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• Top VAWA Opponents Partnered with Convicted Wife-Beater and Group Tied to Mail Order Bride Firm | rightwingwatch.org

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  The House of Representatives is poised to pass a hobbled version of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization (VAWA) later today. The House GOP version actually rolls back some current protections and excludes other key protections contained in the Sena …

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• Trayvon Martin Autopsy: Knuckle Injury Was Tiny, but Gunshot Was at 'Intermediate Range'

  Source: Little Green Footballs

  More details are emerging on the autopsy results for Trayvon Martin, and earlier reports that his knuckles were skinned (as if from a fight) seem to have been inaccurate. The autopsy reported only a tiny abrasion about a quarter-inch long on his left ring finger. And poss …

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• US's dolphin-safe tuna labels banned by court calling them 'unfair' to Mexico. Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent. Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17.20 EDT

  Source: Guardian Unlimited

  The international trade court has effectively outlawed the sale of dolphin-friendly canned tuna in American supermarkets, ruling such labels were unfair to Mexican fishermen. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday, was the third from the World Trade Organisation against  …

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• Republicans Spend Big On Tax-Payer Funded Flyers | ThinkProgress

  Source: Think Progress

  The House Tea Party Caucus, chaired by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), says it seeks to represent the views of the people who have “had enough of the reckless spending and vast government overreach coming from Washington.” 

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• Colorado women accused of spraying Lysol on dirty dancing ‘sluts and whores’ | The Raw Story

  Source: Raw Story

  Two parent chaperones have been accused of spraying Lysol on students during a Colorado high school prom because teen’s “dirty dancing” looked like “they were advertising butt sex.”

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