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ACLU: 3 Indiana girls expelled over Facebook jokes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three eighth-graders from northwest Indiana who say they were expelled after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they would like to kill asked a federal judge Wednesday to order the district to allow them to return...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Human Rights, Judges, Politics
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Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset
The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian — at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays. Now, parents who were aware of Jennifer Tyrell'...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations, Ohio River, Social Organizations
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Indiana seeks stay in challenge to immigration law
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The state has asked a federal judge to stay a challenge to Indiana's immigration law until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case involving Arizona. The motion for stay filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hammond...Tags: Immigration, Justice System, Judges, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Police: GPS tracking ruling shouldn't affect local cases
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – A U.S. Supreme Court decision restricting the use of GPS devices by police should not affect local criminal investigations, a spokesman for one local law enforcement agency said Monday. In a 9-0 decision Monday, the court, citing the...Tags: Justice System, Justice System, FBI, Judges, Cell Phones
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Indiana Senate backs teaching creationism in public schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's public schools would be allowed to teach creationism in science classes as long as they include origin of life theories from multiple religions under a proposal approved Tuesday by the state Senate.
The Senate passed...Tags: Science, Elections, Religion and Belief, Scientology, Cults and Sects
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ACLU says teaching creationism in public schools unconstitutional
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's top lawyer said Thursday that a bill pending that would allow schools to teach creationism in science classes clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and invites legal challenges....Tags: Science, Religion and Belief, Luke Kenley, Politics, Louisiana Legislature
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Ky church overturns ban on interracial couples
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Stella Harville brought her black boyfriend to her family's all-white church in rural Kentucky, she thought nothing of it. She and Ticha Chikuni worshipped there whenever they were in town, and he even sang before the...Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, Family, Georgetown, The Associated Press
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Leader suspends hearings on Ohio 'heartbeat' bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill imposing the most stringent abortion limit in the nation has been put on hold in Ohio after backers who had defended its constitutionality for almost a year asked for a pile of last-minute language changes. The leader...Tags: Tom Niehaus, Republican Party, Human Rights, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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New challenge filed over Indiana immigration law
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana group has launched a second legal challenge to the immigration law approved by state legislators this year. East Chicago-based Union Benefica Mexicana filed the lawsuit Tuesday with the federal court in...Tags: Migration, Trials, Immigration, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Perry signs pledge on anti-gay marriage amendment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry has signed a pledge to back a federal constitutional amendment against gay marriage — a reversal of his earlier position that marriage rights should be left up to individual states. The Republican...Tags: Texas, New York, Family, Rick Perry, Justice System
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Michigan lawmakers ready to vote on abortion bill
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature is scheduled to take action on bills that would create a state ban on a procedure that opponents call "partial-birth abortion." Proposals that would enact a Michigan-level ban on the...Tags: Michigan Legislature, Jennifer Granholm, Justice System, Rick Snyder, Abortion
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Texas executes Mexican after court stay rejected
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Mexican national was executed Thursday for the rape-slaying of a San Antonio teenager after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a White House-supported appeal to spare him in a death penalty case where Texas justice...Tags: Local Government, Treaties, Justice System, Murder, Politics
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