil prohibition on stalking to prohibit surveillance techniques, including staying outside a persons' home, school or work place with no legitimate purpose. Bloom's measure is one of the hundreds of bills that face an end-of-the-month deadline to pass their house of origin.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Legislative deadline nears for hundreds of bills

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Gov. Jerry Brown holds up a chart showing the statewide average precipitation by water year while declaring a drought state of emergency while speaking in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. With a record-dry year, reservoir levels under strain and no rain in the forecast, California Gov. Jerry Brown formally proclaimed the state in a drought Friday, confirming what many already knew. Brown made the announcement in San Francisco amid increasing pressure in recent weeks from the state's lawmakers, including Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California governor proclaims state in a drought

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Citing years of budget cuts to the state courts, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye unveiled her &quot;Three Year Blueprint for a Fully Functioning Judicial Branch&quot; at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Saying that budget cuts since 2008 have caused the judicial branch to receive only one penny for every General Fund dollar, Cantil-Sakauye called for an investment of $1.2 billion over the next three years to improve the public's access to California courts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Chief justice: Layoffs likely under Brown’s budget

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Josh Brent, a former Dallas Cowboys player, listens a witness testifies during his trial at the Frank Crowley Courts building in Dallas, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter in the December 2012 death of his friend and former college teammate, Jerry Brown, in a December 2012 crash. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Kye R. Lee)

Expert: Ex-Cowboy’s alcohol level twice limit

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2014 file photo, former Dallas Cowboys' Josh Brent stands in court as potential jurors are directed into Judge Robert Burns', rear, courtroom in Dallas. Brent’s trial is expected to start Monday on allegations that he was driving drunk and caused the death of his friend, college teammate and former Dallas practice squad player Jerry Brown in a December 2012 crash. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Ex-NFL player’s interrogation tape played in trial

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