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Catholic 'Sharia' in Pittsburgh
In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...
Tags: Christianity, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Islam, Colleges and Universities
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St. Paul pastor at center of U.S. labor secretary confirmation battle
Star TribuneWASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the fractious congressional battle over labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez, St. Paul pastor Fredrick Newell is the star witness caught in the middle. Newell, a longtime neighborhood jobs activist, became an unlikely witness...Tags: Justice System, Civil Rights, Chuck Grassley, Elections, Housing and Urban Planning
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Supreme Court swears in new parole officers
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- To keep up with the growing number of sex offenders being released from jail, the state Supreme Court swore in eight new officers charged with supervising the parolees. Three new supervisory positions were created, and five...Tags: Culture, Justice System, Ceremonies, Criminal Laws, Laws
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Wrong way on human rights
Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts. Led...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Laws, Stephen Breyer
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Community notes Friday, April 19, 2013
Meetings Sunday, April 21 Petoskey Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 1:30 p.m. on Sundays at 2144 Cemetery Road, Petoskey. All players welcome.Visit www.petoskeybridgeclub.com or call (231) 881-0829 for information. Monday, April 22 Boyne City Rotary...Tags: Sex Crimes, Libraries, Health Insurance, Diabetes, Scrabble (game)
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Tinley Park, Lincoln-Way police blotter: April 24
The following items were taken from police reports. Tinley Park •A wallet containing $200, credit cards and identification was reported taken April 12 from a 55-year-old Manhattan woman while shopping at a household decorating-organizing store at...
Tags: Tinley Park, Misdemeanors, Manhattan (New York City), Frankfort, Court Preliminary
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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Justice System, Civil Rights, Amnesty International, Laws, Antonin Scalia
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declared that American courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding suits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and foreign tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed...
Tags: Justice System, Civil Rights, Laws, Antonin Scalia, Stephen Breyer
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...Tags: Justice System, Adoption, Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Sonia Sotomayor
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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations, Stephen Breyer
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Justice System, Medical Research, Medical Specialization
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Supreme Court seems opposed to granting patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable? The answer appeared to be "no" during Monday's oral arguments. The justices...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Pathology, Justice System, Medical Specialization, Eryn Brown
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