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Boston bombing: Amid city's slow return to normalcy, a moment of silence (+video)
In a gesture of support for Boston and respect for the marathon bombing victims, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ordered state residents to observe a moment of silence Monday at 2:50 p.m.
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Katrina in the Midwest: Tornado-struck town begins road to recovery
Harrisburg, Ill., hit by a tornado Wednesday, was spared by the massive storm system that spawned tornadoes across the East Friday. Instead, it started the process of healing.
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Hundreds of same-sex couples say 'I do' in New York
Sunday was the first day gay couples could be legally married in New York. Hundreds lined up to say "I do." New York brings to six the number of states where such marriages can be performed.
07/24/2011 05:35 pm -
Terry Jones: How free speech and Quran burning can lead to violence
The violent reaction to Terry Jones burning the Quran at his tiny Florida church continued to spread Saturday, and with it questions about freedom of expression with murderous results.
04/02/2011 12:41 pm -
What recourse now to Westboro Baptist Church's rude protests?
With the US Supreme Court ruling in its favor, Westboro Baptist Church plans more controversial protests at funerals and cultural events. Counterspeech and counterprotests are best responses, say activists.
03/03/2011 02:38 pm -
Supreme Court: 'hurtful speech' of Westboro Baptist Church is protected
Supreme Court Justice Alito is the lone dissenter in the 8-to-1 ruling on free-speech principles, saying the conduct of the Westboro Baptist Church 'caused petitioner great injury.'
03/02/2011 01:57 pm -
How Tucson kept Westboro Baptist Church protests out of town
A Westboro Baptist Church spokeswoman is expected to get air time on two radio talk shows in exchange for the called-off protests. Critics say the church will get more exposure that way, but one of the talk-show hosts says the deal was worth it.
01/14/2011 07:32 pm -
Funeral protest: Arizona rallies to foil Westboro Baptist Church
Funeral protest plans by Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, have been met with defiance in Arizona. Tuscon residents say they'll block the protesters from getting to the mourners of Saturday's mass shooting. The state legislature has also passed a law to help.
01/11/2011 08:34 pm -
Westboro picketers outnumbered at Elizabeth Edwards funeral
Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards Saturday. But they were vastly outnumbered by a “human buffer” singing Christmas carols.
12/11/2010 05:50 pm -
Why is the Westboro Baptist Church picketing Elizabeth Edwards' funeral?
More known for using hurtful signs to picket funerals of US soldiers who have died in the Middle East, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, whose congregation is mostly related, has vowed to picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.
12/11/2010 08:42 am -
City of Man: Politics and Religion in a New Era
Two journalists offer a political blueprint for a new crop of young Evangelicals.
10/29/2010 07:05 am -
Letters to the Editor - Weekly Issue of October 18, 2010
Readers write in about free speech, genetically modified crops and overpopulation, legalizing marijuana in California.
10/18/2010 02:54 pm -
What Supreme Court justices asked at Westboro Baptist Church hearing
Albert Snyder says Westboro Baptist Church protesters ruined his son's funeral. The church says it has a right to free speech. The justices asked a lot of hypothetical questions about what constitutes allowable speech.
10/06/2010 07:06 pm -
Supreme Court: Can Westboro Baptist Church protest military funerals?
Supreme Court to hear free speech case pitting a bereaved father against the Westboro Baptist Church, which held an antigay protest near the funeral of his son, a marine killed in Iraq.
10/06/2010 09:36 am -
Free speech: Westboro church Supreme Court case tests First Amendment
A Supreme Court case challenging the Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protests will test the limits of free speech, with First Amendment implications for other forms of expression such as Quran burning and racist demonstrations.
10/02/2010 11:15 am -
Florida church may not burn Qurans, but Kansas church says it will
Pastor Terry Jones may have ‘suspended’ plans to burn copies of the Quran at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., on 9/11, but the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., says it will.
09/10/2010 05:50 pm -
Antigay church can protest military funerals, judge rules
Missouri violated free speech protections when it passed a law to prevent Westboro Baptist Church, known for its provocative antigay protests, from picketing military funerals, a federal judge ruled Monday.
08/17/2010 05:55 pm -
It's official: Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice
Elena Kagan, President Obama's second appointment to the US Supreme Court, was sworn in Saturday as an associate justice. Which cases will she hear first?
08/07/2010 04:29 pm -
Dad of a fallen Marine perseveres against protests at military funerals
Albert Snyder says he won't pay court-ordered legal fees of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church, which organizes protests at military funerals. He sued the group after it picketed at his son's funeral in 2006, and the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear his appeal.
03/30/2010 09:09 pm -
Supreme Court rules protests at troops' funerals can continue
The high court won't intervene in free-speech case involving a church's antigay demonstrations.
06/29/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog No haters allowed: Britain's new 'least wanted' list includes Michael Savage and Fred Phelps
The radio talk show host and hate-mongering Kansas preacher – along with other assorted extremists – are no longer welcome in England.
05/05/2009 01:00 am -
U.S. Supreme Court takes a new 10 Commandments case
The Decalogue is on display in a public park in Utah. Is the park, therefore, a forum for expression of all types?
04/01/2008 01:00 am
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