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IUSB employees urge purchase of former natatorium
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Some Indiana University South Bend employees are urging Chancellor Una Mae Reck to seek the purchase of the city's former natatorium, which houses IUSB's Civil Rights Heritage Center. The university currently leases the historic building at...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, Justice and Rights, Heritage Foundation, Northwestern University, Authors
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Elkhart sheriff won't enforce future gun laws
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — The Elkhart County sheriff told gun rights supporters at a weekend rally that he won't enforce any future laws that infringe on the public's right to bear arms. Sheriff Bradley Rogers told about 200 people, many of whom held...Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Tea Party Movement, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, Al Franken, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Parties and Movements
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Lawmaker seeks to limit FOIA release of 911 calls
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prompted by a high-profile case of an attack on a suburban Detroit family, a Michigan lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at limiting the release of 911 recordings requested under the state's Freedom of Information Act....
Tags: Freedom of Information Laws, Justice and Rights, Government, Freedom of Information Act, Crime, Law and Justice
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Purdue probes possible hate crime after protest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University police were investigating a possible hate crime Tuesday stemming from a protest march over racial tension the day before. A placard left as part of a display at a building housing university...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Hate Crimes
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: Justice and Rights, United Way , Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Human Rights
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Gun control advocates rally in South Bend
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — About 60 people gathered in the cold, damp air Saturday in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center, urging U.S. senators to move ahead with a bill that would expand background checks for gun sales. Dale Gibson of South Bend held a...Tags: Justice and Rights, Organizing for Action, Chuck Schumer, Personal Weapon Control, John Broden
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Lawsuit: Bank executives violated civil rights
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Two customers of a bank formed in part to serve people in southeastern Michigan with roots in India say executives berated them and exchanged email calling Indians derogatory names. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on....Tags: Trials, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Detroit Free Press, Laws
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Professor: Community college has culture of racism
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Mott Community College professor and a black secretary say there's a culture of racism that's become prevalent at the Flint school. The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/15ONiUO ) Beverly Bliesath, a business management...Tags: Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Teaching and Learning
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Same-sex marriage: Which Supreme Court case is more important?
CBS NewsIn two different cases this week, the Supreme Court will consider the powerful question of what it means to be married. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry -- a case considering the constitutionality of California's gay...Tags: Justice System, Justice and Rights, Family, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: Justice System, Detroit Free Press, General Practitioners, Lawyers, Defense
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Indiana teacher suspended over anti-gay remarks
FARMERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana school district reeling from the uproar over a teacher's comments that she believes gays have no purpose in life suspended the woman Wednesday. Superintendent Mark Baker of the Northeast School Corp. in...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Gay Rights
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