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What Are GMO's, And What Health Risks Do They Pose?
They’re in 80% of the food we eat: genetically modified organisms. Some say they pose serious health risks. Some believe those risks to be so serious, they’re willing to break the law in order to notify their fellow consumers that products...Tags: Science and Technology, Food Industry, Executive Branch, Food and Drug Administration, Health
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Internet Kill Switch Here? Lieberman Bill Causes Worry
FOX CTShould the president be given emergency powers to control the Internet in a crisis? The recent Internet shut-off in Egypt has some wondering whether legislation recently introduced by Joe Lieberman and other senators hands the government a "kill switch."...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Egypt, Freedom of the Press, Elections, Politics
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Scott blocks paid sick-time vote in Orange, statewide
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid-sick-time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, the...
Tags: Altamonte Springs, Employment, Executive Branch, Politics, Rick Scott
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Feminism, Politics, Racism, Family
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Race, faith and honesty shape jury selection
The Miami HeraldSANFORD, Fla. One African American father bristled at media stories pushing "racial connotations" and civil rights leaders' "saber rattling" in the Trayvon Martin slaying. Another potential juror, a white, middle-aged, goateed musician, seemed impartial,...Tags: Prosecution, Media Industry, Mark O'Mara, The Miami Herald, George Zimmerman
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Seminar to train team to fight child sex trafficking
An interfaith coalition outraged by child sex trafficking is getting ready to make sex abuse and child prostitution prominent issues in South Florida's houses of worship. A team of advocates will be trained in Delray Beach on June 22 by Shared Hope...
Tags: Prostitution, Anglicanism, Abusive Behavior, Delray Beach, Christianity
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McDonald's sued for paying Pa. employees with fee-carrying debit cards
She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald's franchisee gave her an unhappy deal. The Shavertown McDonald's forces workers to be paid only one way: with a payroll debit card...
Tags: Electronics, Employment, Science and Technology, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Labor Legislation
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Road Warrior: Security officers, not police, at Fairgrounds
Q: The concern I have is with the security company at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Lehigh Law Enforcement Officers Association. When you read that title, what comes to mind? Police officers, right? This a group of security officers, not police. Aren't...Tags: Law Enforcement, Lehigh County, Business Enterprises, Labor Legislation, Justice System
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Letters to the Editor - June 16
Finish the job of Medgar Evers To the editor: Mississippi’s tireless civil-rights worker, Medgar Evers, was killed 50 years ago. An assassin’s bullet mortally wounded Evers in front of his home, leaving a widow and depriving three...Tags: Business, Murder, Ku Klux Klan, Verizon Communications, Politics
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Eugene Robinson: High court majority relied on hooey to justify DNA samples
The Supreme Court's ruling this month allowing police to compel DNA samples from persons arrested for serious offenses will solve cold cases around the country, putting dangerous criminals behind bars. But despite this clearly beneficial impact, the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Stephen Breyer, Wicomico County, Criminals
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Mary Sanchez: Do 'stand your ground' laws make us safer? Jury's still out
The Trayvon Martin murder case will boil down to one claim known by mothers everywhere. "He started it!" All parents with more than one child have heard that cry. When their little one points his or her finger accusingly at a sibling, claiming to have...Tags: Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Lawyers, George Zimmerman
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Letters to the Editor: Insight into police work, alimony reform, NSA scandal
Insight into police work Thanks to the Winter Park Police Department for all the work that went into organizing the Citizens' Police Academy that will end this week. For those of us who attended, it was a valuable experience, taught by obviously...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, National Security Agency, Broward County, Barack Obama
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