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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Politics, Murder, Lobbying, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Crime, Law and Justice
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NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway accidents by more than half, federal accident...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Highway Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Physicists say they've found evidence of 'God particle'
To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson -- popularly known as the "God particle" -- that...
Tags: University of Notre Dame, Science and Technology, Research, Nobel Prize Awards, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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Boys Kokomo Regional Track and Field Results
Team scores: Penn 83, Warsaw 82, Mishawaka 62 ½, Clay 49, Kokomo 44, Fairfield 43, Elkhart Memorial 32, St. Joseph's 31, Concord 26, Goshen 23, Eastern-Greentown 23, Riley 20, Manchester 15, Jimtown 12, Adams 15, Northfield 8, Rochester 8, Northridge 7 ½,...Tags: Warsaw (Poland), Science and Technology, Human Interest
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EPA sets tighter standards for soot pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new air quality standards that would lower the amount of soot allowed from diesel trucks, buses, power plants and other sources. The long-delayed rule, to be made public Friday,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, American Lung Association, Heart Attack, Washington, DC
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Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of...Tags: Sexual Assault, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration
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Probe of state fair tragedy finds stage didn't meet code
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS -- The stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people at the Indiana State Fair last summer did not meet industry safety standards and the tragedy was compounded by the absence of a fully developed emergency plan, investigators...Tags: Sugarland (music group), Politics, Science and Technology, Mitch Daniels, Concerts
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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: Politics, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Culture, Academic Progress
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I&M Power: Proposed rules would mean rate hike
Indiana Michigan Power says a series of proposed stricter emissions standards by the Environmental Protection Agency are unrealistic and, if passed, would force the company to increase electricity rates for customers as much as 30 percent.
Based on the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Investments, Regional Authority, Heart Attack
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Renewable Energy, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities
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Norwalk Harbor Power Plant Shutting Down June 1
The Hartford CourantThe owner of the oil power plant at Norwalk Harbor said Tuesday that it will be closing the facility June 1 since prices in the region's energy market have been too low to justify keeping it open. NRG, a power generation supplier headquartered in...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, Energy, Energy Saving
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Why is there a double standard?
Hang in there Councilman Sinanyan! Why should your comments made on the Internet years ago matter to the public when a conflict of interest by sitting council members went unchallenged at the voting booth in 2013? In 2009, council members Friedman,...Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Elections, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing
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