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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Science and Technology, Mental Health, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Illness
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Robin Williams, Washington, DC, Chicago Tribune
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UPDATED: Michigan AG reveals program to prevent school violence
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous behavior. Bill Schuette announced the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, PTA, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Feminism, Egypt, Turkey
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Amid Oklahoma tornado devastation, hunt for survivors persists
MOORE, Okla. — The grueling recovery from a killer tornado began Tuesday as search-and-rescue operations continued, but authorities acknowledged that the likelihood of finding anyone alive grew dimmer by the moment. In a rare bit of good news, the...Tags: Moore Oklahoma Tornado (2013), Human Interest, FEMA, National Weather Service, Tornadoes
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Turkish-Armenian writer handed jail sentence for blasphemy
ReutersISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - An Istanbul court has sentenced a Turkish-Armenian author and blogger to more than a year in prison for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, local media reported on Wednesday, weeks after a similar case caused alarm among...Tags: Prisons, Twitter, Inc., Punishment, Religion and Belief, NATO
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Sandburg Muslim students combat stereotypes
When Muslim students at Sandburg High School were brainstorming ways last year to combat negative thinking about Islam, they came up with the idea of an informal group that would nourish their culture and religion as well as combat stereotypes. Now...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jihad, Students, Ethics, Values
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INTERVIEW-Austria says peackeepers may quit Golan if EU arms rebels
ReutersBy Michael Shields VIENNA, May 21 (Reuters) - Austria may pull its peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights, evacuating the U.N. buffer zone, its defence minister warned on Tuesday, as Syria and Israel exchanged fire across a long dormant frontline now...Tags: Vienna (Austria), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Weaponry, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Group wants atheist books placed with Bibles in Georgia state parks
ReutersBy David Beasley ATLANTA, May 21 (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties...Tags: Church and State Relations, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Literature, Travel
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US report: Scant improvement in religious freedom in Cuba
The Miami HeraldCuba's communist government eased controls on religious activities in the past year but overall maintained "significant restrictions" on freedom of religion on the island, according to a U.S. State Department report. Most religious leaders in Cuba...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Church and State Relations, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Religion
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Judge to rule within weeks on bid to dismiss Corbett suit over Penn State sanctions
HARRISBURG — A federal judge said Monday she would decide within weeks whether to dismiss Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit alleging NCAA sanctions against Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal violate antitrust laws. U.S. District Judge...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Proco Joe Moreno, Rahm Emanuel, Humboldt Park, Hearing Impairment, Crime, Law and Justice
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