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Citing Discriminatory Policies, Merck Drops Boy Scout Funding

By | 12.12.12 | 9:24 am

The Merck Company Foundation, the charitable arm of pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck and Company, announced last week it was halting all contributions to the Boy Scouts of America until that organization ceases discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.

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Perry misled debate audience about meeting with cancer patient ‘lobbyist’

By | 09.26.11 | 5:00 am

In his third GOP presidential debate Gov. Rick Perry had a way of fumbling and tripping over words. But it was a familiar issue, and perhaps the most articulate answer he delivered at Thursday evening’s Fox News/Google debate, that was perhaps most misleading.