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Platini repeats call for European sports police force
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini renewed his call for the formation of a European sports police force on Friday, telling delegates at the opening of the UEFA Congress he was upset that his appeal for one had been ignored for six years....Tags: Discrimination, Sports Organizations, Sports
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Scott Smith, Former Police Officer Once Charged With Murder, Committed Suicide
The Hartford CourantScott Smith's desire to serve his fellow citizens led him to become an emergency medical technician and, ultimately, a police officer in New Milford. But after shooting and killing a fleeing felon in the line of duty in December 1998, his police career...Tags: Justice System, Racism, Danbury, Punishment, Criminal Laws
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Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike; Sunday Deer Hunting Approved By House; Racial Profiling Law Strengthened
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted Thursday night to raise the minimum wage — after a huge clash between Republicans and Democrats. The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years, with no index for inflation. As such, the...Tags: Minority Groups, Racism, Redding (Fairfield, Connecticut), Small Businesses, Martin M Looney
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We know how to help the poor, in the suburbs and in the city
Thank you for Jamie Smith Hopkins front page story on the growth of poverty in suburbs across Maryland ("Poor people in Balto.'s suburbs outnumber those in city," May 21). The article is must reading for policymakers, civic groups, faith-based leaders and...
Tags: Poverty, Head Start
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Equine herpes virus
Equine herpesvirus (EHV-1, EHV-4) is also known as rhinopneumonitis and has received a lot of media attention in the last two years due to the rare neurologic form it has exhibited at some major equestrian events. Clinical Signs Equine herpesvirus has...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Coughing, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Abortion
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Shame on Boy Scouts for half-baked decision on gay members, leaders
Whether you believe in gay rights or not, you should yank your children from the Boy Scouts of America. And if you’ve been on the fence about it, skip it. This week’s vote and decision by the Boy Scouts of America’s National...
Tags: Minority Groups, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Most local homeless have ties to Costa Mesa
Challenging perceptions that the homeless mostly come to Costa Mesa from other communities, new data show a solid majority of the city's homeless population have ties of some kind to the city. At least 65% of the 182 homeless interviewed last year lived...
Tags: Homelessness, Culture, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Mental Health
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Virginia slavery took root in the rich soil of the York
Old Point Comfort and Jamestown may have the distinction of being the first places associated with the arrival of Virginia's first Africans in 1619. But it wasn't until decades later that slavery really took off -- and when it did it was the south...
Tags: Memorial Day, York County (Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Arts and Culture, Yorktown (York, Virginia)
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Easton man's ancestral search finds details of role of black soldiers in Civil War
From his childhood, the 58-year-old black resident of Easton has heard the tales of his family, a family that has called the region home for more than 100 years. Growing up around grandfather Aaron Good, he soaked up a plentiful supply of family stories....Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Allentown, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Career and Workplace, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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WRAPUP 1-Soccer-UEFA targets game's evils on great day for Gibraltar
Reuters(Writes through) By Mike Collett LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini repeated his call for soccer to win the battle over the evils affecting the game on an historic day for Gibraltar who were delighted at becoming European soccer'...Tags: Justice and Rights, Racism, Soccer, FIFA World Cup, Manchester United F.C.
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City's secretive $107M tax giveaway is wrong
Where's the outrage? The city's Board of Finance, in secret, decided to give $107 million to a wealthy developer for the benefit of an even wealthier corporation ("Harbor Point to get city financing," May 21). Apparently, ordinary citizens can't...
Tags: Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Mayor wrong to marry gay couples
It was extremely disappointing to read in The Sun that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is planning to preside over same-sex marriages on June 16 here in Baltimore ("Mayor will preside over mass wedding of gay couples," May 20). I, and many others,...
Tags: Local Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Martin O'Malley, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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