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With Boston blasts, law enforcement plunges into the unknown
Suddenly, everything looked like a bomb. "Please note," one Boston first responder warned his colleagues Monday, in the churning radio traffic that immediately followed the bombings at the Boston Marathon. "There’s three handbags in front of the...
Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Columbine High School
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Goldberg: Kermit Gosnell and abortion's darkest side
If abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is found guilty of homicide, he will be unique among murderers-for-hire: He set his fees based on weight. "The bigger the baby, the more he charged," a grand jury explained. It recommended he be charged with eight...
Tags: News Media, Prosecution, The Washington Post, Justice System, Media Industry
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Dr. Kermit Gosnell abortion case: Why no national media spotlight?
News outlets fall all over themselves to cover horrific crimes because, frankly, there's a big audience for sensational stories. So naturally, abortion foes have been wondering why the national media -- this newspaper included -- haven't jumped all over...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Justice System, Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jason Collins and Tim Tebow: Lessons in being true to yourself
On Monday, two stories captivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut from the New York Jets. One man belatedly discovered the value in being true to himself,...
Tags: Sports, Justice and Rights, New York Jets, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage
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M.G. Lord on Elizabeth Taylor, the accidental feminist [Video]
You may associate M.G. Lord with "Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll" or "Astro Turf," a family memoir about Cold War aerospace culture. Last year, Lord, who teaches at USC, came out with "The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth...
Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Feminism
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Abortion doctor's murder case goes to jury in Philadelphia
After six weeks of testimony, a Philadelphia jury began deliberating the fate of a veteran doctor accused of four counts of murder while performing late-term abortions in his clinic that served poor women. The case, which has reignited passions over the...
Tags: Prosecution, Sports, Justice System, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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The Plan B morning-after pill and the new war on abortion
North Dakota is trying to ban all abortions. Arkansas is trying to ban them after 12 weeks. Mississippi is down to its last abortion clinic. If you think the abortion question in this country was settled after the Supreme Court made its historic Roe vs....
Tags: Plan B (drug), Justice System, Elections, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fathers, mothers and same-sex marriage
Responding to Harvard Law School professor Michael Klarman's Op-Ed article Sunday — comparing public backlashes to past Supreme Court cases such as Roe vs. Wade to what might happen if the justices rule in favor of same-sex marriage — reader...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Marriage, Family
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'Stupid': Alan Simpson gores GOP on immigration, Obama on budget
CODY, Wyo.--Alan Simpson has spent the better part of two years flying around the country ticking people off, though that's putting it more politely than the former Wyoming senator does. Simpson is the Republican half of the Simpson-Bowles duo...Tags: Justice and Rights, Budget Control Act of 2011, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Immigration
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Prop. 8: West Hollywood leader fought for gay rights in 1980s
As the U.S Supreme Court hears two days of arguments on gay marriage, West Hollywood Councilman John Duran, who is gay and an attorney who fought for gay rights in the 1980s, says the subject has “been an ever-evolving issue." "The city of West...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy, Charles Manson
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North Dakota governor signs three laws that limit abortion
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed into law the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation, including one that bans abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which can come as soon as six weeks after conception. A second bill signed...
Tags: Justice System, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Government
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Speaking of Dan Quayle and 'Murphy Brown' ... [Blowback]
In response to Jonah Goldberg's Op-Ed on Tuesday, "The wisdom of Dan Quayle": What? It's been 20 years since the Murphy Brown-Dan Quayle feud, and we're still talking about this? I suppose I should be flattered. And not surprised. After all, we’re...
Tags: United Negro College Fund, Planned Parenthood, Values, Social Issues, Sarah Palin
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