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Mini guide to summer theater festivals in South Florida
Staff WriterMany stages go dark during the spring and summer, but others light up with theater festivals. Here are four happenings in South Florida over the next few weeks. "From the Mouths of Babes" May 25-26; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 7 p.m. Sunday...Tags: Arts and Culture, Delray Beach, Entertainment, G-Star, Festive Events
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Scouts and equality
One of the first things that an incoming Boy Scout must learn is the Scout Law. It's become so famous that many people outside the organization likely recognize it. "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,...
Tags: Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Mitt Romney, Clubs and Associations, U.S. Military
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Salt Lake City has highest rate of same-sex couples raising kids
Salt Lake City: the gay parenting capital of the United States? Unexpected as it may sound, a new study finds that the Utah capital and its outskirts have the nation's highest percentage of gay or lesbian couples raising children. --------------------...Tags: Science and Technology, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Robin Williams, Family
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Activists seek to keep PA chief justice Castille from another 10-year term
HARRISBURG — Printed on the front of the activists' binder was "PA Chief Justice Ron Castille" inside a red caution symbol over the phrase "Put the 'NO' In November." Activists Tim Potts and Eric Epstein said the binder — filled with news...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Laws, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials
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Purdue athletic director seeks breakthrough for Boiler teams
The News-SentinelEditor's note: This is the first in a four-part series of stories with Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke. WEST LAFAYETTE -- Morgan Burke isn't into mediocrity. Not even close. He has a vision for the Purdue athletic department and if it's taken a...Tags: College Football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Iowa Hawkeyes, College Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Time for Boy Scouts to accept gays
You have to wonder how many more surveys and votes it will take before the Boy Scouts of America decide to officially join the 21st Century. Maybe it will happen this week. Maybe. After months of surveys, committee recommendations and cancelled votes,...
Tags: Youth Organizations, Politics, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Voting
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Bill Clinton pushes for gay marriage in Illlinois*
Change of SubjectA statement from the former president: Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more perfect union’ - deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. That mission has... -
Should the Boy Scouts accept gays?
The Boy Scouts of America might actually join the 21st century this week. It’s about time, don’t you think? Scout honchos will be voting later this week on whether openly gay boys can participate. Of course, they still won’t vote...
Tags: Youth Organizations, Gays and Lesbians, Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Today's Buzz: Allow gay Boy Scouts?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council were scheduled to vote at 6 pm Thursday on whether to drop the organization’s 1978 ban on gay scouts. That ban was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000....Tags: Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Los Angeles calls upon star French designers for 'Figaro' opera
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Count Almaviva, muscles bulging and resplendent in white, struts like a peacock across the stage belting his baritone at his countess, who sits in a flowing red gown against a sparse backdrop of sleek, modernist lines. It is...Tags: Politics, Architecture, Entertainment Events, Family, Frank Gehry
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Immigration bill a testament to compromise
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send the bipartisan immigration bill — more formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernizing Act — to the full Senate. The 800-plus page bill is by far...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, Patrick Leahy, Gays and Lesbians
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Ben Carson's remarks 'denigrated' homosexuals [Letter]
I have to disagree with Diane Brown ("Only closed minds stifle opposing viewpoints, May 16) on both her key points about Ben Carson's remarks on marriage equality and the opposition to him giving the commencement speech at Johns Hopkins University this...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Fox News Channel (tv network), Gun Control
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