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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Joe Manchin III, Politics, Elections, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, U.S. Congress
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Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Manchin III, Politics, Elections, Parties and Movements
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The NRA's off-target plan
Theodore Roosevelt was appalled by the lack of firearms training within the constabulary when he was appointed president of the New York City Police Department Board of Supervisors, a rank now known as police commissioner. He would, I suspect, be...
Tags: City University of New York, New York City Police Department, Theodore Roosevelt, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice
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Column: Gun laws and human nature
In 1983 when President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of missiles in Europe as part of his "peace through strength" strategy to counter the Soviet Union, the very liberal town of Takoma Park, Md., declared itself a "nuclear free zone." City...Tags: Politics, Laws, Prince George's County, Criminals, Adam Lanza
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Young singers shine at Kodaly educators conference [Lutherville]
Local elementary and middle-school students performed in the Children's Choir at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE) national conference in Hartford, Conn., March 20- 23. The students, representing Riderwood Elementary School, Dumbarton...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Elementary Schools, Music, Teachers
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Commentary: Peace, justice through tighter gun laws
Most people remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January for his birthday. We certainly do at Fairview Community Church. We always hold a special service in honor of his legacy. But remembering his birth and remembering his death are two...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Martin Luther King Jr., Good Friday, Politics, Shootings
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Assembly moved quickly to pass bevy of landmark bills
This time last year, the Maryland General Assembly was mired in anger and confusion. The House and Senate were feuding over taxes and casino gambling. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch were butting heads....
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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David Murphy of Texas Rangers moved by Sandy Hook ceremony
ARLINGTON, Texas—Texas Rangers left fielder David Murphy was part of a poignant pre-game ceremony Friday in which Robbie Parker, the father of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn.,...Tags: Sports, Baseball, Texas Rangers, David Murphy
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Ebert grew more inspirational with age
A number that jumps out from the coverage of Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert's death Thursday at age 70: 306. That's the number of movie reviews he wrote last year, according to what turned out to be the final entry on his blog Tuesday. "The most of...Tags: Barack Obama, Hoop Dreams (movie), Roger Ebert, Politics, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Plan to install panic buttons in schools clears Assembly panel
California lawmakers have moved forward with one of several bills introduced after the massacre of young students in Newtown, Conn. The measure would put panic buttons in the state’s schools. Under the legislation, proposed by Assemblymember...
Tags: Tim Donnelly, Education, Kristin Olsen, Schools, Health and Safety at School
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: New Britain, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Periodicals
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Obama back to fundraising in effort to retake House
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is fond of saying that he’s run his last campaign for public office. But the quest for cash continues even though he’ll never appear on a ballot again, as he heads to California on Wednesday for party fundraisers....
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Comedy Central (tv network), Mark Sanford
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