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Texas AG intervenes in cheerleader banner dispute
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Wednesday he will defend high school cheerleaders who want to use Bible verses on banners at football games. Abbott has filed court papers to intervene in a lawsuit that cheerleaders at...Tags: Justice and Rights, Steve Thomas, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Family accuses South Bend officers of brutality
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – A family claims South Bend police officers stormed into their home in the middle of the night and then punched and used a stun gun on their 17-year-old son who did nothing to deserve it. Now, a local activist group is calling for the...Tags: Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Government, Local Government, Justice System
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Defense says cause of baby's death unproven
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a Chinese immigrant accused of killing her baby by attempting suicide while she was pregnant say Indiana prosecutors haven't proven that the rat poison she ate caused her daughter's death. Defense lawyers Wednesday...Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Medical Specialization, Crime, Law and Justice, Feminism
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Citizenship box on ballot goes to court next week
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has been ordered to court next week as critics try to stop the use of a citizen check-off box on the Nov. 6 ballot. Detroit federal Judge Paul Borman has set a hearing for Friday. A...Tags: Voting, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Black women rally against voter ID laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deidra Reese isn't waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote. With iPad in hand, Reese is going to community centers, homes and churches in nine Ohio cities, looking up registrations to make...Tags: Voting, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michelle Obama, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 groups support Catholic school teacher fired over in vitro
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two national groups are supporting a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Indiana parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization. The American Society for...
Tags: Christianity, Laws, Roman Catholicism, Civil Laws, Infertility
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Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....Tags: United Kingdom, Central Intelligence Agency, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pakistan, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Autopsy: Man shot in police car had meth in system
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man police say shot himself in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in the back of an Arkansas patrol car tested positive for methamphetamine, anti-anxiety medication and other drugs, according to an autopsy...Tags: Chemical Industry, Freedom of Information Act, FBI, Weaponry, Shootings
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Councilman asks feds to investigate South Bend Police Department
WSBT-TV ReporterA South Bend councilman wants the Department of Justice to investigate the South Bend Police Department. Henry Davis Jr., in his Aug. 9 letter to the DOJ, said there's a racist and criminal culture within the department. He also noted some people in...Tags: Social Issues, Racism, Public Officials, Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
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South Bend Police chief, councilman spar over letter to Department of Justice
WSBT-TV ReprorterThe fallout continues nearly five months after a federal wiretapping investigation into phone recording policies at South Bend's police department went public. Both the interim police chief and Fraternal Order of Police president say they aren’t...Tags: Racism, Social Issues, Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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NYC mayor disagrees with others on Chick-fil-A
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he strongly disagrees with the mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco over Chick-fil-A's (chihk-fih-LAYZ') position on gay marriage. The fast food restaurant's opposition to gay marriage...
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Supporters flock to Chick-fil-A in support of company's stand against gay marriage
Supporters of Chick-fil-A are flooding into Michiana's restaurants today to show support for an executive's comments about gay marriage. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday national "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."...
Tags: Christianity, Baptist, Gay Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Economy, Business and Finance
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