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Is a threat on Facebook real? Supreme Court will weigh in

Is a threat on Facebook real? Supreme Court will weigh in

This week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of a man on Facebook who threatened to kill his wife.
by Aarti Shahani

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Fat shaming: A new cry of pain

Fat shaming: A new cry of pain

On Tuesday, The Chronicle of Higher Education published a column by Rachel Fox titled "Too Fat to Be a Scientist?" Weeks ago, Fox earned her B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University. She has decided to leave science for reasons directly related to fat-shaming.
by Barbara J. King

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Civil rights organizer Clyde Bellecourt reacts to Redskins trademark ruling

Civil rights organizer Clyde Bellecourt reacts to Redskins trademark ruling

Clyde Bellecourt, a White Earth Ojibwe civil rights organizer, and co-founder and director of the American Indian Movement, joins The Daily Circuit to talk about his reaction to the ruling.

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Uncertainty for gay couples married in Wisconsin

Uncertainty for gay couples married in Wisconsin

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb on June 6 ordered county clerks to stop enforcing the state's gay marriage ban but she put that ruling on hold Friday while an appeal from Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pending.
by The Associated Press

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Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

The winner of Saturday's presidential election -- which marks the first transfer of power by ballot in Afghanistan's history -- as the Arab News puts it, "will inherit an unfinished war and an economy in the doldrums."
by L. Carol Ritchie

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Wisconsin gay marriages put on hold

Wisconsin gay marriages put on hold

A federal judge on Friday put same-sex marriages in Wisconsin on hold, a week after she struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, a move that allowed more than 500 couples to wed over the last eight days. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb's ruling Friday means that gay marriages will end while the appeal from Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pending.
by The Associated Press

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Friday Roundtable: Today's guests set the agenda

Friday Roundtable: Today's guests set the agenda

This week, our panel of guests each chose a topic of conversation.

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Green Line offers a new look at an old thoroughfare

University Avenue is ready for its close-up, starting Saturday.

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Growing Karen population has court scrambling for interpreters

Like Minnesota's Hmong population, many have moved from refugee camps in Thailand. There are now estimated to be more than 7,000 Karen people living in the St. Paul metro area -- more than double their population just four years ago.
by Phil Picardi

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