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$1M grant to aid homeless vets

A Minnesota organization that helps homeless veterans will receive $1 million from a federal homelessness prevention program.
by Jessica Mador

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Wealth gap widens between U.S. whites and minorities

The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics.

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Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities

The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains.

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Most states likely to spurn gay-marriage bandwagon

With the issue on the verge of coming to a vote in Minnesota, 30 other states have adopted constitutional amendments aimed at limiting marriage to one-man, one-woman unions.

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Crystal, Falcon Heights voting on domestic partner registries

Crystal, Falcon Heights voting on domestic partner registries

Crystal and Falcon Heights could join 11 other Minnesota cities that have already given couples, both opposite sex and same sex, a way to have their relationships recognized.
by Sasha Aslanian

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NY same-sex couples wed at Niagara Falls

The newlyweds wore matching tuxedoes and suits for the 30-minute ceremony, which opened with a playing of Ray Charles singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

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Obama ends ban on gays in military

Obama ends ban on gays in military

President Barack Obama on Friday formally signed off on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, doing away with a policy that's been controversial from the day it was enacted and making good on his 2008 campaign promise to the gay community.

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Pentagon chief Panetta to OK end of military gay ban

Pentagon chief Panetta to OK end of military gay ban

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has decided to end the ban on gays serving openly in the armed services and certify that repealing the 17-year-old prohibition will not hurt the military's ability to fight.

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Should the Minnesota Constitution ban same-sex marriage?

Should the Minnesota Constitution ban same-sex marriage?

New York state will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday. Meanwhile, campaigns are ramping up for a battle over the definition of marriage in Minnesota. Voters will decide next year whether the state constitution should limit marriage to heterosexual couples.

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