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Flyball tournament returns to Escanaba

ESCANABA — A fast-paced canine competition will take center stage this weekend as Escanaba hosts the 14th Annual U.P. Shelter Fundraiser, sanctioned by the North American Flyball Association (NAFA). The fundraiser will feature a flyball tournament at the U.P. State Fairgrounds’ Miracle ...

'Pleading the Fifth' invokes a constitutional amendment that has a long history in US society

NEW YORK (AP) — It was important enough to the framers of the U.S. Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights — that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." As part of the Fifth Amendment, the right against self-incrimination is well known to the general public thanks to years of legal and police procedural shows on television as well as instances of high-profile use in real life. The amendment also includes a right to due process and protects against being prosecuted twice for the same ...