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2 hrs ago | Common Dreams

ACLU Comment on U.S. Admission to Killing Americans in Targeted Killing Program

May 23 - Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress confirming that the government has killed four Americans since 2010 in strikes overseas, and claiming that the government's actions were justified.

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Related Topix: Activism, US News, Liberal Political News

5 hrs ago | CBS Local

Bill Would Require Warrant For Police Cell Phone Tracking

Tracking your location through your cell phone will be a bit more complicated for police if Governor Perry signs one bill at the state capitol.

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Related Topix: Rick Perry, US Governors, Texas Government, Texas, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Wed May 22, 2013

Sunherald.com

Around South Mississippi

Volunteers are being sought to place American flags on graves Biloxi National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: Biloxi, MS, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, US Military, Keesler Air Force Base, US Air Force, Jackson County, MS

WNDY-TV Indianapolis

ACLU: Time for 'Modern Family'a

ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a wedding episode for Mitchell and Cameron, fathers of an adopted child and one of three couples at the heart of the show.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Modern Family, Gay/Lesbian, Transgender

Common Dreams

Obama Administration Admits Drone Attacks Killed 4 US Citizens

In a letter to senior members of Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder writes that in addition to the targeted assassination of cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, since 2009, three other U.S. citizens - Samir Khan, Abd aI-Rahman Anwar al-Aulaqi, and Jude Kenan Mohammed - were also killed in "U.S. counterterrorism operations" though they "were not ... (more)

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Related Topix: Prison, Insurance, Citizens, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Liberal Political News

KHQ-TV Spokane

Crosses Removed From Idaho Water Tower

Officials in the southeast Idaho town of Roberts have removed three lighted crosses from the water tower following a complaint by a resident.

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Related Topix: Idaho, Weather, US Military, Fairchild Air Force Base, US Air Force

Real Change

Checks and balances

Markeletta Wilson started searching for a new apartment as soon as she qualified for a Section 8 voucher.

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Related Topix: Renton, WA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Monterey County Herald

Monterey County to transfer some local jail inmates to Alameda County

Monterey County supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract with Alameda County to house up to 80 local jail inmates in a facility in Dublin, at a cost of up to $2.5 million, despite a request from the American Civil Liberties Union that the county hold community meetings first.

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Related Topix: Prison, Monterey County, CA, Alameda County, CA

WPTV Local News

ACLU condemns prosecution of teen

The Florida American Civil Liberties Union is condemning the prosecution of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt for allegedly having intimate sexual relations with her younger girlfriend.

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Related Topix: Sebastian, FL

Park Record

Your defense team

ACLU Utah board members paid a visit to eastern Summit County on Saturday. Pictured left to right: Utah Rep.

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Related Topix: Summit County, UT, Park City, UT

Tue May 21, 2013

Denver Post

ACLU suit: Public is entitled to know how Nathan Dunlap will be killed

Nathan Dunlap is escorted by Department of Corrections officers into the courtroom May 1, 013 for a hearing on his execution date.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty

Common Dreams

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban

May 21 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down an Arizona law that would ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Activism, Liberal Political News

Model D

Say yes, Michigan: Marriage equality now

My partner of seven years and I were married last September in a small ceremony on the Detroit River.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, US News, US Supreme Court

Medical Daily

Proposed Mandatory Drug Testing For Doctors Won't Work, ACLU Says

A state ballot proposal in California aimed toward making drug tests mandatory for all doctors has been branded "a publicity stunt" by one California Medical Association spokeswoman.

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Activism, Drugs

Advocate

Op-ed: Religion Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Discrimination

Following the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in late 2010 and the successful transition to open service for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members in 2011, many assumed that enshrined discrimination against LGBT people was on its way out.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, Transgender, Opinion

Wired

Feds Tracked Reporter's Movements, Personal E-Mail in Criminal Conspiracy Investigation

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been in the hot seat over the Justice Department's decision to sign off on a subpoena that helped the feds seize the phone records of AP Reporters.

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Related Topix: Social Software, US News, Journalism, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mon May 20, 2013

Virgin Islands Daily News

V.I. government reaches agreement with ACLU on St. Thomas jails

A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a proposed settlement agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the V.I. government that requires the territory to fix conditions at the St.

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Related Topix: Prison

Chattanoogan.com

NAACP 6th Annual Criminal Justice Seminar Is June 8

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County NAACP will host the 6th Annual Criminal Justice Seminar on Saturday June 8, at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Imperial Ballroom.

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Related Topix: Prison, Chattanooga, TN, Hamilton County, TN

Sun May 19, 2013

Sea Coast Echo

ACLU vs. POA election covenants

The MIssissippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Diamondhead Property Owners Association to stop enforcing rules pertaining to political signs and door-to-door campaigning.

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Related Topix: Diamondhead, MS

The Tallahassee O

ACLU | What The Government Says When It Says Nothing

The This memo may show that the Criminal Division is doing nothing at all to avoid reading our text messages; it may show great procedures in place to safeguard the privacy our text messages; or, likely, it may have nothing to do with either of those predictions.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law