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Morning Call takes first in Sandusky coverage
The Morning Call was recognized by the Associated Press this weekend with a first-place award for its coverage of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse trial in June. The award for general news reporting was presented to The Morning Call staff at the annual...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Jerry Sandusky, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Scranton, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Amway Center, Business Enterprises, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Elections
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Health Insurance Cost, Nikki Haley, Republican Party, Regional Authority
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: Mastectomy, Social Issues, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Plastic Surgeons
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Oakland Raiders - TeamReport
ReutersNFL Team Report - Oakland Raiders - INSIDE SLANT In a game against the Chicago Bears last December, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe covered the Pro Football Hall of Fame patch on his jersey with a post-it that read "Vote Ray Guy," in protest of the...Tags: Jeron Mastrud , Usama Young, Mike Goodson, Matt Shaughnessy, Gays and Lesbians
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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: Trials, Laws, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished...Tags: Financial Markets, Warren Buffett, Raymond James Financial Incorporated, Nasdaq Composite, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Prosecutor argues Goodman has motivation to flee
The judge in John Goodman's DUI manslaughter case said Friday he'll rule sometime next week on whether to grant the Wellington polo mogul's request for freedom from house arrest and 24/7 police guards. Prosecutors argue Goodman, 49, has enough...
Tags: Trials, Dwayne Johnson, Science and Technology, Litigation, Prosecution
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2155 GMT, May 16
ReutersLONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service temporarily and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency...Tags: Vatican City, Bulgaria, Washington, DC, Politics, Barack Obama
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Greuel cites high-profile role as an executive at DreamWorks SKG
Wendy Greuel's resume is dotted with the political accomplishments of a politician on the rise. But there was an unconventional detour: her stint as an executive at DreamWorks SKG, working alongside Hollywood titans Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg...
Tags: Washington, DC, Wendy Greuel, Warner Theatre, Elections, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Judge grants injunction in Arkansas abortion ban case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a request to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion Friday for a preliminary...
Tags: Abortion, Trials, Court Preliminary, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded “community standards” against “hard core...Tags: Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Government, Gross Domestic Product, The Washington Post
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