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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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NYT: Up to 34% of Installed Solar Panels Defective
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 3803 Views
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First Solar, one of the United States’ biggest manufacturers, has set aside $271.2 million to cover the costs of replacing defective modules....
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Sunday, May 26, 2013 |
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A New Moral Treatment: Humane institutionalization can help the mentally ill and protect society
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 7456 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...over 90 percent of patients who would have been committed before deinstitutionalization are now out in the world....
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Sunday, May 26, 2013 |
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Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies
By Selected News Articles @ 12:23 AM :: 5557 Views :: Military
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Statewide list of Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Report: Espero Expects to Announce Congressional Candidacy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:52 AM :: 5514 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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“I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from people throughout the district, urging me to run for Congress" -- Sen Wil Espero
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
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DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists
By Selected News Articles @ 12:45 AM :: 5553 Views :: Military
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More military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season
By Selected News Articles @ 11:18 PM :: 3844 Views :: Environment
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...Global Cooling is to blame....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:14 PM :: 3693 Views :: Health Care
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...Washington had a U.S.-leading rate of 43.6 per 100,000 population, compared with 10.5 per 100,000 in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 6505 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 6702 Views :: Labor, Obama
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One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Activists Given IRS Files of Opponents
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 5632 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Taxes
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...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5279 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 15687 Views :: Health Care
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Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 6999 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 5928 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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“It’s not the easiest place in the world to do business,” one market source said of Hawaii.....
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 4137 Views :: Homelessness
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The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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White House struggles to respond to new Benghazi revelations
By Selected News Articles @ 11:52 AM :: 3412 Views :: Military
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White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the House hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attack....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 9008 Views :: Higher Education
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Greenwood was Inouye’s pick for President. Abercrombie will now install his own operative. Oddly, some people think all this has to do with a Stevie Wonder concert....
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Obamacare Trouble: 'Death Panel' Does Not Exist
By Selected News Articles @ 11:13 PM :: 3565 Views :: Health Care
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...a 15-member board that will develop proposals for cutting Medicare whenever Medicare's projected growth rate exceeds the target....
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 4832 Views :: GMOs
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...the anti-biotech movement in Hawaii is fierce, loud and extreme, organizing rallies and marches instead of sharing a table and a civil discussion....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69
By Selected News Articles @ 11:41 PM :: 4114 Views :: Second Amendment
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...SB 69 was originally a gun “buyback” bill but was amended in the state House into a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Shield Law: Nine Senators Stand up to Clayton Hee
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 AM :: 4313 Views :: First Amendment
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It will die a victim of Hee’s visceral disdain for the media and the failure of political will in the state Senate....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 AM :: 6380 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Hawaii has amended its Employment Security Law as follows....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Robotics: Micronesian Schools Plan 'Yapital Robo Day'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 AM :: 6015 Views :: Education K-12, World News
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Educators at the two independent High Schools on Yap have announced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 AM :: 7189 Views :: Ethics, Development, Judiciary
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Fuchs claims that Judge Ayabe's wife did legal work for three of Fuchs's adversaries in the foreclosure case....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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UHERO: Latest Jobs Report Suggests Most Industries Recovering
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 PM :: 3057 Views
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Although slightly slower than in the second half of last year, conditions in the local job market continued to improve....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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PEW: New Health Exchange Unlikely to End Insurance Monopoly in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 AM :: 5155 Views :: Health Care
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... in states with a dominant insurance carrier, competition and lower prices may not arrive for quite some time ....
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Monday, April 29, 2013 |
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PEW: Lack of Competition Might Hamper Hawaii Health Exchange
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 AM :: 4922 Views :: Health Care
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... in many states, people won’t have a lot of health insurance choices when the exchanges launch in October ....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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SB237 Would Give DOE Unfettered Power to Lease Public School Land
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 6590 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Land Use
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“Notwithstanding sections 171-13 and 302A-115, or any other law to the contrary, the department may lease public school land...."
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Dozens of Crony Capitalist Donors Switch from Hanabusa to Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 1:52 PM :: 7575 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Schatz received first-quarter donations from at least 96 individuals who also gave to Hanabusa in 2009 or 2010....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Living in the Fourth-Most Economically Repressive State
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 4488 Views :: Economy
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... only California, New Jersey, and New York are more repressive than Hawaii ....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 AM :: 5796 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Hanabusa, who was then the state Senate president, served as Clinton’s state spokeswoman....
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill
By Selected News Articles @ 12:11 AM :: 4968 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12
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... should be premised on the provision of fair compensation to the City and County of Honolulu ....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 8895 Views :: Honolulu County
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... The election is conducted entirely on-line and by telephone. Voting runs from April 26, 2013 through May 17, 2013 ....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:11 AM :: 4514 Views :: Office of Elections
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The GAO’s 2010 report concludes that the benefits supposedly derived from taxpayer financed campaigns do not occur...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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25th CAB Reaches out to Fallen Heroes' Families
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 PM :: 4100 Views :: Military
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One of the ways SOS helps families through hard times is by introducing them to others who have gone through similar situations....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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WaPo: "Another race-tinted showdown in Hawaii"
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 5519 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... The Hawaii Democratic Party has a long history of primaries split along racial lines ....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Most Stress-Free State
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 4237 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii residents remained the least likely in the U.S. to say they felt stressed on any given day in 2012, at 32.1%....
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 |
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UHPA Pushes Back Against NEA Raid, Cyberattack
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6416 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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When asked whether she believed the cyberattack could be related to the NEA issue, Hanselman said, "It's a strange coincidence."
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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President Obama’s Budget Proposes to Make Wind and Solar Subsidies Permanent
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 PM :: 3721 Views :: Energy
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Subsidies for renewable energy and energy efficiency total $23 billion over ten years....
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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Hanabusa, DSCC Discuss Challenging Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 6144 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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“Chances are pretty good that she won’t stay in her current job.”
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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Derrick Kahala Watson: Senate Confirms New Honolulu Federal Judge
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 4787 Views :: Judiciary
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Watson will be the only Native Hawaiian serving as an Article III judge ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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30 Years of Junk Science, from SDI to Fracking
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 4702 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“there are a few wealthy families with strong political connections who are looking to keep the state impoverished without any development, for selfish reasons.”
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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‘House of Horrors’ Doctor Considered ‘Pioneer in Abortion Field’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 3953 Views :: Life
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Gosnell, who was considered a pioneer in the abortion industry, began performing abortions in New York City in the late 1960s....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 4828 Views :: Family
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...an increasing number of religious objectors to homosexuality have faced lawsuits for refusing to participate....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 4330 Views :: Health Care
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In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....
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