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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
With warnings about continued threats to US, Obama seeks to open secretive terror policies WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of...Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, Softball, Justice System, Music Industry, Social Organizations
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...Tags: Hate Crimes, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam
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Monica Ratliff's election to L.A. school board is 'huge upset'
On its face, the election this week of a Los Angeles fifth-grade teacher to the Board of Education was a stunner. Monica Ratliff's low-budget effort included her boyfriend, a film school instructor, as her campaign manager. She had no paid staff and no...
Tags: School Examinations, Antonio Villaraigosa, Michael Antonovich , Finance, Social Issues
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Human Relations Commission hopes Neuman review brings a boost of power
When someone complains to the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission about housing or employment discrimination, commissioners are powerless to do much about it. That's the impression the commissioners themselves have, and they say it affects...
Tags: Laws, Rentals, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Discrimination
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Vote on Boy Scouts' gay ban brings out protesters from both sides
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Protesters in Boy Scout uniforms staked out sides of a resort-lined street in this Dallas suburb where national Scouting leaders were meeting Wednesday to consider lifting the ban on gay Scouts. On one side, handmade signs cried...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Protestant Convention, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Barack Obama
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Obama Accountable For Troubling Questions
The Hartford CourantNot since the killing of Trayvon Martin has the nation heard the president speak as long and directly about blacks and his experience as a black man as he did at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony last weekend. At Morehouse, he referred to...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Internal Revenue Service, Personal Weapon Control, Benghazi, Southern Connecticut State University
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Found animals - May 23
Cats Young domestic shorthair, gender unknown, gray, black, white and orange, found on Red Hill Road in Keedysville Adult DSH, female, orange, found on Clay Road in Hagerstown Young domestic medium-hair, gender unknown, buff, found on Salem Avenue...Tags: Hamilton, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Scouts and equality
One of the first things that an incoming Boy Scout must learn is the Scout Law. It's become so famous that many people outside the organization likely recognize it. "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Organizations, Barack Obama
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Boy Scouts set to vote Thursday on gay members
Leaders of Boy Scout organizations from across the United States will vote Thursday in Dallas on whether to accept gay Scouts. Based on a majority vote by 1,400 National Council members, the decision will be announced at 6 p.m. eastern time. The vote...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, United Way , Lifestyle and Leisure, Intel Corp., Social Organizations
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Even now, being gay is dangerous
Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. His alleged killer, 33-year old Elliot Morales, is said to have confronted Carson, 32, and a companion, in New York's Greenwich Village last Friday night, yelling antigay slurs. When Carson walked away,...Tags: Justice and Rights, Ellen DeGeneres, Greenwich Village, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians
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Scouting's misstep
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Lindsey O. Graham, Patrick Leahy
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