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Vitter, Young Push for Ability to Fire Entergy
He wasn't shy about criticizing Entergy's response after Hurricane Isaac and now, Jefferson Parish President John Young is taking his outrage a step further. He's pushing to allow communities to essentially "fire" utility companies like Entergy. ...
Tags: Hurricane Isaac (2012), Entergy New Orleans Incorporated, Entergy Corporation, Drue Vitter
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Senate committee approves tougher chemical reporting bill
WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Chicago Tribune, Democratic Party, New Products, Environmental Politics
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Delicate D.C. dance in Secret Service sex scandal
WASHINGTON (AP)— The widening Secret Service prostitution scandal has touched off a delicate dance in Washington. People are loath to criticize an agency whose employees are trained to take a bullet for the people they protect. Members of Congress...
Tags: White House, Leon Panetta, Sex Crimes, Michelle Obama, Prostitution
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GOP blocks vote on Richard Cordray to head consumer bureau [Updated]
Money & CompanyRepublicans on Thursday blocked the Senate from voting on the nomination of Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.... -
This is a Good Reason Why We Shouldn't Drug-Test People on Welfare
The Republicans have recently been on a production marathon of awful ideas, from making college students pay interest on federal loans while in school to reducing Medicare to a coupon for private insurance to trying to get anybody but Mitt Romney to run...Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Republican Party, Drug Use, Rick Scott, Mitt Romney
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'The Big Uneasy' taps into outrage over flooding of New Orleans
![Harry Shearer says his "head exploded" 20 months ago. That's when he heard President Barack Obama, during a town hall meeting in New Orleans, refer to the flooding of the city after Hurricane Katrina as "a natural disaster."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63276943-15161834.jpg "Harry Shearer says his "head exploded\" 20 months ago. That's when he heard President Barack Obama, during a town hall meeting in New Orleans, refer to the flooding of the city after Hurricane Katrina as \"a natural disaster.\"")
Harry Shearer says his "head exploded" 20 months ago. That's when he heard President Barack Obama, during a town hall meeting in New Orleans, refer to the flooding of the city after Hurricane Katrina as "a natural disaster."
The comedian, actor, radio...Tags: Celebrities, Charles Theatre, Animation (genre), Natural Disasters, University of California, Berkeley
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Men behaving badly: Same sad story, once again
Let's roll out the list. It includes, in no particular order of sluttishness: Kwame Kilpatrick; Jesse Jackson; James McGreevey; Ted Haggard; Gary Condit; Mark Sanford; John Edwards; Bill Clinton; Newt Gingrich; Rudy Giuliani; Eliot Spitzer; Antonio...Tags: Adultery, Democracy, Gary Condit, Jesse Jackson, Testosterone
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Sex sins of mighty are old hat in literature
It didn't start with Twitter — and it won't end with Weiner.
For centuries, the theme of sexual sins committed by the powerful has been scintillating source material for the arts. In poems and plays, in novels and films and TV series, artists...Tags: John Dryden, Fraud, John Edwards, Social Issues, Anthony D. Weiner
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Why does Anthony Weiner have to resign when other sleazy politicians stay?
What New York Rep. Anthony Weiner did was disgusting and weird, and his direct lies and attempts to cover it up were inexcusable. But his resignation Thursday after pressure from fellow Democrats (including, somewhat indirectly, President Barack Obama)...Tags: Louisiana, Republican Party, Larry Craig, Bill Clinton, Anthony D. Weiner
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Rep. Weiner Announces Resignation After Sexting Scandal
KTLA NewsNEW YORK (KTLA) -- Embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner announced his resignation from Congress Thursday in the wake of a sexting and lewd photo scandal. "Today I am announcing my resignation from Congress," Weiner said amid jeers and cheers. A...Tags: Delaware, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, Democratic Party, Anthony D. Weiner
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Boehner Makes "Weiner Crack" During Commencement Speech
wpix.comHouse Speaker John Boehner couldn't resist taking a shot at Rep. Anthony Weiner during a commencement speech Sunday at Ohio State University. During the address at Ohio Stadium, Boehner made fun of his own surname being pronounced to rhyme with "honor,"...Tags: New Orleans, Larry Craig, Massachusetts, Christianity, Social Issues
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Weiner May Step Down "In A Couple Of Days": Democrats
PIX11.comBefore the week is out, Rep. Anthony Weiner could resign. That's what some Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying now. But what Congressman Weiner will say, now that he has a chance to meet with his wife for the first time in over a week, will determine...Tags: Larry Craig, Hillary Clinton, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Bill Clinton
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