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Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion, study says

Click here: Researchers looked at four areas: 1) volunteering or working with a charity; 2) taking educational courses; 3) participating in religious organizations; 4) participating in a political or community organization. Of the four, participating in a religious organization was the only social activity associated with sustained happiness, researchers found.
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Whistleblower Inside Planned Parenthood Clinics Drops Shocking Allegations

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Obituaries this week

Marian Maxine Haney, 90, Mediapolis, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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Hillary ‘Top Secret’ emails found. FBI seizes hard drives.

Click here: ‘Top Secret’ emails found as Clinton probe expands to key aides
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School districts face shortage of teachers as school begins

Click here: School Districts in places with growing populations and difficult working conditions are having a tough time getting enough teachers. However, many states still produce more teachers than the number of available jobs.
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Former Planned Parenthood Clinic Director Explains the Tissue Donation Process

Click here: During her tenure at a southeast Texas Planned Parenthood clinic Johnson said she would “coerce” women to sign up for fetal tissue studies, then reap the financial benefits.
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Target Removes Gender Labels From Kids Sections

Click here: Target Corp. removed gender labels from its children’s departments after customers complained about signs designating certain toys for girls or boys.

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Black Pastors Demand Smithsonian Museum Remove Bust of Margaret Sanger

Click here: Black pastors are calling for the removal of a bust of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. The exhibit also holds the busts of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., neither of whom, Sanger would have wanted to be born.
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12-Year-Old Girl Has Higher IQ Than Hawking, Einstein

Click here: 12-Year-Old Girl’s 162-IQ Higher Than Hawking or Einstein

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Record 93,770,000 Americans Not in Labor Force

Click here: Number of people not in the labor force set another record high in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.