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Whether it's the economy or the Colorado shooting, the left and right view the world in predictable ways
The gulf between the American left and right continues to widen against a backdrop of high unemployment, weak growth and high octane cultural battles. I got to thinking about this growing divide in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Shootings, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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TSA Failing to Fix Security Breaches, Report Says
The Transportation Security Administration is failing to adequately report, track and fix airport security breaches, according to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.
As a result, the TSA "does not have a complete understanding" of...Tags: CNN (tv network), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
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Reactions to President's support of gay marriage
"This is a major turning point in the history of American civil rights. No American president has ever supported a major expansion of civil rights that has not ultimately been adopted by the American people." — New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg....
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Rick Santorum, Social Issues, Martin O'Malley
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Dead Dog Among Security Breaches at Newark Airport
pix11.com | @murphypixA Department of Homeland Security report released Monday revealed TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, was not funneling enough information about security breaches at Newark Airport and five, other facilities to a national operations center....Tags: FBI, National Security, Rutgers University, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Security Measures
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TSA isn't doing its job correctly according to study
Congress is scheduled to hold a hearing about a new report that says the TSA isn't doing its job correctly. The recent report by the Department of Homeland Security says that the TSA is not adequately reporting, tracking and fixing airport security...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
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Lockerbie bomber dies at age 60
CNNAbdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said. He was 60. The former intelligence officer, who had suffered from...Tags: Laws, Libya, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Prostate Cancer
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Watchdog Update: Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants
Chicago Tribune reportersIn New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for tougher federal regulation of the chemicals. And in Washington...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Health and Medical Professionals, Dick Durbin
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Relabeled Roll-Your-Own-Tobacco Costing Feds, States $1.3 Billion in Lost Revenues
The Hartford CourantTobacco manufacturers that re-label roll-your-own cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco are cheating federal and state authorities out of an estimated $1.3 billion in lost state and federal tax revenues, according to a report released Wednesday by the Centers...Tags: Tom Harkin, Tobacco Products, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richard Blumenthal, Dick Durbin
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Hold chemical companies to account
Last month, we read a powerful story about just how far one industry would go to protect its bottom line. In a four-part exposé in the Chicago Tribune titled "Playing with Fire," we learned how big chemical companies — on a mission to sell more...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Lobbying, Cancer, Chemical Industry, Politics
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Suddenly, a fun Repubilcan candidate
The complaint that Iowa is not a typical American state is true but trivial because there is no such state. Can you name one whose political culture, closely considered, is more like than unlike any other state’s? Anyway, someplace has to go first,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, William F. Buckley, Rick Santorum
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Parties and Movements, Taliban, Barbara A. Mikulski, Patrick Leahy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. prepares for 9/11 National Moment of Remembrance
Tribune reporterAt noon on Sept. 11, Chicago will join other cities across the nation in marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. senators from Illinois said today. Bells will ring and sirens will sound as people pause for a minute of reflection, Sen....Tags: Soldier Field, National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Human Interest
Aug 4, 2012
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May 20, 2012
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Mar 7, 2012
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Aug 25, 2011
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