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Senate Bill Would Allow "Mentally Incapacitated" Vets to Buy Guns
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, military, veterans, violence, safety, guns, gun control, society, culture, crime, americans, ethics, politics, children, death )

Cal
- 34 minutes ago - motherjones.com
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calls it a "dangerous" proposal that could allow "over 100,000 mentally incapacitated or incompet
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Child's Rights Law... Too Much Talk, Little Implementation
Society & Culture  (tags: children, abuse, crime, corruption, death, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, violence, sadness, rights )

Kelli
- 6 hours ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Tomorrow November 20, the world will celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For many in Nigeria, it is an opportunity to look at the states that have passed the law protecting children and the level of implementation of the act.
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New York Toughens Drunken Driving Law
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, drunk driving, society, politics, police, news, safety )

Cal
- 20 hours ago - cnn.com
t is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.
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BAH, HUMBUG! Sorry, Virginia, But Santa Claus Won't Be Writing to You
Society & Culture  (tags: freedoms, culture, family, SANTA, USPS, children, society, sadness )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - theglobeandmail.com
U.S. Postal Service halts program that answered flood of children's letters sent to Santa at North Pole, Alaska
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Onset Of Cold Weather Means Story Time In Native American Households
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, interesting, family )

Kat
- 1 day ago - publicbroadcasting.net
You're probably making preparations for Thanksgiving and looking forward to gathering with friends and family. In Northwest Indian Country, cold weather signals a time to gather too. It's a time to nestle indoors and tell stories. Native stories help...
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Police Investigating Sharon Springs Homicide
Society & Culture  (tags: society, crime, murder, death, family, police, violence, investigation, sadness )

Dee
- 1 day ago - wten.com
SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y.- Authorities are investigating a homicide in the Schoharie County village of Sharon Springs while the son of the victim has been arrested in another state.
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Man Charged With Assaulting Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: society, police, crime, violence, safety, Domestic Violence )

Dee
- 1 day ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A Schodack man is facing charges after an Albany police officer was injured while responding to a domestic call early Wednesday morning.
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Local Study Shows Nature Makes People More Caring
Society & Culture  (tags: society, humans, happier, kinder, nature, study, research, interesting, GoodNews )

Dee
- 1 day ago - capitalnews9.com
It was a beautiful Sunday to get outside and go for a walk. Scientists have known for a while that spending more time outdoors is good for you, but new research suggests it also encourages you to be good to others.
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Blue-Collar Town Elects a Muslim Mayor
Society & Culture  (tags: society, politics, humans, culture, news, GoodNews, americans )

Cal
- 1 day ago - msnbc.msn.com
Pakistani embraced by Granite Falls, Wash., since opening a bar in 2000
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SOCIAL SATIRE: December Named National Awareness Month
Society & Culture  (tags: SATIRE, satire, society, news, humans, culture, freedoms, media, family, safety )

Cal
- 1 day ago - theonion.com
In an effort to combat what organizers are calling "our current epidemic of complete and utter obliviousness," the American Foundation for Paying Attention to Things has declared December "National Awareness Month."
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2009 Leonard Peltier Holiday Gift Drive
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Charity, Holidays, culture, society, children, ethics, GoodNews )

Kat
- 1 day ago - freepeltiernow.blogspot.com
Leonard Peltier is organizing a holiday gift drive for the children of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and the Turtle Mountain Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. Leonard grew up on the Turtle Mountain Reservation and many of his family ...
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The Dead Walk
Society & Culture  (tags: IAmerican ndians, Native Americans, Arts and Entertainment, Education, Geonicide, culture, society, ethics, freedoms, rights, interesting )

Kat
- 1 day ago - volanteonline.com
They're here. Zombies have come to USD; bloody, moaning, groaning and appearing in a new student-produced film. The movie, about a group of American Indian students who attempt to escape from a zombie attack, is being made for the American Indians...
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Dream Catcher Workshop Educates Through Crafts
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Dreamcatchers, culture, society, education, children )

Kat
- 2 days ago - technicianonline.com
Dream catchers are a popular symbol that represents Native-Americans, originally created to keep children from having nightmares. A dream catcher generally consists of a hoop with a web woven in it. Hanging from the hoop are fringes with feathers...
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THE SUPPRESSED SPEECH OF WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES, WAMPANOAG
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES.WAMPANOAG Ind, ethics, murder, culture, society, rights, sadness, crime )

Kat
- 2 days ago - uaine.org
To have been delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1970 Three hundred fifty years after the Pilgrims began their invasion of the land of the Wampanoag, their "American" descendants planned an anniversary celebration. Still clinging to the white...
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Help Create More Jobs and Start By.... Please Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: women, government, jobs, pay, society, usa, children )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - womensrights.change.org
I have given this much consideration. Why aren't women paid to cook, clean, and take care of the children? Isn't that a job? Actually it's three jobs combined. Chefs get paid, maids get paid, and day cares get paid so why don't mom's?
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