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Legal Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf loses money, could shut down | abc7chicago.com The first and only legal center for deaf and hard-of-hearing people could close because of a lack of funds. The not-for-profit Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf started 10 years ago to help bridge the...

U.S. sex-abuse lawsuit against Vatican withdrawn - Chicago Sun-Times

US sex abuse lawsuit against Vatican dismissed - chicagotribune.com Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have withdrawn their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants. Attorney Jeff...

Rochdale News | News Headlines | Deaf couple saved from dangerous gas leak - Rochdale Online A deaf couple from Rochdale were alerted to a dangerous gas leak during in a visit from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. Community Safety Manager Mick Cryer smelt gas in Susan and Alan...

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/02/11/new-school-for-deaf-dedicated-with-event.html State government began providing for the education of deaf children on Oct. 16, 1829, when the state rented a small building at Broad and High streets for use as a school. The school...

TN moves to allow deaf-mute candidates to contest civic polls | Deccan Chronicle The state government has informed the Madras high court that it is making efforts to introduce a Bill in the state legislature to amend Section 37 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, to enable “deaf-mute”...

Firefighters rescue deaf man from fire at Sellwood Inn Pub | OregonLive.com Firefighters saved a deaf man from a fast-moving blaze early Saturday morning at an apartment above Sellwood Inn Pub. The fire spread from the back of Sellwood Inn Pub at 8301 S.E. 17th Ave., according to Paul...

Deaf player fulfills dream of playing for Penn State - CBS 21 News - Breaking news, sports and weather for the Harrisburg -York -Lancaster -Lebanon Pennsylvania area The pregame meeting. For a basketball team, this is where it all comes together. But the team at Penn State Harrisburg...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/fashion/singing-with-their-hands.html?_r=1 AS far as YouTube music acts go, Michael Chase DiMartino’s won’t be mistaken for Justin Bieber’s. In a series of videos called Songs in Sign, Mr. DiMartino doesn’t sing, his lip-syncing can be off, and the dancing...

Deaf Americans: Fighting for the chance to serve in the military | WJLA.com Yesterday, the Pentagon unveilled plans to allow female service members to join combat battalions. Last fall, the military ended its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gays to serve openly. Now another...

FSDB, city nearing agreement on neighborhood issues | StAugustine.com A compromise of a long-standing zoning dispute with the city of St. Augustine over the 4,154-square-foot Collins House on Nelmar Avenue was approved Friday morning by The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind’s board of...

Set up university for the deaf, says society chair The Kenya Society for the Deaf Children wants the government to set up a university for bright deaf students. Chairman Francis Ng’ang’a disclosed in Mwingi yesterday that the organisation will approach the government to put up a university to...

Sean Forbes’ Perfect imperfection tour @ SAC | Alamo Colleges | a mySA.com blog Hip hop artist Sean Forbes must really like San Antonio – he will be making his third trip to San Antonio College on Feb. 18 to perform at the McAllister Auditorium. The native of Detroit, Mich., must like the...

Awards open for deaf communicators - News - Bourne Local The hunt is on for the UK's best communicators as Durham-based deaf communication charity Signature launches its fourth annual awards. Regional nominations for the 2012 Signature Annual Awards, which celebrates those who are making a...

The Press Association: Hollyoaks' Shenton for Kilimanjaro Hollyoaks star Rachel Shenton is in training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. The 24-year-old actress - who plays girly Mitzeee Minniver in the Channel 4 soap - is limbering up to trek the 19,341ft to the top of the Tanzanian...

Students learn sign language, deaf culture "Can I go to the bathroom?" Tanner Bekke had not spoken out of turn, but his teacher, Maria Nolan, still said no. Bekke put his thumb between his first and middle fingers, raised his right arm and turned his wrist back and forth — the sign for...

Tempe's first apartments for deaf at capacity - East Valley Tribune: Tempe A 75-unit apartment complex in Tempe is at maximum capacity six months after opening, but that's not what makes this complex different from any other in the city, the Valley or even most in the nation. This...

Deaf Pakistani girl in UK kept as A deaf Pakistani girl aged 10 was trafficked into the UK, repeatedly raped, kept in a cellar and treated as a virtual slave for almost a decade, a court was told here. The orphaned Pakistani youngster, now aged between 19 and 21, who is profoundly deaf and...

Deaf, mute man named - news - manawatu-standard | Stuff.co.nz A Levin man who died after police told him he was to be arrested has been named this morning. He was 65-year-old Godfrey Easton. The neighbour who called police to Mr Easton's house said he was misunderstood. Judy Shelland...

Disabled student barred from baseball team sues Chino Valley Unified School District - DailyBulletin.com A disabled student has filed a lawsuit against the Chino Valley Unified School District alleging that he's been barred from Ayala High School's baseball program due to his disabilities...