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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...
Tags: Medicare, Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Care Reform (2009), Breast Cancer
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Cases back W.Va. charges
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.COMING SUNDAY: Suspect's, Skylar's friend: 'There has to be more to the story.' Two court cases cited in Rachel Shoaf 's plea agreement outline why her case can be handled in West Virginia, while a court transcript from her plea hearing suggests that...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Trials, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Lawyers
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Maine panel OKs Clean Election upgrade
Portland Press Herald, MaineA bill to provide more public funding for Maine Clean Election Act candidates inched closer to approval Friday, following a 7-5 vote by the Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. The bill, L.D. 1309, sponsored by Sen. Edward Youngblood, R-...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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NH vote nears on expansion of Medicaid
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterSenate Republicans on the Finance Committee continue to be skeptical of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services officials urged the committee to expand the program, which would add about 58,000 people to the rolls...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Supreme Court asked to intervene in lacrosse case
The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.A trio of former Duke University lacrosse players has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling and reinstate their federal civil-rights case against the city and its police. Lawyers for David Evans, Colin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann...Tags: Trials, Arbitration, Justice System, Laws, Lawyers
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Colorado sheriffs seek to overturn state's new gun laws
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)County sheriffs from across the state are trying to bring down two gun control measures signed into law in March with a constitutional challenge filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Denver. "Today represents a line in the sand," El Paso County...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Lawyers, Periodicals, Crime, Law and Justice
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EDITORIAL: Open government gest another test in Texas House
Fort Worth Star-TelegramIssues of transparency and ethics in government and political campaigns have received mixed reaction from the Texas Legislature this year, but they'll come up again Monday when the House considers an omnibus ethics bill. It should make for some...Tags: Politics, Vicki Truitt, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Ethics
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Judge grants request to temporarily block enforcement of Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban
Associated PressLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a request for a...Tags: Court Preliminary, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Beebe
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Prosecutor argues Goodman has motivation to flee
The judge in John Goodman's DUI manslaughter case said Friday he'll rule sometime next week on whether to grant the Wellington polo mogul's request for freedom from house arrest and 24/7 police guards. Prosecutors argue Goodman, 49, has enough...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Medical Procedures and Tests, Trials, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Court Preliminary, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Beebe
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Federal appeals court upholds 8-year sentence for Boston gangster's longtime girlfriend
AP Legal Affairs WriterBOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit...Tags: Criminal Laws, Justice System, Laws, Lawyers, Judges
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Justice league: Marriage equality takes center stage in "8"
The Santa Fe New MexicanIn November 2008, a ballot proposal and a state constitutional amendment known jointly as Proposition 8 passed in California by public vote. The passage attached language to the state's constitution that spoke loudly and clearly: same-sex marriage was...Tags: Harvey Milk, Wes Studi, Celebrities, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts
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