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Records sealed over FW-SB Catholic Diocese in vitro lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that she was fired because she had in vitro...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Lawyers
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
The Baltimore SunA divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...Tags: Criminals, Biotechnology Industry, Elena Kagan, Lawyers, Identification Technology
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Madigan wants extension on concealed carry
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a request with a federal appeals court asking for an additional 30 days to put in place a law that would allow citizens to carry guns in public. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the state...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Lisa Madigan, Politics, Chicago Transit Authority
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Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 3 (Reuters) - Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States. Now, the most comprehensive...Tags: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School, Breast Cancer, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Expressway vendors can raise campaign cash, memo says
Attorneys with a firm that does business at the region's toll-road agency have been given a green light to raise contributions for Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs' 2014 re-election campaign, according to a memo obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. Jacobs...
Tags: Teresa Jacobs, Orange County (Florida), Politics, Buddy Dyer, Lawyers
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Gov. Scott should veto bill that speed up death penalty punishments
Florida is the state most likely to send the wrong person to death row. Twenty-four times since the mid-1970s, we have sentenced an innocent person to death. Twenty-four times. No other state has racked up more exonerations. So tell us again why we need...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Laws
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How the death penalty will end: first Maryland, then the nation
The death penalty debate in Maryland is finally over. This spring's decision by the General Assembly to replace the death penalty with life without parole was cemented last week, when right-wing activists failed to muster enough signatures to force the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Death Penalty, Murder, John Hickenlooper, George W. Bush
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Justices strike down ruling against Sears over faulty washers
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an appeals court ruling that favored consumers who bought Sears Roebuck and Co front-loading washing machines. The lawsuit claimed Kenmore-brand high-efficiency washers, manufactured for...Tags: Comcast Corporation, Whirlpool Corp., Trials, Satellite and Cable Service
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Lawmakers Support UConn Expansion
The Hartford CourantThe General Assembly passed some of the year's biggest bills Saturday: legislation that calls for spending $2 billion to upgrade the University of Connecticut over the next 10 years, for improving pool safety following school drownings, and for placing...Tags: Energy Saving, J Brendan Sharkey, Cigna Corporation, Government, Finance
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Making gay marriage legal
—On a gray, crisp Friday morning in April, the young Bethlehem couple walked into the Lehigh County Courthouse to request a marriage license. Unlike other couples who had come before them, they knew there was no possibility they'd be leaving...
Tags: Freemansburg, Allentown, Social Issues, HIV, Same-Sex Marriage
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What we think: Scott squandered chance to avert insurance hikes
Republicans in the state Capitol are still waging war on Obamacare, more than three years after the Affordable Care Act became law and almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court declared it constitutional. The war isn't just pointless. It hurts...Tags: Rick Scott, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Bill Nelson, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Insurance
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Gay marriage bill fails to go to vote in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD -- For Illinois' gay marriage proponents, it was supposed to be a historic week culminating in a collective "I do" from Springfield lawmakers. Thousands tuned in to social media and live streams throughout the day Friday, sending tweets...
Tags: Jesus Christ, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Roman Catholicism, Chicago Mayor
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