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June 21, 2013

Bipartisan plan could build immigration bill support

The proposal to substantially strengthen border security addresses the concerns of some key Republicans.
Published
June 21, 2013

Shelter meant to ride out Armageddon

Until then, the owner says it will be a fun place to take vacations and learn assorted survival skills.
Published
June 21, 2013

Ministry to treat same-sex attraction closes

The leader of Exodus International, a Christian ministry that worked to help people repress same-sex attraction, has apologized to the gay community for inflicting “years of undue suffering.” Alan Chambers plans to close the organization while launching a new effort to promote reconciliation. “The church has waged the culture war, and it’s time to put […]
Published
June 21, 2013

Gyula Horn, 80, leader who cut Iron Curtain

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who helped trigger events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall when he symbolically cut the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died. He was 80. Horn, who was the communist regime’s last foreign minister and later embraced free-market policies including the sale of […]
Published
June 21, 2013

HPV vaccine cuts infection rates by more than 50%

The HPV vaccine may be controversial, but it works, new research shows. The rate of HPV infection among teenage girls dropped from 11.5 percent in the “pre-vaccine era” to 5.1 percent in the “vaccine era,” researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. That is a […]

Published
June 21, 2013

Jurors picked for Zimmerman trial

A jury of six women will hear the murder trial of the man who shot an unarmed black teenager.
Published
June 21, 2013

Supreme Court’s ruling favors American Express

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled against merchants Thursday who object to having to accept American Express debit and credit cards along with the company’s iconic charge card. The justices said in a 5-3 decision that the merchants could not band together, but rather must use arbitration to resolve their claims against American Express one […]
Published
June 21, 2013

Nation/World Dispatches

WASHINGTON FDA lifts age limits on morning-after pill The morning-after pill is finally going over-the-counter. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, lifting all age limits on the emergency contraceptive. The move came a week after the Obama administration ended months of back-and-forth legal battles by promising a federal […]
Published
June 21, 2013

Court rules on AIDS programs

The Supreme Court says eligibility for funding can't hinge on a group's stance on prostitution.
Published
June 21, 2013

Weather satellite system stymied

U.S. financial worries are holding up a cheap new system that could improve many weather forecasts.

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