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Hawaii's Senate Passes Steven Tyler Act Celebrity Privacy Bill
HONOLULU (Reuters) - The Hawaii state Senate has approved legislation named for Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler that would make it easier for celebrities to sue paparazzi and others they see as invading their privacy. Tyler, 64, who lives part-time on...
Tags: Fleetwood Mac (music group), Politics, Neil A. Abercrombie, People (magazine), Aerosmith (music group)
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Actress Ashley Judd and race car driver Dario Franchitti split
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American actress Ashley Judd and her Scottish race car driver husband Dario Franchitti are ending their marriage after 11 years. The movie star, 44, and the Indianapolis 500 race car driver, 39, married in 2001 and have no...
Tags: Ashley Judd, NASCAR, Indianapolis 500, People (magazine), Naomi Judd
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Political Notebook - June 17
Myers to discuss charter home rule at breakfast Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr., R-Washington/Allegany, will be hosting a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hagerstown’s Academy Theater to discuss the possibility of moving Washington County to charter...
Tags: Daniel Bongino, Executive Branch, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Regional Authority, American Legion
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Open thread: Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
'House of Cards' to take over State House
The marble hallway trod for centuries by Maryland politicians will host perhaps its most sinister character when actor Kevin Spacey arrives for work next week. Television crews from the political thriller "House of Cards" began transforming Maryland's...
Tags: Rentals, Michael E. Busch, Executive Branch, Chris Rock, Politics
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Key Republican senator says still backs immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio said on Sunday he still supports a bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration, but reiterated that he wants its stipulations on border security to be tightened in order for the legislation to win approval...Tags: Republican Party, CNN (tv network), U.S. Congress, Migration, White House
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Our Voice: Thune spies missed opportunities in farm bill
South Dakota Sen. John Thune went out on a limb last week: an elected official from an agriculture state voting against, then criticizing, the farm bill. In a bipartisan vote Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill....Tags: Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Elections, U.S. Department of Agriculture, John Thune
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Farming: June is . . . a mess
Less than a generation ago, June meant the end of school, the beginning of summer and the arrival of Dairy Month. Now, somehow, June has become the Golf Channel’s official Pace of Play Month, LGBT Pride Month (you can look that up) and Farm Bill...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Pat Roberts, Eric Cantor, POLITICO LLC, Republican Party
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RPT-Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
Reuters(Repeats for wider distribution. No changes to headline or text) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is...Tags: Health Insurance, Univision (tv network), Social Media, U.S. Congress, White House
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Bipartisan talk brings mixed reviews
WASHINGTON - Jackie Walorski mentions bipartisanship frequently in an interview in her congressional office. And she's for it. Surprise? It shouldn't be. But it could be for two segments of the electorate back in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District,...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, National Defense Authorization Act, Jackie Walorski, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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Readers of many minds on immigration reform
Q. The immigration reform package before the U.S. Senate will require all employers, within five years, to verify the legal status of their workers. Is this a reasonable demand on business? Ty Davies: I suppose, but why not secure the border first,...Tags: Employment, Politics, Rental Service, Laws, Migration
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Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security
WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....
Tags: Joe Manchin III, John Thune, Mary L. Landrieu, Migration, U.S. Congress
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