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NC protesters risk arrest to highlight concerns about GOP
The News & ObserverThe historians, doctors, preachers, lawyers, raging grannies, students and others gathered around the second-floor fountain inside the Legislative Building and belted out "This Little Light of Mine" and other songs. They were diverse in age and...Tags: Republican Party, Prisons, Wake County, Parties and Movements, Medicaid
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You say you want a revolution?
Change of SubjectFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday: I believe that we have misjudged the Arab Spring and the Arab Revolutions. And I will call it "The Arab Revolutions." And looking at it from a historian's standpoint,...... -
Sears won't sign Bangladesh safety accord
Sears said Wednesday it does not plan to sign a fire and building safety agreement backed by some of Europe's biggest apparel brands aimed at trying to prevent another disaster like the one in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers. Instead, the...
Tags: Arbitration, Collective Contract, Work Rules Contract Issues, Politics, Kmart
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Peru foreign minister quits over health after Venezuela spat
ReutersLIMA (Reuters) - Peru's foreign minister has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela. Rafael Roncagliolo, 68, resigned "strictly because of health reasons," the...Tags: Hugo Chavez, Peru, Nicolas Maduro, Ollanta Humala, Ecuador
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Locals react with joy, disappointment as Dayton signs gay marriage bill
Austin Daily HeraldGov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, as many Mower County residents and thousands of onlookers cheered. Back in Austin, many residents rejoiced to hear the news, including several members of Austin's Human...Tags: Marriage, Social Issues, Parties and Movements, Justice and Rights, Politics
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Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws
Abortion rights activists today filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies. The...Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Justice System, Politics
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Bidder pays $600k for coffee with Apple CEO
An anonymous bidder will pay $610,000 for an hour of chat. Why so much? It's a chance to chat with Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook. The online auction site Charity Buzz started accepting bids on the experience about three weeks ago. The winning...
Tags: Politics, Auction Service
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Vehicle-for-hire ordinance's felon rule piques interest
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.As city officials in Champaign-Urbana look to clean up their laws on taxis and limousines, a rule about whether ex-convicts are allowed to drive vehicles for hire has Urbana City Council members taking a second look. Officials from both cities say they'...Tags: Prisons, Crimes, Justice and Rights, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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EU to step up security involvement in Somalia
Reuters* Somalia recovering from two decades of civil war * EU has trained around 3,000 Somali soldiers in Uganda * Somali president says security his top priority By Drazen Jorgic MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - The European Union is to move military training...Tags: Mogadishu (Somalia), International Organizations, Justice and Rights, African Union, Politics
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Actress Angelina Jolie praised for openly discussing preventive mastectomy
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNow that Angelina Jolie has gone public with her decision to have both breasts removed because of her high risk of breast cancer, can doctors expect a stampede of women into their offices demanding the same procedure? Yes and no. The number of...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Celebrities, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Judaism, Politics
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BRIEF: Mich. Court Permits Dues-Deduction Ban
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.A federal appeals court reinstated a Michigan law last week that bars school districts from deducting teachers' union dues for their employees. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in Cincinnati, ruled 2-1 that a 2012 measure that...Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Career and Workplace
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Duckworth makes first trip to war zone since copter shot down
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Making her first trip to a war zone since she was gravely injured in 2004, Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited Afghanistan last weekend with five other congresswomen. Duckworth, who lost her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down...Tags: Physiology, Jaime Herrera, Politics, Martha Roby, Susan Davis
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