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![<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><strong>Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013</strong></strong></span></strong></strong></span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-05/53720860-12093801.jpg "<span style="font-size: medium;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><strong>Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013</strong></strong></span></strong></strong></span>")
Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013
SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial
Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...Tags: Diana Krall, Bruce Springsteen, Chester Arthur "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Aerosmith (music group), Arts and Culture
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Where are the STEM jobs?
Republicans and Democrats appear to agree on at least one thing: that the United States is facing a STEM (science, technology engineering and math) crisis. In his most recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared that he wants to...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Migration, Employment, Technology, FWD.us
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, U.S. Supreme Court, Boy Scouts of America, Protestant Convention
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Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
ReutersBOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Healthcare Contract Issues, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Collective Contract
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Ted Cruz, Protestant Convention, Religious Events
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Texas House passes measure to prevent Medicaid expansion
ReutersBy Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas, May 21 (Reuters) - The Texas House passed a measure on Tuesday that would prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law. Texas Governor Rick Perry,...Tags: Medicaid, U.S. Supreme Court, Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Executive Branch
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Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift. Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Ted Cruz, Boy Scouts of America, Religious Events, Protestant Convention
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Maine lawmakers, governor in stand-off on Medicaid expansion
ReutersBy Dave Sherwood BOWDOINHAM, Maine, May 23 (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Healthcare Contract Issues, Collective Contract
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Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
ReutersBy Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas, May 22 (Reuters) - Texas came a step closer to requiring some applicants for unemployment benefits to first undergo drug testing, when lawmakers gave final approval to a Republican-backed bill mandating such checks on...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Labor Legislation, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Career and Workplace
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Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states, including Michigan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma — what to do with all the money when an improving...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, John D. Rockefeller IV, Tea Party Movement, Executive Branch, Elections
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Local Voices: Highland Park
Letters to the editor from Highland Park residents. Community success It is a sincere honor to be elected to serve as councilman for Highland Park. Campaigns are not as much about the candidates as they are about the community they want to serve. As...
Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Executive Branch, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Government
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