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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 02:40 UTC

Florida board blocks bid to form gay-straight club at middle school

A bisexual 14-year-old girl wants to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at Carver Middle School in Leesburg, Fla., to combat bullying of gay classmates. Foes suggest that gay-straight topics aren t appropriate for middle-school children.

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 20:20 UTC

Wash. man indicted after 2 killed at pot-grow

A Washington state man who authorities say shot and killed two masked, armed intruders at his marijuana grow operation last year has been indicted on federal drug and gun charges.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 18.04.13 02:18 UTC

Los Angeles plan to end using coal power by 2025 could cost ratepayers $6 a month

Elimination of coal as a power source for Los Angeles by 2025 and replacing it with natural gas, solar, wind and geothermal power could cost customers $6 a month, the city's ratepayer advocate told a ...

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NPR, 17.04.13 00:19 UTC

Emotions Run High As Supreme Court Hears Adoption Case

Emotions boiled over at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices heard arguments in a case testing the meaning and reach of the Indian Child Welfare Act, known as ICWA. The 1978 law was ...

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NPR, 16.04.13 08:15 UTC

Adoption Case Brings Rare Family Law Dispute To High Court

Take the usual agony of an adoption dispute. Add in the disgraceful U.S. history of ripping Indian children from their Native American families. Mix in a dose of initial fatherly abandonment. And ...

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Seattle Times, 16.04.13 02:15 UTC

Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license reprieve

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic.

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Reuters - Top News, 15.04.13 17:01 UTC

Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights case

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON | Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:43pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staying out of the raging national debate over guns, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on whether ...

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Seattle Times, 14.04.13 21:40 UTC

Chevron slapped with violation notice over spill

State regulators have slapped Chevron with a violation notice over a March fuel spill near a northern Utah bird refuge.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 14.04.13 17:09 UTC

L.A.'s simmering pot wars come to a boil on May 21

After 17 years of legal battles and uncertainty over legalized medical marijuana, some new clarity will be brought to the issue on May 21, when Los Angeles city voters will be asked to choose among ...

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Seattle Times, 13.04.13 17:52 UTC

Judge backs Wash. law on releasing mentally ill

A Pierce County Superior Court judge is backing the current state law on when the mentally ill should be released from Western State Hospital in Lakewood.

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