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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThree years after taking over Monmouth Park, the operators of the New Jersey shore thoroughbred racetrack believe the facility either will break even this year or make a profit. …
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from International Business TimesRussia’s Security Council announced it has updated its national security and information security doctrines through 2020, a move that brings the two into line with Russia's recently updated military doctrine. The updates are partly in re...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Latest NewsGATINEAU, Que. - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is capping the wholesale roaming rates charged by Bell, Rogers and Telus to smaller carriers wanting to piggyback on their wireless networks. Here are five ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday predicted an above normal wildfire season for...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Obama administration is offering rewards of up to $20 million for information leading to the whereabouts of four top leaders of the Islamic State group. … Click to Continue »
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedThe First Minister has had a good election but her latest demand for Scottish voices in the UK government smacks of arrogance, says Allan Massie
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryCLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A friend who was with Michael Brown when the 18-year-old was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer is suing the city,...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategorySAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued reprimands and suspensions of up to seven days to agents involved in detaining a...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Top StoriesThe New York Times will take another step in its effort to prioritize digital this week by shifting the time and focus of its news meetings, executive editor Dean Baquet announced in a memo to staff on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comAmericans generally tell their civil rights history along the following lines: At one time, white southerners were racist, very racist. They created laws to keep blacks in separate and inferior schools, kept them poor by relegating them ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedHe’s been relentlessly attacked by the Tories, but Ed Miliband stands tall as Labour remains in the game, writes Andrew Whitaker
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from stories: PoliticsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A measure that would block immigrants who are illegally in the U.S. from receiving money under Missouri's A+ scholarship program is headed to Gov. Jay Nixon's desk. The Missouri House gave final approval Tuesda...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics - latimes.comLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti threw his support to City Council District 4 candidate Carolyn Ramsay on Tuesday, praising her experience and judgment.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from stories: PoliticsSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A lawmaker wants to undo a portion of Illinois' concealed carry law that prevents cities from banning assault weapons. Sen. Julie Morrison says her legislation is in response to a federal appeals court ruling las...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsA UKIP candidate is suspended after being filmed apparently threatening to shoot his Conservative rival.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California officials have asked an appeals court to block a judge's order requiring the state...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers voted Tuesday to remove several thousand families from a welfare program by imposing shorter time...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryPHOENIX (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the assault on a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of the...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsThe survey also found that Republican voters were most open to considering Senator Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush for president.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from PolicyThe AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department (TTD) said Tuesday that the Senate should take up a $7.8 billion funding bill for Amtrak that was passed earlier this year by the House. Lawmakers have been focusing on a looming deadline in...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Latest NewsWINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is offering a new insurance benefit for people who lose a stay-at-home caregiver in a motor vehicle crash. Until now, there was no insurance coverage to make up for the cost of replacing a stay-at-home ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsBaltimore's police commissioner says he didn't know that six of his officers would face charges -- some including second degree murder and manslaughter -- in the death of Freddie Gray until 10 minutes before State's Attorney Marilyn Mosb...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from PolicyDemocrats are bucking President Obama on a trade bill, with 45 House members of his party already lined up against a measure that would speed global agreements through Congress, according to The Hill's Whip List. In the Senate, 13 Democr...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryMANSFIELD, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in Texas and energy producing states across the nation are rushing to stop local communities from imposing...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsHOPE, Ark. (Reuters) - Republican Mike Huckabee launched a bid for his party's 2016 presidential nomination on Tuesday, zeroing in on the plight of blue-collar American workers who have been left behind in the country's rebound from the ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostMARRAKESH, Morocco — Bill and Chelsea Clinton are convening foreign leaders here at a lush golf resort set in a palm grove this week to showcase their foundation’s charitable work. But the conference also highlights new controversies eng...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has formally launched his 2016 presidential campaign from his hometown of Hope.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsThe New York Times/CBS News Poll is based on telephone interviews conducted April 30 to May 3 with 1,027 adults throughout the United States. Of these, 868 said they were registered to vote.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsPat Lynch, five months after his rank and file publicly spurned Mayor de Blasio, says de Blasio now deserves a pat on the back.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from stories: PoliticsDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Legislation that would make it harder for two energy projects to win eminent domain rights passed another legislative hurdle in the Iowa Senate on Tuesday. The Senate Government Oversight Committee approved the bi...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostSenate Republicans celebrated on Tuesday after passing the first joint budget resolution in more than five years, but that success is just the start of the much more difficult task of funding the government.Read full article >>
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryLAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton intends to draw an early distinction with Republicans on illegal...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsCBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues talks with CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate about the background and qualifications of Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, whom President Obama nominated Tuesday to chair ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe IRS issued $5.6 billion in potentially bogus education tax credits in a single year — more than a quarter of all education credits claimed by taxpayers, a government watchdog said Tuesday. … Click to Continue »
