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Outlawing abortions at 20 weeks will lead to total ban
— This week the U.S. House of Representatives voted to outlaw abortion at 20 weeks post-fertilization. That's two weeks earlier than the common measure of fetal viability, the line previously drawn by the U.S. Supreme Court. Why 20 weeks? Because,...Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Michele Bachmann, Andrew P Harris, Ann Wagner
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Editorial: Bye-bye Bernanke?
You know your job security is shaky when the chief executive announces on national television that you've stayed too long. That's especially true when the chief executive is president of the United States. President Barack Obama made his comments...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, PBS (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Janet L. Yellen
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In national broadband deal, low-power TV stations petition FCC to sell
A group of low-power television stations, including one in Chicago, is part of a high-powered deal that has a lot more to do with gobbling up potential wireless broadband spectrum than broadcasting. In fact, if all goes well, the stations will...
Tags: Auction Service, Media Industry, Telecommunication Service, Television Industry, Mako
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Congress still at odds on where astronauts should go next
WASHINGTON — Where should NASA astronauts go next? That's been the question for the past decade, when President George W. Bush ordered a since-canceled mission to return Americans to the moon. And disagreement over the answer continues to...
Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Budgets and Budgeting, Space Programs, George W. Bush, White House
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Effort to protect California egg law in House farm bill fails
WASHINGTON—Congress to California: Here’s bit of egg on your face. A bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to kill a provision in the farm bill that blocks California from requiring that eggs imported into the state come from hens who have...Tags: Justice System, Lobbying, Steve King, Humane Society of the United States, Politics
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Obama seeks further cuts to U.S., Russia nuclear arsenals
BERLIN — Despite an uphill battle both in Moscow and in Congress, President Obama vowed Wednesday to try to shrink the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, making the case for what he called a "move beyond Cold War nuclear postures" to...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Kelly Ayotte, Berlin (Germany), U.S. Department of Defense, Nuclear Policy
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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal
WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...
Tags: George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Abortion Issue, Eric Cantor
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Del. Myers: Charter home rule would allow Washington County to take care of day-to-day business
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. LeRoy Myers said that having a charter home-rule form of government would enable Washington County to take care of business day to day instead of relying on a 90-day annual session of the Maryland General Assembly. Myers, R-Washington/Allegany,...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Local Elections, National Government, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, Robert Mueller, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, FBI
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More from the front lines of veterans fighting for their benefits
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe backlog of claims and appeals by veterans seeking disability benefits is getting a lot of attention in Washington this week. The Department of Veterans Affairs went on the offensive today and announced a new online application process that it...... -
Statue of Frederick Douglass dedicated at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON — Fourteen-year-old April Greene traveled from Murfreesboro, Tenn., with her family to watch Congress dedicate a statue of her ancestor — abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, born a slave in 1818. "I'm his great-great-great-...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, 2012 Republican National Convention, Sculpture, Republican Party, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Protests rare over Blackhawks' name, logo
Just after the Chicago Blackhawks captured the Stanley Cup in 2010, hockey fan Anthony Roy created a Facebook page suggesting that the team change its logo from an Indian head, which he considers culturally insensitive, to a bird. On Tuesday, the page had...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, National Basketball Association, Symbols and Symbolism, Sports, Sculpture
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