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Sarah Palin, NRA's backward view of guns, 'politics of emotion'
It’s been kind of entertaining to see the world-class sophistry on display in Houston at the NRA’s annual convention. The message is: If you feel devastated about the slaughters of Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, instead of trying to...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, New York City, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Surveillance cameras aren't all that
Video surveillance cameras have been growing in popularity for years, but in recent weeks their advance has gotten a turbo boost. After helping to identify two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, the cameras went from occasionally desirable to...
Tags: Sports, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Crime, Law and Justice, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Clash of the talking points on bombings
Los Angeles TimesA terrorist attack is like a national Rorschach test. Everybody sees in it what they want -- usually something that proves a point they've been making all along. Even before the Tsarnaev brothers were identified as the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon...Tags: Dick Durbin, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Barack Obama, Laws
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Mormon Church OK with gay Boy Scouts proposal
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a message for the Boy Scouts of America's plan to allow gay Scouts: We're fine with it. The Mormon Church, which has historically opposed same-sex marriage, said Thursday that it supported the Scouts'...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, Abusive Behavior
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Robin Kelly wins 2nd Congressional District seat
Following Tuesday's special election victory, Democrat Robin Kelly will start a new job in Congress as the least senior member of a House dominated by Republicans. That political reality is not lost on Kelly, who said her first task is to restore...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Alexi Giannoulias, Barack Obama
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NYC tobacco policy would most curb youngest teens: researcher
New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age. Although the proposed rule...
Tags: New York City, Health and Safety at School, New York City Council, Health, University of California, Irvine
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Landing gear believed to be from 9/11 jet found near N.Y. site
NEW YORK -- A piece of a landing gear believed to be from one of the commercial jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been discovered wedged behind a building that became the site of a...
Tags: United Air Lines, Boeing Co., Accidental Death, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry
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NRA takes political aim at state gun laws
National Rifle Association President David Keene said Wednesday the organization will pursue lawsuits in two states where Democratic governors are believed to have presidential aspirations, but it might not challenge new state gun laws elsewhere. "We're...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Justice System, Trials, Laws
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Miranda rights silenced Boston bombing suspect
WASHINGTON — Federal agents had to end what they termed "an urgent public safety interview" with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev when a judge came to his hospital room, officials said Thursday, a disclosure that has renewed the...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Immigration, Police Investigations, Prosecution, Government
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L.A. Votes: Mayoral wannabes spar over ads; school races break record
With less than four weeks to go until voters head to the polls to select Los Angeles’ next mayor, the candidates are sparring about advertising. Eric Garcetti’s campaign is accusing Wendy Greuel of violating federal disclosure laws in a move...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Immigration, Eric Garcetti, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections
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Stephen Goldstein: Think NRA was winner? Not so fast
The NRA has won the battle but lost the war. The best thing that happened to gun control is its defeat in Congress. Today's losers (Obama, Democrats, the 90 percent of Americans who support sane legislation) will be tomorrow's winners. Today's winners...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Barack Obama
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LETTER: 'Bullies' Trying To Take Something Away?
The April 25 letter by Carol Bair "Need to 'Take Our Country Back'" mentions that the NRA would punish any senator or congressman who voted in favor of any gun controls. Yet, the Brady group (you know, the anti-gunners) made exactly the same vow. The...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics
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