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Hyatt Regency Chesapeake dips into reserves to pay debt
The state-owned Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay resort in Cambridge continues to deplete a reserve fund to cover its semiannual debt payments because it is not making enough money. The state withdrew $2 million from the reserve June 1, cutting the fund's...
Tags: Loans, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Debt Market, Travel, Bonds
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Bill Daley to explore run for Illinois governor
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn. The move allows Daley to start raising money and not let the summer slip...
Tags: Trade Agreements, Bill Clinton, Politics, U.S. Senate, Taxation
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National security: Partisan flip-flopping on surveillance
Government surveillance might be able to ignite the common ire of principled foes (e.g. Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul), but when it comes to the rest of the party, political preference seems to matter a great deal. Look no further than the new Washington...Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Politics, Government, National Security
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Selective memory on judicial nominations
The Sun has developed a bad case of selective memory when it comes to judicial nominations ("Judicial profiling," June 5). When President George W. Bush nominated candidates for judgeships during the years that Republicans controlled the Senate, the...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Harry Reid, Elections, Barack Obama
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U.S. spy chief strongly defends surveillance, calls it legal
Reuters* Clapper says surveillance project not aimed at U.S. citizens * Fact sheet reveals details of highly classified program By Timothy Gardner and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official launched an aggressive...Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Politics, U.S. Congress, PRISM (surveillance program)
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6/12/2013-Business As Unusual
I suspect all the governors in America would like to lure Connecticut businesses to their states. We've got some of the biggest, most successful companies ever conceived by businessmankind. And, we have the smartest, most skilled, motivated workforce in...
Tags: Rick Perry, Executive Branch, Politics, NPR, Tobacco Products
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Editorial: Surveillance in the war on terror
The disclosure of the federal government's hugely expansive monitoring of phone calls and online communications as part of its fight against terror came as a surprise even to people who pay attention to these things. It's amazing, in fact, that any...
Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Stay calm and let the NSA carry on
After 9/11, there was a widespread expectation of many more terrorist attacks on the United States. So far that hasn't happened. We haven't escaped entirely unscathed (see Boston Marathon, bombing of), but on the whole we have been a lot safer than most...Tags: National Security Agency, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress
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As Texas Plans A Connecticut Raid, Smugness Won't Work For Rick Perry
The Hartford CourantGovernors visit businesses in other states all the time, usually in low-key meetings that aren't publicized. But that's not how they roll in Texas, and Gov. Rick Perry is letting everyone know he's on his way to New York and Connecticut next week to...Tags: Connecticut Economic Development, Politics, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, Interior Policy
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Editorial: The NSA leaks and national security
After the leaks that revealed the surprising ways in which the National Security Agency is monitoring the communications of Americans as well as people abroad, President Barack Obama addressed the ensuing uproar: "I welcome this debate and I think it's...
Tags: National Government, National Security Agency, Michael Mukasey, Politics, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Conservative economists back Jason Furman for key White House post
WASHINGTON -- A group of 11 conservative economists are publicly backing Jason Furman's nomination to head the White House Council of Economic Advisers. "Although we often disagree with the administration’s policies and differ with Jason on a...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Politics, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Alan Krueger
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OUR HEALTH: Angel of Mercy for D-Day Injured
Most people who work in healthcare are heroes in their own right, but some exhibit a special kind of heroism. Some practice their craft under horrid circumstances, even under the threat of gunfire from an armed enemy army, and a few of those are honored...
Tags: Nursing, Memorial Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army
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