A. Kamala Harris rode to a strong finish to win the Democratic primary for attorney general.

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris has promised to work with politicians to amend that state's law.

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Ms. KAMALA HARRIS (District Attorney, San Francisco): In my experience as a career prosecutor, I've come across some very creative defense attorneys.

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The talks hit a major setback in October 2011 when California State Attorney General Kamala Harris pulled out of the negotiations.

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Attorney General Kamala Harris' office said the company's methods included "robo-signing" legal documents, a practice that was widely used in mortgage foreclosures until it was outlawed.

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California proposed putting more inmates on firefighting crews and into space leased from county jails to help meet a court-mandated requirement that it reduce its state-prison population, in a plan California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed Thursday night.

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California's top elected officials, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris, are refusing to defend Proposition 8, and there is a question about whether the Proposition 8 supporters have the right, or legal standing, to defend the measure in court.

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"California's interests in protecting all of its children are best served by allowing these same-sex couples to enjoy the same benefits of marriage as opposite-sex couples, " state Attorney General Kamala Harris said of the estimated 50, 000 youngsters being raised by gay and lesbian couples in the state.

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