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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Washington, DC, Tim Cook, Republic of Ireland, Carl Levin
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Pence, Schumer on right side of press issue
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: Civil Rights, The Associated Press, Government, Media Industry, Justice and Rights
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: Greenpeace, Yemen, The Associated Press, Internal Revenue Service, Media Industry
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: Justice System, Carl Levin, Saxby Chambliss, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate
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10 Things to know for today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. DIGGING OUT FROM OKLAHOMA TORNADO Rescuers are nearly finished searching for victims, but most Moore residents are just starting to find out...Tags: Witnesses, Prosecution, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: Sherrod Brown, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Washington, DC
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Energy Saving, Global Change, Global Warming, Weather, Alternative Energy
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Justice lacking in immigration system
The Jewish story is one of migration. Our American Jewish story is one of receiving safe refuge on this nation's shores. From our seminal Exodus saga to our waves of aliyah to the land of Israel, we are a people who know the feeling of being expelled...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice and Rights
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L.A. Salsa Congress gives bachata room to dance
Salsa dancers know that it's crucial to have a partner with good rhythmic chemistry. The same could be said of salsa music, a flamboyant genre that can be picky about sharing the floor with others. So it's noteworthy that at the 15th annual L.A. Salsa...
Tags: Aventura (music group), Colombia, Artists, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture
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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Civil Rights, Criminals, Misdemeanors, Illegal Immigrants, Justice and Rights
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Fed's Dudley says decision on stimulus pullback still months away
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday that a decision on reducing the central bank's unprecedented economic stimulus efforts still is three to four months away as policymakers first must determine if the recovery is strong...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Jamie Dimon, Central Bank
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Eventful week for Hesburgh
SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh will celebrate his 96th birthday on Saturday, May 25. But two other occasions will precede that: Hesburgh is honored...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, John Boehner
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