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Court says rights of Jensen's parents not violated

Last updated Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 7:42am

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that state doctors and child-protection workers did not violate the constitutional rights of a boy's parents when they pushed to have him undergo chemotherapy.

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Calif. Supreme Court to consider key issue in battle over same-sex marriage

Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 12:17am

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court will decide today whether to plunge back into the legal battle over same-sex marriage.

The state high court, meeting in closed session, will review a request by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether Proposition 8's sponsors have legal authority to defend the ballot measure.

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(Courtesy photo) Martin Luther King Jr. talks with J.D. Williams, a political science professor at the University of Utah.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King talked at the U of U in Jan. 1961

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 11:18pm

OGDEN -- It doesn't exactly coincide with the Martin Luther King holiday today, but Utah is marking a 50-year anniversary involving King that Dr. Forrest Crawford is having trouble getting Utahns to realize is worth their attention.

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Church leaders address sheriff's letter on capital punishment

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, January 14, 2011 - 12:38am

Several area church leaders disagreed Thursday with Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson's letter to his staff telling them they were doing God's work and that God approves of capital punishment.

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Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 6:02pm

Arts center honors Human Rights Day

BRIGHAM CITY -- The Fine Arts Center hosts a Human Rights Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Admission is free.

Children age 4 to 11, accompanied by an adult, are invited to the celebration. Stories relating to Human Rights Day, including a brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr., will be told from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; a different story starts every half-hour.

After listening to stories, participants may make their own mixed-media collage.

The Fine Arts Center is at 58 S. 100 West, Brigham City. For more information, call 435-723-0740.

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