Clarification: Prosecuting Domestic Abuse story

In a story Nov. 28, The Associated Press reported that prosecutors Scott Kessler and Wanda Lucibello run family justice centers in Queens and Brooklyn, respectively. The story should have made clear that Kessler and Lucibello run the prosecution arm of the centers, but do not run other nonprofit offices at the centers. The Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence runs the entire centers.

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RI gov opens door to domestic partnerships

Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee), a gay marriage opponent, has opened the door slightly to the limited recognition of same-sex relationships in Rhode Island.

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Gay partnership measure approved by voters

Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.

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Court blocks names in gay partnership referendum

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed referendum petitions to bring expanded rights for gay couples up for a public vote in November.

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G-20 gridlock leaves financial system at risk

The top industrialized nations met in Pittsburgh to discuss ways to head off  another financial collapse. But don't expect any major progress. By msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

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Wash. to appeal ruling in gay rights referendum

The Washington state attorney general's office says it is appealing a federal judge's decision to keep secret the names of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on expanded domestic partnership benefits.

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What summer’s big movies say about us

Don’t be ashamed if you saw “Transformers 2.” And if you saw the new “Harry Potter” film it means you're a loyal friend.

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Wis. same-sex couples sign up as domestic partners

Same-sex couples in Wisconsin have started signing up for the state's new domestic partnership registry.

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Wash. gay partnership foes turn in signatures

Sponsors of a campaign to overturn Washington state's domestic partnership law turned in their petition signatures Saturday and said they believe they have enough to force a public vote.

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Bush admin official defends warrantless wiretaps

John Yoo, who wrote legal memos justifying the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program, defended the measure in an essay published Thursday.

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AP Interview: Hayden denies Congress not informed

Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.

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Analysis: Obama returns to health, energy fights

Barack Obama's problems back in Washington, largely brought on by fellow Democrats, have hardly gone away while he's been off summiting in Europe and visiting Africa. In fact, they've gotten worse.

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Report: Too few officials knew of surveillance

Not enough relevant officials were aware of the size and depth of an unprecedented surveillance program started under President George W. Bush, let alone signed off on it, a team of federal inspectors general found.

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Top senator: NSA not violating surveillance law

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday disputed a newspaper report that the National Security Agency conducted more widespread intercepts of private U.S. conversations in 2008 and early this year than has been acknowledged.

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Nevada lawmakers reject veto of partnership bill

Nevada's Assembly voted Sunday to override Gov. Jim Gibbons' veto and to change state law so that domestic partners, whether gay or straight, have many of the rights and benefits that Nevada offers to married couples.

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Nev. domestic partner bill OK'd; gov. warns veto

A Nevada bill giving domestic partners many of the rights and benefits the state offers to married couples is headed to the governor's desk.

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Challenge to domestic partnership expansion filed

Opponents of an "everything but marriage" bill for same-sex domestic partners have started their bid to overturn the latest effort to expand Washington state's domestic partnership law.

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FBI's newest 'Most Wanted' terrorist is American

A fugitive animal rights activist believed to be hiding outside the United States has become the first domestic terror suspect named to the FBI's list of "Most Wanted" terrorists.

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Senate panel plans hearing on wiretapping

The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports that the National Security Agency improperly tapped into the domestic communications of American citizens.

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Washington Legislature expands gay partnerships

Same-sex domestic partners would have all the rights and benefits that Washington state offers married couples under a bill passed Wednesday by the state Legislature.

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Economy may contribute to rise in family violence

Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas.

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Report: Justice lawyer leaked surveillance program

A former Justice Department lawyer says he tipped off the news media about the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program because it "didn't smell right," Newsweek magazine reported Sunday.

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Lawmaker wants probe of NSA terror evidence

The chairman of a House intelligence subcommittee wants an investigation into whether the National Security Agency illegally withheld evidence from lawyers for an American Muslim scholar convicted of terrorism-related charges.

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Court: NSA can refuse to say if lawyers wiretapped

The National Security Agency does not need to tell lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees whether their phones were tapped as part of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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House Roll Call: Iraq funding bill

The 268-155 roll call Thursday by which the House voted to provide $162 billion for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

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Hawaii's famed beverage is seeing serious competition from areas on other islands The wholesale, unroasted price of coffee outside Kona averages about $1.75 per pound, according to the state, while Big Island growers get an average of $5.30 per pound for the season.

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We should have no qualms about confessing that issues pertaining to women are consigned to oblivion in our society. Often these issues are subjected to bigotry disguised as patriarchy.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A woman's purchase of a large-screen television led her husband to threaten Sunday to kill her with a high-powered military pistol, the police said.

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Rihanna went into detail at Sawyer's prompting, recounting a disturbing timeline that will be familiar to anyone who's read the official police report on the incident. First she and Brown argued over a text message he received from a woman; then he violently attacked her.

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It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

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At her recent keynote address at the annual conference of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Amanda McCormick, an employee of Praxis International, showed overt disdain for male victims of domestic violence.

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Nicola Sutton, 22, was living in fear of Barry Stone when he was released after serving only six months of an 18-month sentence for attacking her.

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When police arrived at the Spinnaker Reach Apartment complex early Sunday morning in response to a call about a party that had turned violent, Christopher Reynoso - the subject of the call - told officers that the situation wouldn't end well. It didn't.

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Authorities said a Monroe County man is being held on allegations he cut his girlfriend several times with a sword.

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Heritage's Rory Cooper notes a page — since removed in now standard Obama memory hole fashion — on the Obama website that called opponents to Plan Obama "Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists who are subverting the American Democratic Process." The post on BarackObama.com call …

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A prosecutor showed jurors a video of a parking lot bombing outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel in 2007.

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An Enfield woman was being held in jail without bond Tuesday after Halifax County authorities said she beat her husband over the head with a frying pan

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Cultivate an environment in which the permanent institutions of family and religion can flourish and fulfill their role in maintaining ordered liberty in America. Learn More...

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The head of Lower Saxony's domestic intelligence service will be fined for causing a bomb scare with his forgotten briefcase at a political gathering this week

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In all domestic violence calls, a it should be mandatory that a female officer be one of the respondents. Females officers have a far greater capability than males officers to determine if a female complainant is a victim of domestic violence, or is actually the perpetrator.

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To neighbors and friends, Daniel Boyd was a father who stopped his work at noon each day for prayer. Dylan Boyd, Daniel's son, was a college student at N.C. State University who until last year worked as a clinical services technician at WakeMed Raleigh Campus.

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Leo Gerard of the United Steelworkers union is one of America's most progressive and outspoken labor leaders.

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A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military's role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departmen …

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A single opinion column written by Ruben Navarrette and published by the San Diego Union-Tribune explains why: California is in a irreversible financial crisis Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will leave office with a popularity rating of about 20 percent. The state's  …

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The "Man-cession"

The title is a term coined by Christina Hoff Sommers. Most of the jobs 5.7 million between December 2007 and May 2009 lost in this country have been in manufacturing and construction. These jobs are dominated by men, so most of the job losses have been jobs that men do.

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Reporting from Tehran -- Iran's judiciary will set up a special court to try protesters arrested in the surge of civil unrest since the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a judiciary official said on state television, as the government continues its crackdown a …

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Domestic violence is an escalating problem throughout America . Over the past twenty years, there have been dramatic increases in the reported occurrences of domestic violence incidents across the nation.

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A commercial pilot reports seeing a missile in flight from Houston to S.C. last Friday night. 4 days later Officials are meeting with the FAA and FBI.

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Violence is on the increase and especially domestic violence within the secular world and the church.

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