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Some Domestic partners turned away for lack of proper documents

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Dozens of same-sex couples successfully signed up for domestic partner benefits, under a Wisconsin law that kicked in yesterday.But some couples were turned away because they didn’t have the right papers.Chuck Quirmbach reports…

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