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Vermont Planning Board Triggered By American Flags

Matthew McDonald

The planning board of the town of Chesterfield, Vermont didn't like a fireworks store owner's plan to put up eight American flags for his grand opening. But board members are grudgingly going along with it, for now.

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Maine School Worker Says She Was Fired for Praying for Co-Worker

Matthew McDonald

The co-worker told school officials that the school worker told him she would pray for him at a public high school in Augusta, Maine. Now the school worker has filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming First Amendment protection of her freedom of religion.

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