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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), Celebrities, Politics, Mick Fleetwood, Steven Tyler
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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: AIDS, Celebrities, NASCAR, Indianapolis 500, Ashley Judd
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'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: Michael E. Busch, Heads of State, Politics, Netflix Inc., Martin O'Malley
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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: This Week (tv program), Republican Party, ABC (tv network), Lindsey O. Graham, Politics
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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, Politics, Regional Authority, The Washington Post, U.S. Secret Service
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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: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Elections, Politics, John Thune, Insurance
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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: John Boehner, Pat Roberts, Politics, Republican Party, Collin Peterson
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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: Kathleen Sebelius, Politics, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Media Industry
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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, Republican Party, Politics, Accounting and Auditing, Tea Party Movement
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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: Politics, Rental Service, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Career and Workplace
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The Front Burner: Should immigration plan pass?
Months after its eight sponsors — including Florida Republican Marco Rubio — began their work, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly this week to begin debate on a bipartisan proposal to rewrite U.S. immigration policy. S. 744 reads like a...Tags: Periodicals, Politics, Republican Party, Marco Rubio, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Politics as Usual
Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...Tags: Lehigh County, New York City, Ed Pawlowski, Politics, South Whitehall Township
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