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsU.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling out the Pentagon for "distorting the facts" in its reporting of sexual assault figures.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from UK Politics - The Huffington PostUkip has suspended a General Election candidate for "abhorrent" abuse about a rival - including racial slurs and a threat to shoot him should be ever become prime minister. The Mirror published a video of Robert Blay speaking to its inve...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedWHEN Michael Adamson was killed at work in 2005, his employer was found guilty of health and safety breaches and fined £300,000.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from stories: PoliticsThe emails of Huma Abedin, the top personal aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, are now facing a disclosure lawsuit after the State Department failed to turn them over in response to an open-records request. Judicia...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe attorney general is visiting the city after more than a week of riots and protests over the death of Freddie Gray
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget plan that prescribes deep domestic spending cuts to eliminate deficits by 2024 and aids the party's goal of trying to dismantle President Barack Obama'...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Anjali Athavaley NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. packaged food and beverage companies are facing pressure to look more closely at their costs...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Townhall's New Category(Reuters) - Nvidia Corp said it would wind down its Icera modem operations, and was open to a sale of the technology or operations. ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham likes telling jokes. We know this.On Monday night, at an AIPAC dinner in Boston, the possible 2016 presidential contender reportedly said: "Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula… Everything tha...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsThe Senate has paved the way towards passage of a Republican-backed budget blueprint that boosts defense spending while cutting $5 trillion in spending, largely on social programs, to balance in a decade.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsThe populism that only Huckabee and Donald Trump dare favor.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comHOPE, Ark. -- The crowd roared as Tony Orlando took the stage. Though not exactly an arena-filling act these days, the 71-year-old crooner was an ideal choice to open the festivities at Mike Huckabee’s 2016 presidential campaign announce...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania House neared another vote Tuesday in a yearslong campaign to reduce their own numbers, an effort that has frustrated supporters because of the demanding process required to amend the state constitu...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from BuzzFeed - Politics“Some people just seize upon things and they can’t hear anything else and they try to create a big deal about it and really that’s what [political correctness] does,” Carson said. View Video › buzzfeed-vide...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from BuzzFeed - Politics“I think for too long — and I’ll say this, this is a fairly aggressive term — but I think there are too many poverty pimps in our society.” Nati Harnik / Associated Press Scott Walker said in 2008 that the g...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from International Business TimesIt's time to ditch hedge funds. That’s the message emerging from an audit of Utah’s $32-billion public employee pension fund, which will join a growing list of retirement systems reconsidering their exposure to hedge funds and other nich...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe Clinton campaign went into overdrive Tuesday trying to minimize the damage from a new book that delves into Clinton Foundation fundraising — and it's not using the typical channels to do so.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsEven while the state was braving shock waves in the aftermath of the recent earthquake with hordes of people in Patna spending nights in the open at Gandhi Maidan, the debate was about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi had managed to ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsA Methacton School Board candidate is under fire and has lost the Republican endorsement after parents drew attention to what they said were racist and anti-Semitic posts in his name on social media.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York sparked the gay rights movement. But three years earlier, unrest in San Francisco marked the transgender community's public debut in the rights struggle.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans labored Monday to salvage bipartisan legislation granting lawmakers the right to review or even reject any agreement the Obama administration makes to ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for concession...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. - The prosecution of Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni has just begun in the George Washington Bridge saga, but the two have already made part of their legal strategy clear: Neither is stupid enough to have closed lanes at ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWilliam Wooden is a Philadelphia resident and registered voter. With two weeks until the mayoral primary election, he has no idea whom he is voting for.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsA few days before that year's Nevada caucus, among the most rancorous of primary battles of 2008, the head of Hillary Clinton's state team went to the emergency room.Robby Mook wasn't ill, but one of his field organizers-a junior staffer...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsYou don't need polls to tell you where the race for mayor stands in this first week of May.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe Democratic candidates gathered Monday at Temple University for The Next Mayor debate. Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson drew each candidate.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSProposals to allow all Irish passport holders to vote will increase electorate by 650,000
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas moved Monday to ban its own cities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas drilling activities within their boundaries - a major vict...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's far-reaching plan to address climate change would cause job losses and lead to higher electricity prices and even power outages, attorneys general from two energy-producing states said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsIf mayoral elections were determined by the heft of a candidate's resumé, Nelson A. Diaz might advance from long-shot to front-runner.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement hosted a mayoral forum attended by a group of the district’s fourth- and fifth-graders.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from All News RSS FeedHump day goes humanitarian this week with the help of the real American heroes: biscuit sandwich-crafting toques.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from All News RSS FeedMembers of the Virginia and District of Columbia delegations are urging Congress not to change the rules governing Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, citing an increasing imbalance between the region's two major airports.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Canadian government was in court Tuesday morning seeking to block the release on bail of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate while he appeals his conviction for war crimes in the United States. Omar Khadr's releas...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsLots of states have underfunded pension systems, but New Jersey's ranks near the bottom. Christie's plan to cut pension payments even further is the subject of multiple lawsuits.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsThe controversial Real Estate Bill, that seeks to regulate realty business, was on Tuesday put off indefinitely after a united opposition insisted on sending it to a Select Committee of Parliament in Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA is i...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RedState
