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United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Daniel HOBGOOD , Defendant-Appellant. No. 16-3778     Decided: August 22, 2017 Before COLLOTON and BENTON, Circuit Judges, and GERRARD, 1 District Judge .Denis Dean, Dustin S. Roberts, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee. James Daniel Hobgood , Pro Se. Christopher Aaron Holt , John B. Schisler, Assistant Federal Public Defender , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 'S OFFICE, Fayetteville, AR, for Defendant-Appellant. James Daniel Hobgood conditionally pleaded guilty to interstate stalking , in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2). Hobgood appeals an order of the district court  2 denying his motion to dismiss the indictment. He argues that the statute cannot be applied to his conduct without violating the First Amendment. He also disputes the amount of restitution ordered at sentencing. We reject the conte...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Most kids and teachers in North Texas go back to school this morning. Nearly 100 school districts welcomed students back on Monday including Fort Worth , Arlington, Frisco, Irving, Plano, and Allen. In Fort Worth, Mayor Betsy Price is part of a welcoming committee for students returning to class. This upcoming school year is important for the district, which is facing an urgent need to improve student performance at some schools like John T. White Elementary and four other campuses. The five schools have been designated leadership academies . “We are immediately improving teacher quality to each one of these schools. We are extending the school day by an hour so all students will have an additional hour of reading and math. And thanks to our philanthropic community the Rainwater Foundation has come and extended the school day with enrichment, with arts and athletics. Students will be served dinner at 5:45. It’s going to be a complete day from 8 a.m. all th...

UConn’s place in the Hartford skyline . Hartford — For nearly a half-century, the University of Connecticut has had no place to call its own in the state’s capital city. Today that changes as Connecticut’s flagship university opens the doors of its new $140- million downtown branch campus on Prospect Street . The arrival of the campus, which comes after five years of false starts and setbacks, is a milestone for the university and the city of Hartford. Hundreds attended the grand opening ceremony downtown Wednesday morning . For UConn, it marks the institution’s return from the suburbs into the heart of the city – where the school first opened its Greater Hartford branch in 1939. It moved to West Hartford in 1970. The university, in the years since, had been able to continue to claim a “presence” downtown. Some of UConn’s graduate business programs are housed in a space it leases in 100 Constitution Plaza, and the university’s basketball and ice hockey teams play games in the XL ...

Craig Slawson knows a lot about oil exploration, a business his family has been in for 60 years. In that industry, when you find a "play," you’ve identified a geological region where conditions are ripe for discovering oil fields , lots of them. Now that he’s expanded into real estate, the Denver-based founder of Epoch Developments believes he’s located a promising new "play" for that business in the River Market. He’s going in big, buying 10 historic buildings on the west side of a three-block stretch of Delaware Street between 3rd Street and Independence Avenue, and nearby property along Wyandotte as well. “What caught my eye in Kansas City is the same thing we see in Denver, just seven years behind,” Slawson said. “ People enjoy higher density areas with vintage buildings and clean and safe streets. I decided it was time to look at Kansas City. Once the streetcar initiative passed , I started to look harder. “The streetcar was the catalyst for me.” And at ...