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Social Issues

KKK group aims to adopt highway for litter control

A Ku Klux Klan group is trying to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program to clean up litter on a mile-long stretch of road, creating a quandary for state officials.

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The Week in Commentary

A summary of the week's commentaries and some of the responses they generated.

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Nationwide rallies target birth control measure

Nationwide rallies target birth control measure

Demonstrators gathered on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon decried the Obama administration's policy to require private health insurance plans to cover contraception as a violation of religious freedom.

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Investigation shows complexity of caring for the state's most violent and mentally ill adults

A state licensing investigation has found a patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter suffered maltreatment when he was left naked in his room for about an hour after he violently threatened to rape and kill employees.
by Madeleine Baran

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Groups in 13 states want US to block Internet bets

Groups in 13 states want US to block Internet bets

Family-centric groups in 13 states are calling on Congress to block states across the nation from legalizing Internet gambling.

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New Mpls. Catholic Charities homeless shelter opens Thursday

Catholic Charities opens a new, 336-bed homeless shelter in Minneapolis Thursday. We'll look at the state of homelessness in the Twin Cities, and whether we're making any headway in the effort to end long-term homelessness.
by Craig Helmstetter

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Those who oppose assisted suicide depend on illusions

Those who oppose assisted suicide depend on illusions

They are not protecting vulnerable people, but are keeping from themselves an uncomfortable truth.

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UND coaches travel state to talk about Fighting Sioux issue

UND coaches travel state to talk about Fighting Sioux issue

A group of University of North Dakota coaches is travelling the state to promote a vote in next week's primary that would retire the school's Fighting Sioux nickname.

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Host home fills role for displaced youth

Host home fills role for displaced youth

By summer's end, a new home will rescue homeless young people from city streets.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Calif. same-sex case Tuesday

A federal appeals court in San Francisco plans to reveal Tuesday whether it will reconsider a ruling by two of its member judges that struck down California's ban on same-sex marriages.

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