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    May 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...

    Tags: Elections, Voting, Rick Snyder, Social Issues, Abortion

  2. May 22, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  3. Eventful week for Hesburgh

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. <span style="color: red;">Hesburgh</span>, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.</span>
    SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh will celebrate his 96th birthday on Saturday, May 25. But two other occasions will precede that: Hesburgh is honored...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, John Boehner, U.S. House of Representatives

  4. May 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  5. Senate panel approves immigration bill

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...

    Tags: White House, Migration, Republican Party, Ted Cruz, Orrin Hatch

  6. May 19, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana
  7. Federal report documents inmate sex abuse highest at Indy jail

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and...

    Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Sex Crimes, American Civil Liberties Union, Crime, Law and Justice

  8. May 16, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  9. 2nd IRS official to leave amid tea party scandal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups. An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax...

    Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Politics

  10. May 15, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune
  11. Event at Cove to help veterans travel to D.C.

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND -- Coming soon to a ballpark near you -- the silver screen.</span>
    South Bend Tribune
    SOUTH BEND -- Coming soon to a ballpark near you -- the silver screen. At least for one night, The Cove is going to trade in the bats, balls and gloves for tanks, vintage fighter flyovers and a movie on the giant videoboard. But the evening isn't just...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Flight (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies, Entertainment

  12. May 15, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  13. Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...

    Tags: White House, Justice System, Eric Holder, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service

  14. May 15, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  15. DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the public, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...

    Tags: Al-Qaeda, White House, Christopher Stevens, Eric Holder, Elections

  16. May 14, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana
  17. Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries. The National...

    Tags: Highway Transportation, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board

  18. May 13, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana
  19. High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sustained Monsanto Co.'s claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer. The justices, in a unanimous vote Monday, rejected the farmer's...

    Tags: Hampshire, Science and Technology, Genetic Engineering, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

  20. May 17, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  21. House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

    ALAN FRAM,Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...

    Tags: White House, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Eric Holder, Taxation, U.S. Department of Justice

  22. May 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  23. GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Strategists in...

    Tags: Christopher Stevens, White House, Benghazi, Parties and Movements, Jay Carney

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