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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, Research, International Court or Tribunal, Human Rights
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Panelists at IUSB discussion recall the rioting of 1967
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Charlotte Pfeifer was a 20-year-old wife and mother when she watched part of the city burn. Pfeifer, a former member of the South Bend Common Council, on Thursday recalled her memories of civil rights unrest in South Bend in 1967, when...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Riots, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Elections, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work
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Marcelyn J. 'Marcy' Henrikson, 1934-2013
Marcy Henrikson was a supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and marched for women's rights in the 1970s. But she wasn't proud of her initial reaction 30 years ago when she learned her teenage daughter was lesbian, her family said. She...Tags: Minority Groups, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Feminism, Elgin
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Choice is key to educational opportunity
David Wilson has it spot on ("Why education should be considered a civil right" May 13). K-12 education is not only the civil rights issue of our time, it is the moral issue of our time. The public education system is failing far too many kids and the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Journalists have rights -- and responsibilities
Re "Journalists' records secretly collected," May 14 With any right there are associated responsibilities and restrictions. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms — well, not if you are a convicted felon or criminally insane. The...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Personal Data Collection, Darrell E Issa
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Area athlete goes from orphanage in Uzbekistan to all-American girl
Christa Rusnic only can imagine what her life would be like. She doesn't like where her imagination leads. "I probably would have been living an impoverished life," said Rusnic, a senior goalie on Bishop Moore's water-polo team. "I wouldn't have...
Tags: Politics, Adoption, Family, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters to the Editor for May 16
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Tags: Water Supply, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, High Schools, High School Sports
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...
Tags: Laurel Park, Triple Crown, The New York Times, Civil Rights, Kentucky Derby
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O.J. Simpson shows a few flashes of old self in Las Vegas court
LAS VEGAS — On this day, there was no Johnnie Cochran. There was no brash fist-pumping former Heisman Trophy winner in a tailored suit hugging his lead defense attorney after beating murder charges in a California courtroom. After a nearly five-...
Tags: Litigation, Heisman Trophy, Murder, Trials, Prisons
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, Criminals, Eric Holder
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