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FBI: Men unknowingly put fake bombs at Ohio bridge
CLEVELAND (AP) — Five men charged with plotting to bomb a bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs placed what they thought were real explosives at the site and repeatedly tried to detonate them using text messages from cellphones, according...
Tags: Terrorism, Emergency Incidents, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prosecution
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Michigan militia members cleared of conspiracy
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government's case against seven members of a Michigan militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural...Tags: Trials, United Nations, Hutaree, Lawyers, Law Enforcement
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Michigan militia head, son plead guilty to gun charge
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan militia leader and his son pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a machine gun, giving prosecutors their only gain in a domestic terror trial that was upended when the judge dismissed charges of plotting war against the...Tags: Trials, Hutaree, Lawyers, The Associated Press, Laws
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Daniels legacy on line with Ind.'s $205M tax error
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels has built a national image as a persnickety fiscal manager with an eye for detail, but two massive accounting errors that have tilted Indiana's books by more than half-a-billion dollars threaten to tarnish that...Tags: Democratic Party, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Republican Party, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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State asks judge to uphold Indiana immigration law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State attorneys say the ACLU is exaggerating the powers Indiana's new immigration law gives to local police in an effort to persuade a federal judge to throw out parts of the law. In a brief filed this week in U.S. District...Tags: Trials, American Civil Liberties Union, Immigration, Lawyers, Migration
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Catholic non-profits oppose federal rule on birth control
South Bend TribuneArea Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Church and State Relations, Health and Safety at Work, Health, Colleges and Universities
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In GOP response, Daniels blames Obama for economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and sought to divide Americans, not unite them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president's...Tags: Political Candidates, George Bush, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Conservation
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US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. The Obama administration is developing the first National...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Washington, DC, Symptoms, Health
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The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.
"I don't think there were any newspaper articles about it or anything...Tags: Environmental Issues, The Pope, Barack Obama, Applied Physics, Martin Luther King Jr.
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South Bend gets 'occupied': Downtown protest draws 100
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - The "Occupy Wall Street" movement spread to downtown South Bend on Saturday, where more than 100 people filled the sidewalk at the corner of Michigan Street and Jefferson Boulevard to protest big business and a government they say has...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, New York City, Colleges and Universities, Indiana University South Bend, Facebook
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80 percent of U.S. boys use condoms the first time
CHICAGO (AP) — A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior are taking hold.
But...Tags: Rutgers University, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Birth Control, Government
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Local reaction: What's after post-Gadhafi celebration?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterBe careful what you wish for, America. That’s the cautionary tone hanging over the celebration of the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. “One thing we do need to keep in mind is, just because a dictator is killed or deposed does not...Tags: Environmental Issues, Entertainment, Barack Obama, Muammar Gaddafi, Misrata (Libya)
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