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SD farmer sues over failed expansion
By WAYNE ORTMAN Associated Press Writer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A long-running legal tussle over a failed effort to build a hog barn east of Madison has moved to federal court, where a farmer argues civil rights violations because the county denied a building permit.
Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va
By DENA POTTER Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Abortion-rights advocates have been unable to halt the "Choose Life" license plates in nearly two-dozen states, so now they're working to balance the bumper debate.
Gay NY teen's harassment suit gets federal notice
MOHAWK, N.Y. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to intervene in a gay harassment lawsuit against a New York school district that it says raises important civil rights issues. Settlement talks continue Thursday in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a junior high student last summer against the Mohawk Central School District.
Pentagon to offer emergency contraception abroad
By KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon for the first time is requiring military bases worldwide to offer emergency contraception or the so-called morning-after pill.
NY suspect pleads guilty to anti-Jewish hate crime
NEW YORK (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to charges he spray-painted swastikas and spread fliers reading "Kill All Jews" around his Brooklyn neighborhood.
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