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Gay marriage ban in Indiana could keep job candidates away
The Tribune-StarTERRE HAUTE - Terre Haute business owner Mike Tingley has some pretty strong opinions about legislative efforts in Indiana toward a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. "It's a good reason for people to leave Indiana if such a thing should happen,"...Tags: Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Demographics, Family, Teachers
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Upton faces familiar foe in 6th District GOP race
DETROIT (AP) — First elected to Congress a quarter-century ago as a moderate Republican, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton has been moving steadily to the right in recent years. The question facing GOP primary voters on Aug. 7 is...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Money and Monetary Policy, Primaries, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama
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Former Indy official new director of Indiana ACLU
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indianapolis deputy mayor is the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. The ACLU says Jane Henegar will begin working full time Sept. 4. She succeeds Gilbert Holmes, who retired March...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Butler University, Evan Bayh, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Mich. St. students make it through zombie pandemic
DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of Michigan State University students survived a zombie pandemic this summer. Or at least a class about one. For the past seven weeks, Glenn Stutzky, an instructor in the School of Social Work, taught a course not...
Tags: Health, Students, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Teaching and Learning, Epidemics and Plagues
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Will autism changes bring harm?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterKathi Pierce noticed almost from birth that her son Wesley was having some problems when he had trouble breast-feeding. It took years of trying various medical exams before Wesley was diagnosed with low-functioning autism. Now Pierce worries about...Tags: Health, Medical Specialization, Psychology, Culture, Companies and Corporations
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Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'
(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest in the nation. The most debated section of the bill bars educators from...Tags: Health, Bill Haslam, FBI, Birth Control, Laws
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WSBT Fact Finder: Getting legitimate candidate petition signatures not difficult
WSBT TV ReporterLocal political science experts say getting voters to sign a piece of paper to put two well-known Democratic candidates on the 2008 presidential primary ballot should have been easy. Court documents say former St. Joseph County Democratic Party chair,...Tags: Primaries, Joe Donnelly, Science, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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Is South Bend 'All-America' or dying?
South Bend is now an All-America City. The award is presented by the National Civic League to 10 cities each year that demonstrates innovation and describes successful efforts to address local challenges.
This comes only months after South Bend was...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana)
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Penn's Social Studies team wins state title
Penn High School's Social Studies team won the state title Saturday at Purdue. Penn's score of 21 was not only best in their class, but best over all four classes. It was Penn's third Social Studies title in a row and 11th Social Studies state title in...
Tags: High School Sports, Super Bowl, Arts and Culture, Culture
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California may ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight could face a key vote Tuesday by a group of California lawmakers. Supporters say the legislation, which is before its...Tags: Health, Psychiatry, Michele Bachmann, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Lavon Dean-Null captures P-H-M Teacher/Year
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterLavon Dean-Null's travel experiences slide easily into daily lessons in her classroom. As her students learn about world history and culture, she describes her vivid memories of South Korea, China, Mongolia and other exotic places. Middle-schoolers...Tags: Students, Civil Rights, Teachers, Education, China
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Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems
CHICAGO (AP) — The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children.
The behavior differences —...Tags: Health, National Institutes of Health, Pregnancy and Childbirth, American Academy of Pediatrics, Culture
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