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National 'religious freedom' rally sparks big South Bend turnout
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA large crowd rallied Friday at Jon R. Hunt Plaza as part of a nationwide network of protests against the federal mandate that insurers provide birth control in all employer health plans, even those at many religious organizations. Men, women and...Tags: Family Planning, Employment, Minority Groups, Birth Control, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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South Bend LGBT anti-discrimination bill goes into effect April 6
WSBT-TV ReporterThe South Bend Common Council human rights ordinance will, as of April 6, protect gender identity and sexual orientation from discrimination. The amended human rights ordinance passed with a 6-3 vote from the city's common council in the early hours of...Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Politics
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FACT FINDER: Who will enforce South Bend's LGBT anti-discrimination law?
WSBT-TV ReporterSOUTH BEND – South Bend's Common Council has made it illegal to discriminate against someone based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but how exactly will the law work? WSBT’s Fact Finder team has been working to answer that question...Tags: Lawyers, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Laws, Discrimination
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Student's profane tweet stirs free-speech debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Carroll was fighting insomnia when the Indiana teenager turned to Twitter for relief and casually dropped the F-word multiple times, apparently to demonstrate to his followers that the expletive would fit almost anywhere...Tags: Insomnia, Entertainment Events, Twitter, Inc., U.S. Supreme Court, Facebook
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City can't require waiver before mosque protest
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge says a Detroit suburb can't require a Florida minister to clear the city of liability in exchange for a permit to protest outside a mosque. The Rev. Terry Jones has sued Dearborn, saying the city is...
Tags: Gainesville, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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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: American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court, Facebook, Laws, Trials
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Indiana Senate panel approves statewide smoking ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A proposed statewide smoking ban was approved by an Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday despite objections over the plan's exemptions for casinos and private clubs, moving forward one of the most contentious issues remaining...Tags: Human Body, Mitch Daniels, Republican Party, Lung Cancer, Civil Laws
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Many free events celebrate King holiday
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will be Monday, and a range of events will mark it. Parking at South Bend’s Century Center, 120 S. St. Joseph St., will be free all day for Monday’s events. And donations of nonperishable food items will...Tags: Libraries, Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities, Charity, Justice System
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Daniels gives more modest agenda to Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels asked Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday to approve a statewide smoking ban and dedicate more money toward victims from last summer's state fair stage collapse during his final State of the State speech.
Daniels...Tags: Labor Markets, Mitch Daniels, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Civil Laws
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Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Rights Watch, Family, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Feds argue cigarette packs should bear large graphic images
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is trying to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies.
Cigarette makers told...Tags: Tobacco Products, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Washington, DC
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Indiana exempted from 'No Child Left Behind' requirements
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out. In a sign of...Tags: Ken Miller, Social Sciences, Colleges and Universities, Justice and Rights, Culture
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