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Suit challenges surgery mandate for birth certificate change

Suit challenges surgery mandate for birth certificate change

Courier-Post — TRENTON - A transgender woman in New Jersey filed a federal lawsuit that said the state's requirement that she prove she underwent sexual reassignment surgery to change the gender on her birth certificate was a state-sanctioned compulsion. The lawsuit was filed against the state Department of Health in November, NJ.com reported.
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Juror responses raise bias questions in Ohio police shooting

Juror responses raise bias questions in Ohio police shooting

The Associated Press — CINCINNATI - Newly released documents are raising questions about jury selection in the case of a white University of Cincinnati police officer charged with killing a black motorist during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate. A judge in November 2016 authorized the release of redacted juror questionnaires in the case of since-fired officer Ray Tensing, who is charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of Sam DuBose in July 2015. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/2fR3d4j ) four jurors in the case agreed some races and/or ethnic groups tend to be more violent than others. One checked "strongly agree."
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Navy: No funding for blood tests over contaminated water

Navy: No funding for blood tests over contaminated water

Associated Press — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - U.S. Navy officials say they won't fund blood tests for tens of thousands of suburban Philadelphia residents who may have been exposed to contaminated water.
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Engineer: Sand dunes would create massive, dangerous pond

Engineer: Sand dunes would create massive, dangerous pond

The Associated Press — CAMDEN, N.J. - A civil engineer testified in federal court that beachgoers at a New Jersey shore town would have to cross a massive pond of murky water if protective sand dunes are built, but federal and state environmental regulators say those claims are exaggerated.
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Study: U.S. students not reading at grade level; Pa. shows improvement

Study: U.S. students not reading at grade level; Pa. shows improvement

Philadelphia Public School Notebook — Most students in the United States lack the essential reading skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive society, according to a report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report is an update to the data reported in two earlier Casey Foundation studies - Early Warning: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters and Early Warning Confirmed.
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Judge: New Jersey US prosecutors too focused on convictions

Judge: New Jersey US prosecutors too focused on convictions

Associated Press — NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday sharply rebuked federal prosecutors in New Jersey, saying they're more focused on getting convictions than pursuing tougher punishments.
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Charter denies sending mailer on drug bust at public school

Charter denies sending mailer on drug bust at public school

Associated Press — BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia charter school has denied sending out promotional mailers referencing a 2015 drug arrest at a nearby public high school.
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Baseball equipment donated to dozens of schools

Baseball equipment donated to dozens of schools

Philadelphia Public School Notebook — Thirty-seven Philadelphia schools received nearly $100,000 worth of baseball and softball equipment from the Harleysville, Pa.-based nonprofit, Pitch In for Baseball. The organization, which makes donations to underserved communities worldwide, gave away boxes of new and gently used baseball and softball equipment to an eager crowd of coaches and players at district headquarters.
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WHYY to pilot video production labs at two high schools

WHYY to pilot video production labs at two high schools

Philadelphia Public School Notebook — Philadelphia High School for Girls and Kensington High School for International Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship have been chosen to pilot a Flash Media Lab program launched by WHYY. Students in the program, which provides on-site, hands-on training, will learn video production skills, as well as research, storytelling, and interviewing techniques.
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Meteorologist Chides Christie for Weather Service Remark

Meteorologist Chides Christie for Weather Service Remark

U.S. News & World Report — MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A former top meteorologist is calling out Gov. Chris Christie over his displeasure about high snow forecasts that failed to materialize. Several inches of snow were expected Tuesday. But most of the state just saw rain and a little snow.
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Lawsuit alleging worker was fired for passing gas tossed

Lawsuit alleging worker was fired for passing gas tossed

News 12 New Jersey — A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit that said one of New Jersey's top pork roll makers fired a worker for passing too much TRENTON - A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit that said one of New Jersey's top pork roll makers fired a worker for passing too much gas.
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Defense lawyer still going strong at 94 years old

Defense lawyer still going strong at 94 years old

Associated Press — HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey lawyer isn't letting his age get in the way of vigorously defending clients with theatrical flare. Frank Lucianna, 94, is still going strong, 66 years after he began his legal career, The Record reported (https://njersy.co/2mRQiTp ) Monday.
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Father, son use net to capture loose emu in N.H.

Father, son use net to capture loose emu in N.H.

