DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of a transgender 6-year-old child who was barred from using the girls’ bathroom at Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain. The Denver Post reports that the New York-based Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund said Sunday it would a hold a news conference today […]
2013
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Texas lawmakers OK abortion restrictions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans armed with Bible verses have given preliminary approval to some of the strictest abortion regulations in the country as time runs out on the Texas special legislative session. Democrats were supported by hundreds of demonstrators as they stalled the legislation for 15 hours. Republicans voted to cease debate and vote […]
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Opening statements in Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s mother is asking for members of the public to pray for her family as opening statements begin in the trial of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting her son. Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, said today that she didn’t want any other mothers to have to go through […]
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Coroner: Police kill Miss. church gunman
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say police fatally shot a Mississippi man after they were called to a church because of a dispute over the firing of a pastor. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain says police were called to the Asia Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday. Strain says 26-year-old Cacedrick White arrived with […]
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Fed weaning confronts markets
The dilemma confronting the Federal Reserve and its wizard, Chairman Ben Bernanke, was on full display this week. Bernanke’s stated hint that the Fed might, at some future date, only if things improve, consider easing off on its easy money strategy sent markets tumbling. Bernanke did not really say much at his news conference, and […]
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No U.S. support for taking sides in Syria
As if the disaster in Libya was just another event in Bush’s foreign policy adventures, some in this administration want us to meddle in Syria. The desire to “do something” seems to triumph over pragmatism and reality for many in D.C. Of course, the trouble with that sort of mentality is it usually results in […]
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LePage is the last chance for Maine’s working class
Does anyone wonder what the end game is on politicians spending our children’s future into outer darkness? What is money to a person or, more importantly, to a family with small children? Well, if you work and are not on the public dole, you don’t spend all your kid’s money for Christmas presents on yourself […]
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Columnist displays his ‘man’s brain’
To the Editor: Once again, I read a guest column by Edward Tharp (“Obamacare will crush middle class,” June 14, Page A14) and wonder why he is not relegated to the letters section. He is merely rallying tea party followers with sloganeering tropes like, “Stand with us if you really care,” and exposes his extremism […]
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Will Republicans abandon LePage?
AUGUSTA In trying to protect his vision of the state budget, Gov. Paul LePage may have cost fellow Republicans. LePage targeted a Democratic opponent Thursday with a sexually vulgar phrase to express his frustration over the budget, immediately drawing criticism from Democrats and potential future political opponents. The comment drew widespread attention as the latest […]