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1 plaintiff watching, with pride, as civil unions set to begin
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HADDONFIELD, N.J. - Diane Marini used to joke that she was always the bridesmaid and never the bride because, as a lesbian, she thought it was unlikely New Jersey would ever approve same-sex marriage. Still, she and longtime partner Marilyn Maneely campaigned for gay marriage.
Rebuilding New Orleans
CSU experts talk about the storm and its aftermath
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Del Sandfort's work has led him to sacred ground - Ground Zero in New York, where he supervised a team of environmental health experts monitoring air quality at the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks. But his work in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was in a league of its own.
Group accuses Musgrave of skirting campaign law
Congresswoman's campaign subject of political ethics complaint
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A Washington-based watchdog group filed a formal campaign-finance complaint against Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's 2006 campaign Friday for allegedly not disclosing campaign contributions. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, commonly called CREW, urged the Federal Election Commission in a letter to investigate Musgrave's campaign for the 4th congressional district, accusing her campaign of failing to report 10 contributions totaling more than $18,000.
Tainted peanut butter pulled from store shelves
10 confirmed cases of sickness in Colorado; none in Larimer County yet
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U.S. health officials have ordered the recall of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter after nearly 300 people may have contracted Salmonella poisoning from the spread. Ten of the confirmed cases are from Colorado, and all assumed poisonings have come from peanut butter jars labeled with a product code "2111" on lid tops.
Impasse over Palestinian militants overshadows peace summit
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JERUSALEM - Hoping to turn the page on six years of stalled Mideast negotiations, the U.S. instead found itself boxed in Sunday by a characteristically complex political impasse involving ally Israel and the Palestinians. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to the region intending to lead a symbolic peace summit.
Conference centers on cultural change
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Hip-hop music has strayed from its original, expressive intent to become a destructive force of commercialism, a nonviolence group director said Saturday at the Lory Student Center. "Many black youth have become accustomed to seeing these sloppy, oversexed images in the media, and they do not have a collective memory of Hip Hop originating as a black power movement," said Lisa Calderón, legal and social director for Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence.
