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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri has vetoed a "hate crimes" bill that would have included transgenders as a protected class under state law.

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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Less than two years after independent voters turned out in record numbers to vote for President Obama,  new polls are showing that a majority of the same voters now say they want a new president in 2012.

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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Members of the television crew of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel have finally apologized after using high intensity commercial spotlights to burn a teenage pro-life advocate who was protesting outside his Hollywood studio. 

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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services asking it to ensure that religiously-affiliated hospitals provide emergency "abortions" as required by federal law.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new poll conducted by Fox News has found that a majority of American voters want the federal government to secure the border before Congress goes to work on new immigration legislation.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Contrary to what various media outlets are reporting, the Vatican’s U.S. lawyer says the Supreme Court decision handed down Monday that allows a lawsuit against the Holy See to move forward was not based on the merits of the case, but was merely a decision to allow the case to return to the lower courts.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A 24 year-old graduate student is suing Augusta State University in Georgia after being told she will be dismissed from the program unless she "alters" her religious beliefs concerning homosexuality and transgendered persons.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The third movie based on the occult fiction thriller, Twilight, opened this week to record breaking sales at the box office.

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The third movie based on the occult fiction thriller, Twilight, opened this week to record breaking sales at the box office.

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