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Congress Approval Rating Lower Than Roaches
According to a new poll, Congress’ approval rating is currently lower than that of traffic jams, much-hated rock band Nickelback and cockroaches. Americans also prefer NFL replacement refs, used car salesmen and lice to the U.S. Congress. There is...
Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Politics, Ebola hemorrhagic fever , Elections
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Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military, Hagel says
Reuters* Pentagon reeling from a series of sex-related incidents * West Point speech comes days after incident disclosed there * Obama told U.S. Naval Academy sexual assault erodes trust May 25 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a...Tags: Sexual Assault, U.S. Military, Barack Obama, Sex Crimes, West Point
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UM says it alerted AG's office about swim coach's abuse of girl
The University of Maryland says it alerted the state attorney general nearly 25 years ago that the school's head swimming coach had acknowledged sexually abusing a girl at his private club, but he was not charged until last year. Rick Curl, founder of...
Tags: Bribery, Punishment, Sports, Prosecution, Trials
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Congress Theater can sell liquor while appealing license revocation
City officials revoked the liquor license of the Congress Theater on Friday, but the Logan Square concert venue will remain open and continue selling liquor for the time being. The theater has appealed the revocation, and liquor license rules allow a...Tags: Politics, Chief Keef, Arts and Culture
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Showing the IRS some love after witch hunt
You may not have discerned this through the fog and mist of recent weeks, but the Internal Revenue Service is pretty durn good at its job. Some experts would go further. "I think they do an extraordinary job, considering that they're historically...
Tags: Jackie Speier, Taxation, Darrell E Issa, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit
ReutersPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions....Tags: Judges, Laws, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate, Mexico
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Congress should devote more time to simplifying tax code
I am continually confounded by Congress. Last week, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, was summoned to a Senate committee hearing to be raked over the coals regarding his company's tax strategy, which appears to be to minimize the payment of taxes in every legal...Tags: Tim Cook
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California lawmakers again consider legalizing sports betting
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South African court sentences rhino horn smuggler to 40 years
World NowSouth African court sentences foreign rhino horn smuggler to 40 years jail: A South African court Friday sentenced Thai national, Chumlong Lemtongthai, to 40 years jail for his part in a Laos-based rhino smuggling syndicate which managed to take dozens of... -
Castor plays politics with education
Capitol IdeasYo! The Republican thorn in the Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s side has stuck again. The latest political barbs from Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor center on the national Common Core education standards. But nearly every paragraph in... -
Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee
Pennsylvania Ave.Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to...... -
With 10 days to go, payroll tax cut deal still uncertain
Pennsylvania Ave.House Republicans' unwillingness to accept the Senate version of a payroll tax cut -- a measure that secured most Senate Republican support, including from Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey, leaves Congress with just ten days to come to an agreement or else......
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