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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: Entertainment Events, Northwestern University, Nazareth, Colleges and Universities, Graduation
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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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Marriage
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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: Abusive Behavior, Boy Scouts of America, Social Issues, Elections, Roman Catholicism
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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, Hospitals and Clinics, Family Planning, Abortion, Social Issues
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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, Hospitals and Clinics, Family Planning, Abortion, Social Issues
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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: Gay Rights, Social Security, Arts and Culture, Family, Customs and Tradition
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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: Health and Safety at School, Laws, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System
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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: Newspaper and Magazine, Colleges and Universities, Education, 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: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Family Planning
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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: Landforms, Human Interest, New Year's Day, Hospitals and Clinics, Mountains
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Nobel literature winner says censorship necessary
STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year's Nobel literature winner Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his cozy relationship with China's Communist Party, defended censorship Thursday as something as necessary as airport security checks. He also suggested he...Tags: Liu Xiaobo, Arts and Culture, Nobel Prize Awards, Science and Technology, Culture
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