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Cardinal Dolan describes the secret of Notre Dame
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he found the secret to the University of Notre Dame during a nighttime visit to the campus Grotto. During the 2013 commencement speech Sunday in Notre Dame Stadium, Dolan recalled...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Education, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame
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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: Republican Party, Civil Rights, Family, Minority Groups, Gay Rights
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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: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, United Way
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Former Notre Dame president to be honored by Navy
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who served 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame until he retired in 1987, is going to be recognized as an honorary Navy chaplain. The ceremony for Hesburgh will be held...Tags: Politics
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UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Family Planning, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Planned Parenthood
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Ultrasound mandate dropped from Indiana abortion bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A requirement that clinics offering the abortion pill perform ultrasounds on women seeking the drug was dropped Wednesday by Indiana legislators considering a broader bill aimed at tightening regulations on such clinics. Anti-...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Family Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: University of California, Los Angeles, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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NW Ind. school, expelled girls reach settlement
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a settlement with the school district that expelled them for violating an anti-...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at School, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union
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Michigan college sued for suspending writing student
DETROIT (AP) — A man suspended from a Detroit-area university after writing about his attraction to teachers in a class journal sued the school Friday for $2.2 million and four lost credits, claiming his free-speech rights were violated. Joseph...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics
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Bill for tougher Ind. abortion pill law advances
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana clinics that provide only abortion drugs would face the same requirements as those where surgical abortions are performed under a proposal approved Wednesday by a state legislative committee. The bill approved by the...Tags: Family Planning, General Practitioners, Family, Medical Research, Personal Income
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National Cathedral to host 1st same-sex weddings
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups
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Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along a main...
Tags: Alassane Ouattara, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, New Year's Day
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