Editors choose Islamic State conflict as top news story of 2015
But several of the other stories among the Top 10 reflected the impact of the Islamic State, while another group of major stories related to the series of mass shootings in the United States … them to marry in all 50 states. Gay-rights activists heralded …

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Blood donation policy change for gay men 'pretty offensive,' advocate says
Gay rights activists nationally and in the Lehigh Valley are … The new 12-month deferral mirrors policies in the United Kingdom and Australia, the FDA says. The change comes as blood screening based on the best-available science, paired with donor …

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Dissent in the time of distress
In November, Rahul Pasupalan and wife Reshmi Nair, lead organisers of Kiss of Love protest, were arrested for their involvement in an online sex racket. Scams and sly moves In November, K M Mani, Kerala Congress (M) chief, stepped down as finance …

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The ticket: Television
Among those paying tribute will be James Taylor, Steven Spielberg, and Yo-Yo Ma. Jerry Seinfeld has managed to get some big names for his highly entertaining Web chat series but he’s outdone himself with his latest score: President Obama. The pair tooled …

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We finally had a grown-up talk about homosexuality
but there is a sense that gay people walked a little taller in the country after Ireland said yes to marriage equality. Indeed, you could argue that the result was not what mattered here. The result was not the best thing we got out of it. What this did …

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Machines, Lost In Translation: The Dream Of Universal Understanding
The big rollout this year was the Skype Translator, which takes what you say over video chat and turns it into spoken or written translations, currently in seven languages. Microsoft, of course, is far from alone. A company called Voxox does Internet …

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Obama's agenda breaks through in 2015
Whether it was re-establishing ties with Cuba, negotiating a 12-nation trade pact spanning the Pacific Rim or winning court cases on gay marriage and Obamacare … growing Asia-Pacific region, including Canada, Mexico and Japan. Obama hopes to win …

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FDA partially overturns ban on gays donating blood
Gay men in that 75 percent of truly monogamous relationships cannot donate blood under this policy; promiscuous straight people can. Now, this 12-month deferral brings the U.S. in line with countries such as the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The …

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Farm and Food: Oh, the mail we get
And, literally, across the tens of thousands of miles we traveled and the thousands of readers who gathered to listen, chat and ask questions about … China became the largest pork producer in the United States.” “The lesson,” he concludes, is …

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