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Protesting Egyptian police block Israel border crossing
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday to pressure the Cairo government to help free the men, security...Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Armed Forces, Israel, Mohamed Morsi, Politics
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Gilway: Post-session Citizens is best ever
Hurricane season doesn't officially start until next month, but Citizens Property Insurance Corp. already has weathered a series of political and public-relations storms. Still shy of his first anniversary at the helm of Citizens Property Insurance Corp....Tags: Business, Regional Authority, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Politics, Natural Disasters
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How not to run a local government
One of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor. Although not unheard of,...Tags: Safety of Citizens, U.S. Congress, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Health and Safety at Work, Economy, Business and Finance
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South Bend may allow urban hives
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- First birds, now bees. On the heels of a new backyard chicken law, Common Council member Tim Scott, D-District 2, has introduced an ordinance amending the city code as it relates to beekeeping. The ordinance, which has been referred to...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Politics, Allergies, Beekeeping, New York City
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25 years — and a surge in school violence — since Laurie Dann shootings 25 years since Laurie Dann marks escalating era of school shootings
Phil Andrew knows what it's like to negotiate with insanity. On May 20, 1988, he and his mother were in their kitchen in Winnetka when Laurie Dann burst in, a gun with each hand, and told them they were hostages. She was wearing a trash bag around her...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Health and Safety at School, Gun Control, Politics, Shootings
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Anthrax, Michael Chertoff, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Congress
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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Justice System, Sam Graves
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Trials, Carbon County, Justice System, Human Rights, Tour Operations Industry
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Mich. governor signs bill requiring 1 form for prior authorization of prescription drugs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs. Bills signed last week by Gov. Rick Snyder ask the state insurance...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Politics, Rick Snyder, Insurance, Prescription Drugs
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In Florida, a question of timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: Regional Authority, George Ryan, Illinois Governor, The Miami Herald, Death Penalty
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BoE governor King warns of euro risk to British recovery
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The single biggest risk to Britain's nascent economic recovery is continued eurozone weakness, the Bank of England's outgoing governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday. He called for a "credible medium term plan" to...Tags: United Kingdom, Politics, Executive Branch
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Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks, says Britain
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says. Before a referendum due in September 2014 on whether Scotland...Tags: United Kingdom, David Cameron, Financial Markets, European Union, Economy, Business and Finance
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