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Legal Aid for Low-Income Veterans
[06/03/2013] - According the US Census Bureau, over 17,500 veterans lived in McLennan County as of 2011. Last August, a Baylor law professor launched a project to serve low-income veterans in need of legal assistance throughout Waco... |
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Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness
[05/29/2013] - Since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she 16 years old, Samantha Cunningham has seen growing awareness about mental illness but thinks there's still a long way to go... |
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Amazon Cuts Ties In Minnesota Ahead Of New Sales Tax
[06/18/13] - Weeks before Minnesota's new sales tax law takes effect, online retailer Amazon is cutting its ties to members of its Associates program who live in the state. The new law requires businesses that have a presence in Minnesota to collect sales tax. Amazon has taken similar steps in other states that have passed... |
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Perk Backlash: Do Surprise Upgrades Make Us Uneasy?
[06/18/13] - Whether it's a free upgrade on a hotel room or skipping ahead in the check-in line, many businesses give preferential treatment to some customers, hoping to make them more loyal. The practice often works - but a new study... |
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Home-Schooled Students Fight To Play On Public School Teams
[06/18/13] - Legislative battles are being fought around the country over whether or not to let home-schooled students play on public high school teams. Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making them eligible to play on the teams. Advocates have dubbed them "Tim Tebow bills," after the NFL quarterback who was home-schooled when he played on a high school team... |
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Study: Teacher Prep Programs Get Failing Marks
[06/18/13] - The U.S. spends more than $7 billion a year preparing classroom teachers, but teachers are not coming out of the nation's colleges of education ready, according to a study released Tuesday by U.S.News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality. The study says most schools of education are in disarray... |
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Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Everywhere And Nowhere
[06/18/13] - If it's him, it's going to be a letdown. For the better part of 40 years, the disappearance of former Teamsters President James Hoffa has been a source of fascination on par with Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the aliens in Roswell, N.M. If the FBI finds and identifies his body, as agents are currently trying to do just outside Detroit... |
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U.S., Europe May Share Intelligence, But Not Privacy Rules
[06/18/13] - The United States and Europe stepped up cooperation on security issues after Sept. 11, 2001. But that doesn't mean they agree on everything. The latest point of friction: What are the rules when it comes to privacy rights? The revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs not only touched off a ferocious debate in the U.S. but also struck a nerve in Europe... |
