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Officer Courtney Brown was heard asking Webb whether she knew how fast she was going. Webb apologized and said she was late for work, and Brown asked her to turn off the car and hand over her keys. “The ground is wet and it’s been raining you’re going over 80 miles an hour on this type of a road. That’s reckless driving,” Brown said. “I’m so sorry,” Webb replied. Brown returned to her police cruiser to talk with fellow officers about whether to arrest Webb or just give her ticket. “What do you think?” Kristee Wilson, a responding officer, was...

From coin tosses to high-card, Hillary Clinton cannot stop beating Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16% when luck takes the place of voters. To break tied precincts in the Iowa Caucus a few weeks ago, Hillary won every coin toss -- 6 out of 6 -- the odds of which are less than 2%. In Nevada's caucus today, Democrats played a game of high-low card to determine a tie. And super-lucky Hillary just won with an ace to Bernie's 6 in the precinct of Pahrump, Nevada. Wall Street Journal: The 30 voters in Precinct 10 at Morse Elementary School split even,...

HARRISON, Idaho _ With the flip of a quarter and the call of heads, Barbara Elliot became the next mayor Monday night. Elliot and opponent Ray Unger tied with 50 votes each in the Nov. 4 election. The coin toss was planned to settle the election during last Wednesday's Council meeting, but there weren't enough council members for a quorum. Coin tosses have been used twice before to settle elections in this small town south of Coeur d'Alene. That's how current Mayor David LePard got the job eight years ago, said maintenance worker Jim Shepard, who just happened to be...