Couple should stand firm against in-laws ultimatum
Dear Abby discusses a Catholic woman engaged to a Jewish man facing parental ultimatums. Readers urge the couple to make their own decision, stand united, and consider premarital counseling or a book on interfaith marriage.
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Supreme Court upholds cross burning ban in Virginia case
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states can punish cross burning as an act of intimidation, deeming a burning cross an instrument of racial terror that outweighs free speech. Justice OConnor wrote for the majority with Justice Thomas concurring separately. Virginia officials say more states may follow.
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First batch of Cuban dissidents given long prison terms
In Havana the first group of dissidents tried in Cuba's crackdown received prison terms between 15 and 25 years for allegedly collaborating with American diplomats to undermine the socialist state. Prosecutors had sought longer sentences for many defendants, but none of those sentences were imposed.
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