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Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines At Catholic Colleges

Bridgette Dunlap, a Fordham University law student, knew that the school’s health plan had to pay for birth control pills, in keeping with New York state law.

Man tries to sell Pat Tillman's game-worn cleats on eBay … for $3.2 million | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

The seller claims that he can verify the origin of the cleats, and that they're currently locked in a safe deposit box in Arizona.

Facebook Users to Put Political Views Up in Lights on Times Square - NYTimes.com

As the country prepares for this year’s presidential election, political devotees have been following the nuances of every debate, caucus, straw poll and primary.

Prof. Boas: Remembrance is the most powerful weapon against genocide

Assoc. Prof Gideon Boas (Law, Monash University Melbourne): " It is a solemn lesson that the failure to account for atrocity inflicted on a people, let alone remember it, is harmful to more than the affected communities.

Greenpeace activist: Why Oz shouldn't Bankroll Coal & HRL proposal

Julien Vincent: "A company called HRL want to build a commercial-scale coal-fired power station at Morwell, Victoria, using their coal-gasification technology which makes a brown coal power station as clean as black coal (that is, dirty).

NS analysis: Why the UK's £1 trillion debt is no cause for panic

UK current debt levels (now £1 trillion) , measured as a percentage of GDP, are historically low. As the graph provided shows, the national debt has actually been higher for 54 of the last 100 years ands is now 60% of GDP (over 250% after WW2)  .

Holy See and PLO meet in Ramallah

The Palestinian side handed to the Holy See Delegation the response to the draft agreement proposed by the Holy See in the previous meeting, and the talks took place in a positive atmosphere to strengthen further the special relations between the two sides.

Egypt lawyer: Israel, US plotted protest shooting of Egyptian protestors

Report: "The United States and Israel plotted the killing of Egyptian protesters during last year's 18-day uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a lawyer for his former interior minister claimed Thursday."

'The Falklanders eat fish and chips. How can they belong to Argentina?'

On Wednesday, angry protesters from the leftwing Peronist "Movimiento Evita" group gathered to yell "British out of Malvinas" at the doorstep of the British ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires.

NBC Asks Romney Campaign to Remove Its Content from New Ad

But Brokaw—and NBC—pushed back. The network said its legal department will be asking the Romney campaign to remove NBC footage from the ad, noting that similar requests have gone out before to other campaigns using footage from NBC News broadcasts.  

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