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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Clubs and Associations, Rick Perry, Roman Catholicism
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Homeowner can't re-vote mail-in ballot after candidate withdraws
Question: Our cooperative homeowners association has an election for two of seven board members next month. As members we all received ballots recently, which we are instructed can be voted by mail (appropriate envelopes for secret ballot were enclosed)...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Wendy Greuel, Finance, David Koch, Gloria Romero
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BurgerFi, Bill Nelson, guns at school & more
Winter Park folks have a knack for debating anything. Old houses, post offices, dog parks, you name it. Nowadays, it's hamburgers. Specifically, folks are worked up that BurgerFi — with its counter service at the south end of Park Avenue —...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Sprained Ankle, Marketing, Politics, Foods and Beverages
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Fluoride, Clubs and Associations, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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LeBron James unanimous 1st-team All-NBA; Wade on 3rd team
Sun SentinelThis time it was unanimous for LeBron James. Unlike the media vote for 2013 Most Valuable Player, which left him one first-place vote shy of becoming the NBA's first unanimous MVP, the Miami Heat forward was listed first-team on each of the 119...Tags: Indiana Pacers, Basketball, Dwyane Wade, Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony
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Allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries
Many have criticized a recent proposal to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 by the general election. A major misconception is that more “uninformed” teenagers will be voting in the elections. Regardless of...Tags: Politics, Elections, Primaries
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Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its...
Tags: Social Organizations, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, USA Today, Roman Catholicism
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Lawmaker has solution to low voter turnout in Los Angeles
A state lawmaker has a possible answer to the dismal voter turnout in Los Angeles city elections. State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said it was frustrating that only about 19% of eligible voters in Los Angeles turned out to the polls Tuesday to...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Polls, Norma J. Torres, Local Elections
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CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Family, Mahalia Jackson, University of Chicago, Francis Scott Key, Richard M. Daley
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Family, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Illinois General Assembly
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Lower Macungie likely to get two new commissioners
Lower Macungie Township will apparently be getting at least two new faces on its five-person Board of Commissioners come January, dramatically altering a board that that was largely defined by a single controversial land deal. Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Politics, Elections
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