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Conn. court rules for gay marriage
Los Angeles TimesThe Connecticut Supreme Court gave gay and lesbian couples the right to marry yesterday, ruling that civil unions relegate them to a "separate" and "inferior status" that falls short of full equality. "We therefore agree with the plaintiffs that...Tags: Minority Groups, Anglican, Gays and Lesbians, Christianity, Local Authority
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16-year court veteran running for Supreme Court
Associated Press WriterThe fourth floor of Wayne County's Murphy Hall of Justice isn't a place to settle fender-benders. Judge Diane Marie Hathaway handles rapes, robberies and murder. When she recently tried to pick a jury in a sexual-assault case, some people said they...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Democratic Party, Judges, Voting, Henry Ford
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High Emotions On Both Sides Of Gay Marriage Case
In 1980, Garrett Stack met the person he wanted to marry: John Anderson. The couple share a house and life. But by law, they could not share wedding vows. So they were ecstatic Friday to learn of the state Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex...Tags: Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Judges, Voting, Stratford
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Resentment lingers in Wyo. town on media portayal after gay student Matthew Shepard's murder
Associated Press WriterLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) _ A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination...Tags: Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, Landforms, Civil Rights, Ceremonies
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Connecticut's high court gives gay couples the right to marry, says civil unions aren't enough
Associated Press WriterHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to marriages in virtually...Tags: Minority Groups, Larry Smith, Gays and Lesbians, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Executive Branch
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Federal Communications Commission sides with NFL in dispute with Comcast over NFL Network
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on its popular digital cable package....Tags: Regional Authority, Satellite and Cable Service, Consumers, Comcast Corp., National Football League
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Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to kill wife in 1981 found dead in apparent suicide
AP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELES (AP) _ A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles has been found dead in an apparent suicide, less than 24 hours after he set foot in the continental United States to answer to the...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Lawyers, Suicide, Court Administration
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Shepard's mother grieves lost chances
The Associated PressMatthew Shepard's mother still mourns lost opportunities to battle hate crimes and promote a greater tolerance of gays in the 10 years since her 21-year-old son was beaten, tied to a wooden fence and left for dead in a frigid Wyoming pasture. Though...Tags: Minority Groups, Defense, Injuries, Gays and Lesbians, George Bush
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Board won't stop Suffolk deputies from highway patrol
andrew.strickler@newsday.comA state board has denied a Suffolk police union's request to stop the county from replacing police patrols on two Long Island highways with sheriff's deputies. The Public Employment Relations Board's denial of the union request for an injunction means...Tags: Employment, Long Island Expressway, Road Transportation, Steve Levy, Transportation
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Landmark state pension reform bill signed into law
sandra.peddie@newsday.comA landmark pension reform bill that closes the loopholes allowing some public employees to collect six-figure salaries on top of six-figure pensions was signed into law Friday by Gov. David A. Paterson. Citing pension abuses that have been uncovered in a...Tags: Regional Authority, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Internal Revenue Service, Fraud
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Lower Macungie woman who ran stop sign and caused fatal crash is fined
Of The Morning CallA 30-year-old Lower Macungie woman who ran a stop sign, causing an accident that killed a motorcycle passenger last year, was found guilty of a summary offense Tuesday and ordered to pay a $121 fine, a district judge ruled this week. April Depietro faced...Tags: Motorcycling, Road Accidents, Criminal Laws, Transportation Accidents, Trials
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Filthy No More
Clean-air activists and their allies gathered in Bridgeport recently to celebrate the dramatic decrease in harmful sulfur dioxide emissions from the state's oldest and dirtiest power plants, brought about by the "Sooty Six" law. The once-controversial...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Middletown, Energy Saving, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Montville
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