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New Journalistic Low: Newspapers Recruit Volunteers to Scour Palin E-Mails

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Criticism is mounting over the decision by several major newspapers to recruit volunteers to scour 24,000 e-mail messages to and from Sarah Palin during her tenure as governor, ostensibly to help them uncover the "most important information."

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Catholic Charities Takes Legal Action Against Illinois Civil Union Law

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The leaders of three Catholic dioceses in Illinois - Springfield, Peoria and Joliet - initiated legal action yesterday on behalf of their Catholic Charities asking the courts to allow them to continue to provide foster care without recognizing the parental rights granted to same-sex and cohabiting couples in a recently enacted civil unions bill.

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Lawsuit Could Lead to Taxpayer Funded Sex-Change Operations

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A male inmate who repeatedly tried to castrate himself in an attempt to become a woman has filed a lawsuit against the state of Virginia, charging them with failure to provide adequate medical care in the form of a sex change operation - a case which could result in forcing taxpayers to pay for the surgeries.

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