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California ignoring some English learners, lawsuit says
The state Education Department has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. State...Tags: Judges, Teaching and Learning, Trials, Laws, Lawyers
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Anti-abortion group stirs speech debate at Hopkins
A group of students at the Johns Hopkins University is reviving a campus anti-abortion group that members say will perform "sidewalk counseling" — attempting to discourage pregnant women entering clinics from going through with the procedure....
Tags: Social Issues, Towson University, Science and Technology, Abortion, Students
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State sued for lack of services to students learning English
The state education department has ignored its obligation to make sure that thousands of students learning English receive adequate and legally required assistance, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. State...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Judges, Trials, Lawyers, Justice System
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Top Senate Democrat calls for 'do not track,' advertisers protest
SAN FRANCISCO -- Putting renewed pressure on the online advertising industry that he says has failed to protect Americans' privacy, a top Senate Democrat called for legislation this year that would create a "do not track" option for consumers. "I have...Tags: Consumers, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, Online Advertising, Marketing
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ACLU protests creationism assembly at Kansas school
The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to a southwest Kansas district's plans to allow a pro-creationism group into its schools to talk to students about dinosaurs. Members of the Creation Truth Foundation are to speak next week during...
Tags: Separation of Church and State
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Arkansas Senate aims to cut off state funds to abortion providers
ReutersLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The Republican-led Arkansas Senate, in the latest statehouse swipe at abortion providers around the country, approved a bill on Tuesday that sponsors said was aimed at cutting off the last vestiges of state funding to...Tags: Mike Beebe, Social Issues, Family Planning, Politics, Planned Parenthood
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Bill allows refusal of health care on moral basis
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds. Hospitals and clinics can't be sued. Doctors and nurses can't lose their jobs for objecting to...
Tags: Family Planning, Social Issues, Birth Control, Abortion, Rick Snyder
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Senators say Tsarnaev should be declared 'enemy combatant'
This post has been corrected. See note at bottom for details.WASHINGTON -- Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), said Saturday in a joint statement that alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be denied a defense attorney and declared an “enemy combatant.” They added...Tags: Judges, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Terrorism, John McCain, Lindsey O. Graham
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Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday — apparently in no shape to be interrogated — as investigators tried to establish the motive for the...
Tags: Fenway Park, Executive Branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Government, Lawyers
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Legal questions surround Boston bombing suspect
WASHINGTON — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has become the focus of a heated debate over whether he should receive the Miranda warning or be treated as an enemy combatant. U.S. Atty. Carmen Ortiz indicated in a news conference Friday night that investigators...Tags: Criminals, Terrorism, John McCain, Government, Lindsey O. Graham
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Bill allows refusal of health care on moral basis
LANSING (AP) — For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds. Hospitals and clinics can't be sued. Doctors and nurses can't lose their jobs for objecting to...
Tags: Family Planning, Social Issues, Birth Control, Abortion, Rick Snyder
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Torture without excuses
The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled down. One of his neck bones was fractured. Death came "as a...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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