Fosters Daily Democrat — BOW, N.H. (AP) - An emu that had been loose and wandering around New Hampshire for more than a week has been caught.Maria Colby, a bird specialist who operates Wings of the Dawn Wildlife Sanctuary in Henniker, says a father and son captured the large, flightless bird in Bow Sunday afternoon.The Concord Monitor reports Colby searched for the bird throughout the week with police and neighbors.The father and son used Colby's handheld net to capture the bird.
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Police say New York woman lied about being raped by Sacred Heart athletes

Police say New York woman lied about being raped by Sacred Heart athletes

New Haven Register — BRIDGEPORT >> A New York woman is facing charges after police say she lied about being raped by two football players from a Connecticut university due to fears a third student would lose romantic interest in her. Nikki Yovino of South Setauket, New York has been charged with falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
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Cops warn of cows trying to sell dairy products after escape

Cops warn of cows trying to sell dairy products after escape

Boston.com — SUFFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Police in a Connecticut town are reminding people to not open their doors to "any unfamiliar cattle" after a pair of cows escaped from their pen and were found near the front door of a home a couple of houses away. Sgt.
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Man Convicted of Running Over Woman, Dragging Body 3 Miles

Man Convicted of Running Over Woman, Dragging Body 3 Miles

U.S. News & World Report — DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge has convicted a Massachusetts man of running over a hotel worker four years ago and dragging her body more than 3 miles. The Norfolk District Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Moses Acloque, of Norwood, was convicted on Tuesday of charges including motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident after causing death. Sentencing is planned for mid-March. Authorities say Acloque was squatting in a vacant room at the Arbor Inn on U.S. Route 1. Hotel management confronted him in November 2013.
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Cops: Trio foils smash-and-grab of Picasso, Rembrandt pieces

Cops: Trio foils smash-and-grab of Picasso, Rembrandt pieces

apnews.com — BOSTON (AP) - Police say three witnesses helped nab a man who they say tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt.
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Ex-exec admits stealing $850K from health care giant UPMC

Ex-exec admits stealing $850K from health care giant UPMC

Associated Press — PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former executive with Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC has admitted he stole nearly $850,000 from the company by arranging to hire his wife and a friend as ghost workers. Federal prosecutors say 48-year-old Ronald Locy faces up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty last week to embezzlement in connection with health care.
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$43M verdict upheld for duo exonerated in LI teen's slaying

$43M verdict upheld for duo exonerated in LI teen's slaying

Associated Press — NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a $43 million jury verdict against a Long Island county after DNA evidence exonerated three men who had been convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a teenager in 1984. John Restivo, Dennis Halstead and John Kogut were convicted of killing 16-year-old Theresa Fusco, of Lynbrook.
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Ex-Giant opens up about drug addiction: '125 Vicodin a day'

Ex-Giant opens up about drug addiction: '125 Vicodin a day'

New York Post — COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Ohio State University football player whose NFL career fell apart because of a painkiller addiction says he wants to become a college coach and help others avoid similar pitfalls now that he's clean and has a degree.
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Free marathon aims to bring business to struggling mill town

Free marathon aims to bring business to struggling mill town

Associated Press — MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) - Nearly 1,000 people have registered to run a marathon over the weekend in hopes of boosting the economy for a struggling mill town in Maine. The Millinocket Marathon and Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday. The free event is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
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Plans to build New England's largest wind farm dropped

Plans to build New England's largest wind farm dropped

Associated Press — BRIDGEWATER, Maine (AP) - A Texas company says it's temporarily dropping plans to build in Maine a massive wind farm that would've been the largest of its kind in New England. The Portland Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2gz6W4g ) EDP Renewable's Number Nine Wind Farm project manager Katie Chapman on Monday said the company withdrew its application with environmental regulators.
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Mom loses benefits after status of 4 kids changed to dead

Mom loses benefits after status of 4 kids changed to dead

Associated Press — MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island mother says she lost her child care voucher when the state's new benefits computer system mistakenly changed the status of her four children from living to dead. Jasmine Tinker is a substitute teacher at Head Start, in Newport.
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New Balance distances itself from white supremacist support

New Balance distances itself from white supremacist support

Chicago Tribune — Athletic-gear company New Balance is distancing itself from a white supremacist website's call to support it for statements a company executive made backing Republican President-elect Donald Trump. The alt-right website The Daily Stormer proclaimed Boston-based New Balance the "Official Shoes of White People" this weekend after company vice president of public affairs Matt LeBretton praised Trump.
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