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Goodwill urges residents to donate

YOUNGSTOWN

Spring and summer are the busiest seasons for people moving into new homes, redecorating, or cleaning out their homes to make some room. Youngstown Area Goodwill reminds residents during this time that a donation is much better than just throwing something away.

Donated goods and items sold from one of Youngstown Goodwill’s eight stores make up more than 60 percent of the organization’s total budget, allowing it to employ 260 residents.

Goodwill’s locations in Austintown, Boardman, Calcutta, Hermitage, Liberty, New Castle, Salem and Warren are accepting donations of housewares and furniture in good condition. For information on how to donate, go to Goodwillyoungstown.org/ donate or call 330-759-7921.

Doing business with government

WARREN

The Greater Warren-Youngstown Urban League will have a business class on “How to do business with the government” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The class will take place at 290 W. Market St.

To reserve a seat, call Teresa Hosey at 330-394-4316, ext. 105.

Colo. town awaits test results of pot ingredient in water

HUGO, Colo.

Bottled water was distributed to residents of the small Colorado town of Hugo on Friday as officials investigate the possibility that a marijuana chemical has contaminated the water supply.

Officials announced Thursday that some field tests had found THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, in the water, but they were awaiting the results of more definitive laboratory tests Friday that also would tell how much THC is in the water, if its presence is confirmed.

State health officials say it’s too soon to know whether THC in the water would intoxicate people who drink it. Experts doubt adding raw pot to water would make it intoxicating.

Ex-KKK leader Duke to run for Senate

BATON ROUGE, La.

Declaring “the climate of this country has moved in my direction,” white supremacist David Duke registered Friday for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race, saying he was partially spurred by the recent shooting deaths of three law-enforcement officers by a black man.

“I believe my time has come,” the former Ku Klux Klan leader said after submitting his paperwork for the ballot. He added: “The people of this country, the patriotic, decent, God-fearing people of this country are now right with me.”

Court: Birth-control mandate violates religious rights

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker who cited religious objections while challenging the inclusion of birth-control coverage in his government-provided health insurance.

State Sen. Paul Wieland said Friday that the ruling, while applying only to his family, could serve as a guide for others seeking to challenge the application of a section of President Barack Obama’s health care law that requires insurers to include coverage of contraceptives.

“I think this sets a precedent, so that if anybody else has religious convictions and they find these drugs offensive ... they can use this as a court case to base their claims on,” Wieland said in a phone interview while traveling back from Cleveland, where he was a delegate at the Republican National Convention.

Associated Press