Criminalizing Forced Payment of Dues:   The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a right to work law that would make it a crime to require a non-union worker to pay dues as a condition of employment.  The Associated Press  reports that an employer could face up to nine months in jail if he requires private-sector workers who aren't in a union to pay dues.  Twenty-four other states have adopted "right to work" laws. 

Double Murderer Gets Death Penalty:   A man who brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend's father and sister in 2007 was sentenced to death by an Orange County, CA judge Wednesday.  Jeremiah Dobruck or the Daily Pilot reports that  after U.C. Irvine student Shayona Dhanak broke off her relationship with 30-year-old Ifekhar Murtaza, a Muslim, he blamed the girl's parents who were devout Hindus.  The court found that Murtaza and two friends went to the victims' home one evening and stabbed Syayona's father, then waited to attack other family members as they arrived.   The mother was stabbed and left on a neighbors lawn. She was in a coma for three weeks but survived.  The father and sister was taken to a nearby park and set on fire.  The family's Anaheim home was also set on fire. 

Second Sex Offender Nabbed At Border:  An illegal alien deported after serving time for molesting a child was caught trying to cross the U.S. border into Texas Wednesday.  Joe Hyde of San Angelo Live reports that Jose Margarito Rivera-Mendez is the second deported illegal alien sex-offender arrested for trying to cross the boarder at San Angelo this week.