News Briefs Betty Crocker bakes cakes for Minnesota's first weddings
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Washington, D.C.–Secretary of State John Kerry announced the new post-DOMA policy on August 2, saying that visa applications for same-sex couples would start being processed. “I'm very pleased to be able to announce that effective immediately, when …
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Congress has chance to increase help for those with addictions or mental illness
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Nationally, public mental health programs were cut by $ 4.35 billion from 2009 to 2012, and fewer than half of Americans who live with mental illness are getting any treatment at all. Here in Connecticut the situation is dire. The two-year budget passed …
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Holder proposes changes in criminal justice system
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WASHINGTON — With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes …
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Holder: Some drug offenders shouldn't face mandatory minimum sentences
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By Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News. WASHINGTON D.C. – Attorney General Eric Holder is directing federal prosecutors to change they way they file charges for some drug crimes, to reduce the number of convictions for offenses that carry …
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