At a luncheon Friday during the AAN convention in San Diego, Dan Savage handed out four first place awards to L.A. Weekly. Four papers -- Chicago Reader, Folio Weekly, Jackson Free Press and Orlando Weekly -- took first place honors in two categories each. Read the full list of winners.

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Neither John Strand nor county officials in North Dakota's Cass County will collect damages they claimed were due, reports In-Forum. The verdict followed five days of testimony. Of the trial, an In-Forum editorial says, "If a winner has to be tagged, we give it to the citizen who values the right to petition, criticize and argue with government without fear of being silenced by a punitive and petty lawsuit."

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