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College of the Ozarks sues government over Affordable Care Act
jdaues@kspr.comPOINT LOOKOUT, Mo. -- The College of the Ozarks is joining opponents of the new federal health care law with its own lawsuit over the law's birth control component. Officials of the Christian college near Branson filed suit on Monday over the Obama...Tags: Health Treatments, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Birth Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Stock futures fall on stimulus plan concerns, China data
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and over weak data in...Tags: Websense Incorporated, Pain Therapeutics, Saks Inc., Book, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Today's Buzz: Allow gay Boy Scouts?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council were scheduled to vote at 6 pm Thursday on whether to drop the organization’s 1978 ban on gay scouts. That ban was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000....Tags: Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations
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Oakland Raiders - TeamReport
ReutersNFL Team Report - Oakland Raiders - INSIDE SLANT The return of defensive back Charles Woodson may have an impact on the Raiders that cannot be measured by statistics or even graded on game tapes. "You want to play this game with a swagger, with a...Tags: New York Jets, Kevin Burnett, Vance Walker, Free Agency, Joselio Hanson
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Prayer news
Change of SubjectThe Illinois Family Institute sent out an "urgent prayer request" today to stop a sex-ed bill in the state Senate (via Capitol Fax) and name-checked eight ostensibly undecided senators. Seven of eight voted yes and the bill passed 37-21. It...... -
Billie Sol Estes' notoriety included getting cameras kicked out of courtrooms
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThe following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday, May 21: Pecos, Texas, wheeler-dealer millionaire Billie Sol Estes had achieved frenzied national notoriety when Time magazine featured him on its May 25 cover in 1962. But...Tags: CBS Corp., NBC (tv network), Justice System, Television, Criminals
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Boy Scouts set to vote Thursday on gay members
Leaders of Boy Scout organizations from across the United States will vote Thursday in Dallas on whether to accept gay Scouts. Based on a majority vote by 1,400 National Council members, the decision will be announced at 6 p.m. eastern time. The vote...
Tags: Youth Organizations, Minority Groups, Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics
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Is Obama Richard Nixon?
Despite what you may hear from some of his more fevered critics, President Barack Obama's recent scandal-quakes don't appear to fall anywhere near the level of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. But by another Nixonian yardstick, trying to muzzle on press...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Justice System, Central Intelligence Agency, Espionage Act of 1917
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Eric Holder, White House, Greenpeace
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Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment
MISSOURI DISASTER ASSISTANCE Mo. counties to receive aid after April storms JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon says federal help is being offered to residents and businesses in several eastern Missouri counties affected by severe weather in...Tags: Government, Embezzlement, Justice System, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Woodson returning to Raiders
ReutersThe Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Oakland Raiders - INSIDE SLANT A soft market had Charles Woodson considering something he wouldn't have dreamed of a few months ago: finishing his career where he started it. And that's exactly what happened late...Tags: New York Jets, Kevin Burnett, Vance Walker, Free Agency, Joselio Hanson
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Mo. life sentence for juveniles convicted of murder still in flux after lawmakers leave town
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prison sentences for Missouri juveniles convicted of first-degree murder remain uncertain because lawmakers did not pass a new sentencing scheme before adjourning. Under state law, people under 18 convicted of first-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Punishment
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