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Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Mardel Inc. opposes morning-after pill

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday turned down a request that she block part of Obamacare that would require companies' health plans to provide for coverage of certain contraceptives, such as the morning-after pill.


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Advice: Give to needy people in your own community

Newtown, Connecticut, has received so many gifts since the December 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary that a local official is kindly asking people to stop sending them. The mail office and workers just can't handle the volume.

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A plurality of americans thin the president will do better in his second term

CNN/ORC International poll:  A plurality of Americans think President Barack Obama will do better during his second term. Obama's Cabinet receives mixed reviews.


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Google says app does not violate hate speech policy

The maker of a Google app thinks it's fun to make yourself look Asian by changing the shape of your eyes and wearing a Fu Manchu mustache and rice paddy hat.

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Domestic dispute leads to arrest

Former Major League outfielder Andruw Jones has been arrested and released on battery charges following a domestic dispute between him and his wife in suburban Atlanta early Christmas morning, authorities said


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Convicted killer may also have first killed his sister

William Spengler, who ambushed volunteer firefighters in upstate New York on Monday, killing two and seriously wounding two others, left a note saying he hoped to burn down his neighborhood and kill as many people as possible


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Happy Holidays to al of our readersfrom everyone at The Skanner News

Santa's reindeer have a story and a history all of their own, one tied to the oldest indigenous culture in Northern Europe and accelerated by an American entrepreneur whose principal intention was not delighting children around the world, but creating an appetite for what he hoped would become a mealtime staple as ubiquitous as beef.


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The tribute has become a White House Christmas tradition

President Barack Obama continued on Saturday a four-year Christmas tradition of thanking the U.S. military servicemen and women in his weekly address.


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What failure on fiscal deal means for troubled Boehner

Republicans abandoned House Speaker John Boehner this week rejecting his Plan B and undermining his leadership. Is it the end for Boehner?


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A $20 billion trust will pay out an estimated $7.8 billion

A federal judge signed off on BP's settlement with businesses and people hard hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


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