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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of the Interior, Wildlife, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama
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A LOOK BACK
May 19, 1943: In his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan. May 20, 1969: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Ap Bia Mountain, referred to...Tags: American Cancer Society, Atlantic Ocean, John F. Kennedy
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Communication could stop a con
The South Bend piece of the Ray Holycross case has now come to an end with a guilty plea and sentencing to 18 months in jail and to pay restitution. Holycross has now been convicted of theft but the story goes much deeper than that; he was able to gain...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Judges, Prisons, Justice System
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Carl Levin, Politics, Chuck Schumer
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Hagel: It was furlough 680K or deepen readiness crisis
By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the furlough of 680,000 civilian employees for one day a week, from early July through September, to avoid taking deeper cuts in training and maintenance, which could have degraded readiness to the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Military Equipment, Career and Workplace, Politics, Government Debt
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Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: Alan Grayson, Politics, National Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy
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Column: Obama accelerates loss of trust
WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Environmental Issues, Internal Revenue Service, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Point/Counterpoint: What's impact of IRS flap on Obama term?
Will the IRS scandal negatively affect President Barack Obama's second term? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz asks political analysts in Pennsylvania and Washington. YES Lara Brown Villanova University political science professor Q: Will...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, White House, Politics
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Eric Holder, News Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice System
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Apple skirts U.S. taxes, panel finds
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc., one of the most successful and valuable companies on the planet, will be tested Tuesday when Chief Executive Tim Cook testifies about the company's controversial tax practices before a hostile Senate subcommittee. Should...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Politics, Republic of Ireland
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Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Judges, Lawyers, Justice System, Politics
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Migration, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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