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Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition - Yahoo! Finance
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:46 PM EST (Yahoo!)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals.
Study confirms groundbreaking advance in stem cells - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
The first use of embryonic stem cells in humans eased a degenerative form of blindness in two volunteers and showed no signs of any adverse effects, according to a study published by The Lancet on Monday.
New Year Brings New Attacks on Evolution in Schools - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:44 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
New Hampshire House Bill 1148 would "require evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists' political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism." The second proposal in the New Hampshi …
Christopher Hitchens, writer and Vanity Fair contributor, dies at 62 | The Cutline - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:51 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
Christopher Hitchens, the author, writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor, has died, themagazine announced late Thursday.
Survey: 1 in 4 women attacked by intimate partner - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:40 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
ATLANTA (AP) — It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.
Atheist messages displace CA park nativity scenes - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:12 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the three wise men are being crowded out by atheists. Most of the Christmas nativity scenes that churches had placed in aSanta Monica coastal park for decades have been displaced by non-religious displ …
Romney Confronted by Gay Veteran Over His Stance on Gay Marriage
Seeded on Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:04 PM EST (ABC News)
Romney told Garon, who was chowing down on his everyday staple of scrambled eggs and shaved ham at the restaurant Chez Vachon, that he supports a repeal of the same-sex marriage law, prompting an emotional exchange. “I believe a marriage is between a man and a …
Obama: Morning-after pill decision 'common sense'
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 1:08 PM EST (Yahoo News)
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary's decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. "As the father of two daughters," he said, "I think it is important for us to make sure that we app …
Gag Order for Santa?
Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:09 PM EST (The Boston Herald)
Every table, the same thing from Santa: “Happy Holidays.” Not a single “Christmas” crossed his lips.
Disgraced Ex-Boston Archbishop Leaves Rome Job | WBUR
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:42 AM EST (WBUR)
Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as Boston’s archbishop in 2002 after the priest sex abuse scandal exploded in the United States, has retired from his subsequent job as head of a major Roman basilica. The Vatican said Monday that Pope Benedict XVI had accepte …
Romney Destroyed Electronic Data While Governor of Massachusetts
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:39 AM EST (WBUR)
Documents obtained by WBUR show that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s staff shortened the lease for computers in the governor’s office.
Gay rights groups decry Mass. Catholic devil essay - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Fri Nov 4, 2011 12:32 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The column in the Boston archdiocese's The Pilot newspaper was titled "Some fundamental questions on same-sex attraction." It was written by an adviser at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Ohio Bully Beating of Gay Student Caught on Cell Phone - ABC News
Seeded on Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:53 PM EDT (ABC News)
Other students watched as the attacker waited for his victim to arrive in the classroom. He then shoved his prey to the ground, and repeatedly punched him in the face. "The boy stood there and waited and waited on him," Collins told the ABC affiliate.
Self-Reported Gun Ownership in U.S. Is Highest Since 1993
Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:16 AM EDT (gallup.com)
Forty-seven percent of American adults currently report that they have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property. This is up from 41% a year ago and is the highest Gallup has recorded since 1993
Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts | The Upshot - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:25 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
We placed a call to Rachelle Trujillo, vice president of communications at Girl Scouts of Colorado, for further clarification. She replied with this statement: "Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization, and we accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members.
A Few Pet Peeves
Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:45 PM EDT
I'm just in the mood to wax poetic on a few things that I see with regularity in newsvine postings and around the web that sometimes bother me.
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Archeologists believe shipwreck found off Japan belongs to Kublai Khan's 13th-century "lost fleet" | The Envoy - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:38 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Marine archeologists say that the ancient wreckage of a ship discovered in the seabed off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan, belongs to the ancient "lost fleet" of ships belonging to China's 13th century Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, CNN reports.
Local school board ends ban on Slaughterhouse Five - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:29 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
A school board in southwest Missouri on Monday restored two books it had banned from public schools for being contrary to teachings in the Bible. The Republic School Board voted 6-0 to make the two books - "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Twenty Boy Summer" - available to students for …
Debate Over Pledge in Massachusetts - BostonHerald.com
Seeded on Fri Sep 9, 2011 11:45 AM EDT (The Boston Herald)
The proposal by a group of Brookline peace activists to ban the pledge in town schools — proposed the week of the anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — has outraged the families of both 9/11 victims and soldiers killed in action.
In East Boston, the last voyage of the Mimi - Boston.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:18 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)
At the end of any boat’s life is that one man: the scrapper. This is the story of one boat’s final chapter and of the men who loved her till the end. The boat is the Mimi. For over a year, it had been at death’s door in Ganter’s boatyard in East Boston.
Maine GOP, Democrats divided on plans for redistricting
Seeded on Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:25 AM EDT (The Portland Press Herald)
Democrats propose altering the current districts by just one town, switching Vassalboro's 4,340 people from the 1st District to the 2nd.
Somali refugees pack capital after rebels quit - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 3:55 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Thousands of Somali refugees, fleeing famine and years of violence, streamed into Mogadishu on Monday searching for food after Islamist rebels withdrew from the capital. The al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab insurgents began pulling their fighters out of Mogadishu over the weekend, …
As Single Payer Health Care Approaches Passage in Vermont Coverage For Illegals Remains an Issue
Seeded on Thu May 5, 2011 2:25 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
At least one roadblock stands in the way of Vermont's path toward becoming the first state to adopt a single-payer health care system: coverage for illegal immigrants. The state Senate, which passed its version of the bill this week, added a last-minute provision that would bar i …
Calif AG: Prop 8 backers can't defend marriage ban - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Thu May 5, 2011 11:39 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
California's attorney general has again come out against the state's same-sex marriage ban, this time telling the state Supreme Court the proponents of successful ballot initiatives do not have the right to defend their measures in court.
Wave of New Abortion Bills Hit Maine Legislature Courtesy of New Republican Majority
Seeded on Tue May 3, 2011 9:16 AM EDT (Portland Press Herald)
AUGUSTA — The Legislature's Judiciary Committee will take up three bills that would add new restrictions on abortion in Maine. A third bill, LD 1457, seeks to repeal Maine's current adult consent law.
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Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition - Yahoo! FinanceSEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals.
- Study confirms groundbreaking advance in stem cells - Yahoo! News
The first use of embryonic stem cells in humans eased a degenerative form of blindness in two volunteers and showed no signs of any adverse effects, according to a study published by The Lancet on Monday.
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- Gingrich did the most despicable thing Newt could imagine.
Tonight, the Republican debates lead with the story of the day and Newt Gingrich proved once and for all he can dish it, but he cannot take it. See him in all his glory here:http://www.guardian.co.uk/... Using a sex scandal a week before an election? My goodness Newt, who wou …
- Court allows Texas to force women into medically unnecessary sonograms
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Texas may enforce a law passed last year which requires women seeking abortion services to undergo an invasive, medically unnecessary trans-vaginal sonogram procedure before ending their pregnancy. The ruling overturned a …
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