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Amtrak crash limits service between New York and Boston
Amtrak service between New York and Boston was limited Saturday as investigators gathered evidence from Friday's collision between two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains in. The crash involving about 700 passengers in Bridgeport, Conn., injured...Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Accidents, Metro-North Railroad, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Transportation Accidents
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Gun background check vote undemocratic
A recent letter writer said Congress has "guts" for having the will to override the sentiments of the "overwhelming" majority of Americans who, by his own admission, favor tighter gun controls. I wouldn't say that's gutsy; I'd say it's undemocratic....Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of...Tags: The Washington Post, Social Issues, Abortion, Demerol (drug), Kermit Gosnell
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President Obama says the Syrian regime is more interested in holding on to power than in the welfare of its people. Funny, I think the same thing about Obama and the Democrats. To those who think people on Social Security are relying on so-called big-...Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Hillary Clinton, Social Security, Rick Scott
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Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge
Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...
Tags: Jackie Speier, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Abusive Behavior
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Margaret Carlson: Republicans smell blood, but may take it too far
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio,...Tags: Robert Gates, George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio
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Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...Tags: George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Woodrow Wilson, White House, John Kerry
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Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges
WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...
Tags: Thomas E Price, Internal Revenue Service, Elections, White House, Tea Party Movement
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Lawmakers ask Google's Larry Page to address Glass privacy issues
SAN FRANCISCO -- Months before the futuristic glasses become publicly available, Google Glass is already getting scrutiny from Capitol Hill. Eight members of Congress on Thursday sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Larry Page to ask what his company...Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, ABC (tv network), Google Inc., Twitter, Inc.
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Baltimore's investments in job creation
A strong and sustainable 21st century economy can only be built from the bottom up. And today, as President Barack Obama visits Baltimore, it is this fact that will drive us to join with him to renew a call for Congress to focus on common-sense...
Tags: Barack Obama, Baltimore Red Line, Science, Baltimore City Community College, Employment
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Richard Nixon, Internal Revenue Service, White House, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: Energy Resources, American Petroleum, Natural Gas, Land Resources, Lobbying
May 18, 2013
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