The price of the Second Amendment,like liberty, is eternal vigilance. Having lost several fights at the Supreme Court, the anti-gun left is gearing up for yet another fight over "stand your ground" (SYG) laws. The idea behind SYG laws i... -
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUSA-SOMALIA/KERRY (UPDATE 3):UPDATE 3-U.S.' Kerry talks diplomatic ties on surprise visit to Somalia
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RIA NovostiA few months ago, French President Francois Hollande marched on the streets of Paris shouting "Je Suis Charlie," but today he is visiting Saudi Arabia that sponsors global terrorism and where Wahhabism is the official religion, Boulevard...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RedState
If you really want to understand Baltimore, you need to watch the television series The Wire. Failing that you should watch David Simon's previous Baltimore-centric series, Homicide: Life on the Streets. In both you will encounter corrup... -
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW YORK (AP) - In a deeply personal response to outbreaks of racially motivated protests, President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police fo...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedThe SNP is the party most trusted on the NHS in Scotland, according to a new poll.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLAS VEGAS (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton intends to draw an early distinction with Republicans on illegal immigration, pointing to a pathway to citizenship as an essential part of any overhaul in Congress.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RedState
The riots in Baltimore after the untimely death of small-time criminal Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore police officers has set off an interesting series of commentary. For instance, this from the Huffington Post: On the Cusp of an... -
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsHillary Clinton is expected Tuesday to lay out her plan for a path to citizenship for many who are presently in the United States illegally. Meanwhile, her campaign is ramping up its efforts to get ahead of the scandal stories involving ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from All News RSS FeedGrammy award-winning singer/songwriter -- and honorary knight! -- Sir Elton John kicks off his multi-day stand here on Capitol Hill Tuesday with an invite-only meet-and-greet over in the Capitol Visitor Center.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RedState
Alan Grayson truly is the gift that keeps on giving. The post Alan Grayson (D, FL) apparently wants to assign his House seat to his girlfriend. appeared first on RedState . -
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMike Huckabee, an unsuccessful 2008 presidential candidate, announced he is running for president once again and, in doing so, repeated some old, discredited lines on the economy, health care and tax cuts.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNew Jersey's state Supreme Court will take arguments this week on whether Gov. Chris Christie's administration - and taxpayers - should be required to make nearly $1.6 billion more in contributions to the pension funds for public workers.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama is envisioning a future of playing dominoes with retiree David Letterman.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsSALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Democrats have muscled through legislation expanding background checks to cover nearly every private firearm sale in the state.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSGroup says Yes vote would result in ‘profound changes’ to legal view of family
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsEgypt's supplies minister said on Tuesday that it has so far bought about 1.6 million tonnes of local wheat since the current season began in mid-April.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsATLANTA (AP) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is opening his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. A look at where he stands on some issues:
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey legislative committee looking into the George Washington Bridge scandal will continue its holding pattern - for now.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAs the Senate was preparing to finalize the fiscal 2016 budget resolution, both sides seem to want the spending blueprint to be an election issue next year.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvanians may soon be paying a larger monthly fee on their phone bills following state House passage on Monday of a measure designed to help counties fund their 911 emergency communications centers.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsDemocratic mayoral candidate Lynne M. Abraham made good on a pledge at Monday night's debate and released three more years of her personal tax records Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsRiyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - May 5, 2015 - Under the patronage of H.R.H Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, King Saud University and Saudi Ministry of ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedAmerican photojournalist Stanley Greene has documented conflict, violence and human disasters across the world for over 25 years. Channel 4 News asked him to capture the battle for Number 10.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from RedState
This week the Senate will follow the House in passing a federal budget that presents a remarkable contrast in governing ability and philosophy between Republicans and Democrats. When Democrats ran one or both houses of Congress, they fai... -
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsRepublican Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor and unabashed culture warrior, enters the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday facing competition for the support of social conservatives who backed him in 2008...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsBoth houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly on Tuesday as the Opposition protested demanding a discussion on the death of a 14-year-old girl who was molested and then thrown off a bus in Punjab's Moga last week. The post Oppn cor...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsFLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he would have no problem testifying in a trial of former allies who face criminal charges for their alleged roles in politically-motivated traffic jams that caused long delays in ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe president says he's pushing for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership in part to boost "Made in the U.S.A." products around the world. So why make the pitch at Nike?
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAmos Snead is showing off his roots.
