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Most states likely to spurn gay-marriage bandwagon
As hundreds of gay couples became newlyweds in New York over the weekend, their well-wishers included many far-flung gays aware that their own states may never willingly allow same-sex marriage. In all, 30 states have adopted constitutional amendments...Tags: Human Rights Campaign, New York, Florida, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage
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Veteran unemployment numbers are sky high
MISHAWAKA — Post-9/11 veterans are a large part of the nation’s unemployed, and in Indiana and Michigan those numbers are some of the highest.
"It's almost to the point where you get to being like, ‘What's the point? What's the point...Tags: Labor Markets, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Indiana, American Legion, Economy, Business and Finance
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Elkhart County job numbers climb slowly
WAKARUSA – It was one of the hardest-hit areas in the country during the recession, but jobs are slowly coming back to Elkhart County.
WSBT did some digging and found out there are more jobs in Elkhart County than there were two years ago, but...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Markets, Elections, Michigan, Illinois
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Police to search home where mom, kids were stabbed
Investigators in Oregon are trying to figure out what led up to the discovery of a woman and her four children in their burning home. Each had been stabbed. Police believe the father stabbed them and set fire to the house. Fifty-one-year-old Jordan... -
Ore. mother gets probation in home circumcision
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation. Keemonta Peterson pleaded guilty to first-degree...Tags: Justice System, YouTube, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ore. city dumps mayor for not showing up for work
SODAVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A small city in Oregon has kicked out its mayor for not showing up to work. The Albany Democrat-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/q6i2V5) that Sodaville replaced 35-year-old Brady Harrington with the city council's president....Tags: Regional Authority, Elections, Politics
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Oregon man loses arm as car sideswipes truck
SUTHERLIN, Ore. (AP) — A passenger who stuck his arm out a car window lost the limb when the car tried to pass a tractor-trailer rig in Southern Oregon but sideswiped it instead. State Police Trooper Jake Ledbetter said he was told the 33-year-... -
Vita Food Products recalls smoked salmon
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago-based Vita Food Products has recalled about 8,080 packages of Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon. The product could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause fatal infections in...Tags: Idaho, Washington, DC, Colorado, South Carolina, Illinois
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Oregon woman develops foreign accent after surgery
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — She has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. Karen Butler woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world....Tags: Surgery, Europe, Health, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Virginia inmate sues after gruesome tries at sex change
DILLWYN, Va. (AP) — Crouched in her cell, Ophelia De'lonta hoped three green disposable razors from the prison commissary would give her what the Virginia Department of Corrections will not — a sex change. It had been several years since...Tags: Mental Health, Human Body, Health, Physiology, Sex Reassignment Surgery
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Ore. man stung by scorpion on commercial flight
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man got a surprise — and some pain — when he was stung by a scorpion during a commercial flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska. Jeff Ellis of West Linn tells KPTV he was trying to sleep on a red-eye...Tags: Texas, Alaska, Travel, Air Transportation, Anchorage
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Abandoned home causing problems for South Bend woman
We all want our neighbors to keep things up in the yard, but what if your neighbor is an abandoned home? It is what one South Bend homeowner is facing, but for her it is an issue of safety.
Sharon Sexton has been staying with family for the last...Tags: Forestry and Timber
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