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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Lawmakers ask Google's Larry Page to address Glass privacy issues

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Months before the futuristic glasses become publicly available, Google Glass is already getting scrutiny from Capitol Hill. Eight members of Congress on Thursday sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Larry Page to ask what his company...

    Tags: Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Google Glass

    2. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Federal Trade Commission to data brokers: Show us your data

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Data brokers who collect vast amounts of information on Americans will be the ones turning over information this time.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Data brokers who collect vast amounts of information on Americans will be the ones turning over information this time. The Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine data brokerage companies to tell the agency how they harvest and use...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Marketing, Media Industry, Federal Trade Commission, John D. Rockefeller IV

    3. Jun 19, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...

    Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bob McDonnell, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Executive Branch

    4. Jul 7, 2010 |Story| Glendale News Press

  4. A Word, Please: Playing it safely

    "If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect, I want to apologize for that misconstruction." That was Texas Rep. Joe Barton's apology for an apology — his ridiculously noncommittal backpedaling after telling BP...

    Tags: Emergency Incidents, Yogi Berra, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)

    5. Sep 29, 2004 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Lawmakers Take FDA to Task on Antidepressants

    Times Staff Writer
    Members of Congress on Thursday accused the Food and Drug Administration of suppressing information, for as long as eight years, about the increased risks of suicidal thought and behavior in children and teenagers taking antidepressants. "There is...

    Tags: Medical Research, Plastic Surgeons, Lexapro (drug), Greg Walden, Suicidal Behavior

    6. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. House vote sets up Senate cybersecurity showdown over privacy, corporate and government spying

    <span class=&quot;s1">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The House&rsquo;s solid bipartisan vote for a cybersecurity bill sends a message to the Senate: Now it&rsquo;s your turn to act.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s solid bipartisan vote for a cybersecurity bill sends a message to the Senate: Now it’s your turn to act. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the House approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and...

    Tags: Republican Party, National Security Agency, Bennie G. Thompson, Defense, Politics

    7. Dec 1, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Emanuel says he'll testify if called before Congress on Solyndra

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said that if asked, he will appear before a Congressional panel investigating the now-bankrupt solar power firm Solyndra.
    Clout Street
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said that if asked, he will appear before a Congressional panel investigating the now-bankrupt solar power firm Solyndra. “Listen, if I’m called I’ll testify,” Emanuel said during an unrelated news...

    Tags: Solyndra LLC, Chicago Mayor, Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce

    8. Dec 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. House votes to block enforcement of light bulb rules

    Nation Now
    A spending bill aimed at preventing a federal government shutdown would block enforcement of new energy-efficiency rules for light bulbs, letting old-style incandescent bulbs stay around a bit longer. The provision was a high priority of congressional...
    9. Jan 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Ban the BCS championship? Texas congressman says yes

    Nation Now
    Texas Rep. Joe Barton introduced a law to ban the BSC championship game and replace it with a playoff system to determine college football's national champion....
    10. Mar 23, 2011 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  10. US Rep Joe Barton Touts Nuclear Power's Safety

    The images of devastation in Japan seem unimaginable in north Texas.
    doug.magditch@the33tv.com
    The images of devastation in Japan seem unimaginable in north Texas. "Obviously, in Texas, it's very unlikely we're going to have an earthquake and a tsunami, certainly not here in Glen Rose," said US Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas). There are...

    Tags: Elections, Japan, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)

    11. Feb 6, 2011 |Story| Daily American

  11. A little too far

    Congress dictates too many minor issues. Take the light bulb for example. Thomas Edison created the first incandescent bulb in 1879. The bulbs are safe, cheap and reliable. In 2007, then-President George Bush signed an energy bill that took aim at the...

    Tags: Michele Bachmann, Elections, Republican Party, Thomas Edison, George W. Bush

    12. Jun 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Sports Legend Revealed: Did the Governor of Colorado lose Pikes Peak in a football bet?

    The Fabulous Forum
    FOOTBALL LEGEND: The Governor of Colorado lost Pikes Peak to Texas in a football bet. Bets between politicians are a common tradition in the world of professional sports. Just this past year, before the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series......
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