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Records sealed over FW-SB Catholic Diocese in vitro lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that she was fired because she had in vitro...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Roman Catholicism, Trials, Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court
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As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as more details emerged from U.S. officials and family members about how the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency, Family, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Labor Disputes, Bill Schuette, Trials, Rick Snyder, Justice System
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Judge: Teacher can sue Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese in IVF case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an Indiana woman who says a Catholic diocese fired her from her teaching job because she had in vitro fertilization. U.S. District Judge Robert Miller cleared the...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Trials, Employment Opportunities, Justice System, Laws
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Ohio Amish face unfamiliar life in federal prison
CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women who have lived rural, self-sufficient lives surrounded by extended family and with little outside contact are facing regimented routines in a federal prison system where almost half of inmates are...
Tags: Trials, Judaism, Prisons, Justice System, Defendants
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Mich. GOP consider concealed firearms for teachers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers are reintroducing measures to allow guns in Michigan schools. Kewadin Republican Rep. Greg MacMaster introduced a bill last month to let local school officials allow teachers, administrators or...
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Mich. Gov: Gun bill to give 'extra consideration'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder pledged Monday to take a close look at legislation that could allow concealed weapons in schools and churches following the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school that evoked painful memories of a fatal...
Tags: Rick Snyder, University of Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder vetoes gun legislation
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have allowed concealed weapons in churches, schools and daycare centers, days after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that weighed heavily on his mind....
Tags: University of Michigan, Rick Snyder, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics
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No Hanukkah song at Mich. Catholic school concert
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic schools administrator in Traverse City has dropped a Hanukkah song from a Christmas concert. Mike Buell of Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools says he doesn't have a problem with Jewish music. But he says...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religious Education, Judaism, Religious Festivals, Parochial Schools
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Bill would require Christian prayer in Indiana's public schools
WSBT TVIt's a place many parents send their children to learn – but should public school classrooms also be a place for faith? What if just Christian faith is promoted? Northern Indiana Senator Dennis Kruse, a Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Religious Events, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Family
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Indiana lawmaker wants 'Lord's Prayer' in schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican state senator is pushing for Indiana's public school students to start the school day by reciting the Lord's Prayer amid what he calls an "attack" on religion in the schools. Senate education committee chairman...
Tags: Religious Events, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Religion and Belief, Public Schools
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Ind. justices weigh largest school voucher program
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Supreme Court justices weighing the legality of the nation's largest school voucher program made clear during a packed hearing Wednesday that the program's fate may rest on whether it primarily benefits students'...Tags: Justice System, Tony Bennett, Teaching and Learning, Mitch Daniels, Religion and Belief
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