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Mailbag: Now is not the time to ban bags
Broc Coward's treatise is excellent, save one major issue that he chooses to ignore — the timing is all wrong, just as are Alaska oil and Wyoming shale restrictions, stricter Environmental Protection Agency industry requirements, tougher auto gas...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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City Lights: 'Spring spheres' going too far
In a bold, politically charged move that may incite protests and charges of discrimination, Huntington Beach plans to host its annual Easter Hunt on Saturday. That's right, Easter Hunt. Not Spring Hunt or Community Hunt or any other term that prudently...Tags: South Carolina, Religious Festivals, Facebook, Maryland, Local Government
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Assembly Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Public Testimony Reform Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone Ordinance 63, a proposal to reform public testimony policy, shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens lined up at Assembly chambers to take a stand on taking the stand, which was...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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ACLU condemns prosecution of girl facing charges in same-sex relationship
ACLU of Florida has condemned the prosecution of Kaitlyn Hunt, a high-school student who is facing felony charges in connection with her same-sex relationship with a younger student. "While effective laws are certainly needed to protect Florida's...Tags: Trials, Prosecution
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Zev Yaroslavsky, Lee Baca
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Florist challenges demand to provide flowers for same-sex wedding
A tempest in a flowerpot over whether a Washington state florist should have to provide bouquets to a same-sex wedding has taken a new turn with a countersuit filed by the shop owner claiming her religious freedoms gave her the right to refuse. In an...
Tags: Justice System, Religion and Belief, Trials, Weddings, Politics
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Angelina Jolie's courageous act will save women's lives
Four days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink...
Tags: Science, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Elena Kagan, The New York Times
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Voice of the People, May. 21
Care options I appreciate the Chicago Tribune for paying attention to an issue that my family has been faced with for quite some time: caring for the mentally ill. My brother has been dealt a bad hand in life. He has wild mood swings that without the...Tags: Suicide, Mental Health, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Religion and Belief, Behavioral Conditions
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School facilities bill grew from grass roots
Michael Dresser got it right in describing the trajectory of the Baltimore school facilities bill as going from "non-starter to law," but the story goes far beyond the elected and appointed officials who worked hard to make the deals and shepherd the...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Government, Elections, Politics, Annapolis
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Justice System, Court Preliminary, Laws, Trials, Mike Beebe
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Jan Brewer, Justice System, Court Preliminary, Barack Obama, Laws
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New campaign asks “Modern Family” producers to write wedding episode for Cam and Mitch
Channel Guide Magazine“The freedom to marry is spreading. So it's time for America's biggest, red-beard-iest prime-time couple to get hitched in front of millions of American viewers.” So reads part of the home page of a new campaign launched by ACLU Action to...
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