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Transgender police officer settles with S.F., which agrees to more training FacebookTwitterEmail San Francisco Police Officer Flint Paul won a $150,000 settlement against the city, which — while not conceding any wrongdoing — has agreed to require its police to call transgender officers by their preferred name and gender.Courtesy Flint Paul Flint Paul became a San Francisco police officer in 1995, with a female birth name and identity. But Paul had identified as male since childhood, started telling other officers that in the early 2000s, and made it official in 2006, when he underwent su...

>> pelley: good evening. in every presidential election people talk about how the iowa straw poll can't be taken seriously-- and then they take it seriously. the poll, to be taken tomorrow, is in a sense the first test of the republican field. last night as a you are the cane-raiser, the major declared candidates held a debate. there are two republicans who can't afford to lose the iowa caucuses six months from now and they went at each other last night. norah o'donnell is in iowa. >> reporter: good evening, scott. and saturday's straw poll is the biggest test to date for these repub...

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in every presidential election people talk about how the iowa straw poll can't be taken seriously-- and then they take it seriously. the poll, to be taken tomorrow, is in a sense the first test of the republican field. last night as a you are the cane-raiser, the major declared candidates held a debate. there are two republicans who can't afford to lose the iowa caucuses six months from now and they went at each other last night. norah o'donnell is in iowa. >> reporter: good evening, scott. and saturday's stra...

reelected? not on a bet. >> reporter: bachmann easily excites social and fiscal conservatives in this state, something tim pawlenty has struggled with. >> tell barack obama he had his chance, it ain't working. >> reporter: the former minnesota governor has campaigned in iowa for over a year and admits he's got a lot riding on tomorrow's contest. what if you don't meet your goal? >> i think we will but obviously if we come in last or some ridiculous result we'll re-evaluate. but i don't think that's going to happen. >> reporter: looking to ignite supporters, pawlenty directly challeng...