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2015/09/04

Kentucky Clerk's Office Issues Same-Sex Marriage License Plus 4 More Stories

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Kentucky Clerk's Office Issues Same-Sex Marriage License
A deputy clerk issued the license, while the elected county clerk spent the morning in jail. A gay couple who had tried five times before finally got their marriage license.
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Unemployment Rate Dips To 5.1 Percent Amid 173,000 New Jobs In August
The latest job-creation figure fell short of economists' forecasts. But the reports from the Department of Labor added a total of 44,000 jobs to the tallies for June and July.
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U.N. Calls On European Union To Accept 200,000 Refugees
Also: The father of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea buries his family, and in Hungary, 2,300 migrants at a refugee camp near the Serbian border have threatened to break out.
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How Likely Is It, Really, That Your Athletic Kid Will Turn Pro?
More than a quarter of parents in a recent poll say they hope their teens who play high school sports will become professional athletes. But sky-high parental expectations can have a dark side.
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Speaker Of Iran's Parliament Suggests Prisoner Swap For Rezaian, Other Americans
In a new sign that Iran might consider freeing Jason Rezaian, a powerful Iranian politician tells NPR that there are ways to liberate the Washington Post reporter and other prisoners.
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