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Newtown Families Returning to Washington
The Hartford CourantNewtown gun control advocates will travel to Washington this week to lobby lawmakers and to raise awareness for their cause as they approach the six-month anniversary of the school shootings. Family members of Daniel Barden, Lauren Rousseau, Jesse Lewis,...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, John Boehner, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Lobbying, U.S. Senate
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Judge orders halt to impeachment, restores Fair Grove mayor to office
ghartley@schurz.comFAIR GROVE, Mo. -- The mayor sued four members of the Board of Aldermen on Monday to try to prevent his removal from office by impeachment. Later in the day, a Greene County judge ordered a halt to the impeachment proceedings, at least temporarily, and...Tags: U.S. Senate, Justice System, Elections, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Edward Snowden: Ex-CIA worker drops out of sight, faces legal battle
A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges....
Tags: Sylvia Luke, CBS Corp., Justice and Rights, Eric Cantor, Central Intelligence Agency
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U.S. whistleblower drops out of sight, faces legal battle
Reuters* Lawmakers call for prosecution of man who leaked documents * Snowden could face extradition fight from Hong Kong By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S....Tags: Extradition, Hong Kong, Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Judges
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West Virginia's congressional district lines may be challenged again
matthewu@herald-mail.comWest Virginia’s congressional district lines, which were redrawn by state lawmakers in 2011 and challenged unsuccessfully in court, might be challenged again because some say the boundaries do not meet the state’s compactness requirement....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ohio River, Dale Manuel, Judges, U.S. Supreme Court
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Dawn Shirreffs: Everglades restoration cannot wait
Everglades restoration efforts, the future of Floridians' drinking water, and the fate of endangered species like the Florida Panther lie in the hands of the South Florida Water Management District this month. SFWMD must act now and affirm its...Tags: Monroe County (Florida), Broward County, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Obama Proposes Student Loan Reform
Federally-subsidized student loan interest rates are set to double in one month, and President Barack Obama on Friday pressured Congress to keep those rates low for millions of college students. The federal Stafford student loan interest rate is 3.4...Tags: White House, Education, Finance, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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June 10, 1863: Arrest of Copperhead angers The Allentown Democrat
One of the North's most powerful anti-war figures, Clement Vallandigham, of Ohio, was arrested on May 5, 1863, for his outspoken rejection of the Union's cause. Speaking against President Lincoln and the war effort, Vallandigham, who was a member of the...
Tags: Longswamp, Parties and Movements, Crimes, Alburtis, Berks County
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Security agency scraps plan to allow small knives on planes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. transportation security official said on Wednesday that he had decided not to permit passengers to carry small knives on airplanes, after receiving a drumbeat of criticism from flight attendants and the public that...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Edward J Markey, Aircraft Hijacking
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ANALYSIS-U.S. government shutdown battle looms as budget woes fester
Reuters* Spending bills seen stalling without bigger US budget deal * Little incentive for compromise as fiscal deadlines fade * Stop-gap funding to avert government shutdown looking inevitable By David Lawder WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The annual...Tags: Thomas E Price, Democratic Party, Labor Day, Republican Party, John Boehner
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U.S. NSA Internet spying foiled plot to attack NY subways -sources
ReutersBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON June 7 (Reuters) - A secret U.S. intelligence program to collect emails that is at the heart of an uproar over government surveillance helped foil an Islamist militant plot to bomb the New York City subway system in 2009, U....Tags: FBI, National Government, The Washington Post, Barack Obama, CBS Corp.
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Long debate over immigration begins in U.S. Senate
Reuters* Republicans criticize "amnesty" for 11 million * Legislation is big test for Obama and Congress * Vote on passage expected by Fourth of July holiday By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday plunged...Tags: Migration, Immigration, National Security, Jeff Sessions, Parties and Movements
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