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Aaron Swartz's suicide continues to ripple through Congress
Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law. At a Washington, D.C., memorial Monday night, members of Congress and loved ones gathered to remember Swartz,...
Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Darrell E Issa, Computer Crime, U.S. Congress
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Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny Breuer to exit amid criticism, praise
WASHINGTON — Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer, who made his mark ramping up the prosecution of white-collar crime and overseeing the government’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation, announced he is soon leaving his post as one...
Tags: Political Corruption, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Darrell E Issa, Operation Fast and Furious
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Valley homeowners to cash in on foreclosure deal
About 23,000 homeowners in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties could get a piece of the $8.5 billion settlement announced this week to settle allegations that banks didn't play fair when foreclosing on homes. The settlement is the result of...Tags: Allentown, Bank of America Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Wells Fargo & Co.
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House Ethics Committee finds no violations in Countrywide VIP probe
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has found no rules violations by lawmakers and staffers who used a VIP loan program from Countrywide Financial Corp. saying the allegations of special treatment fell outside the panel's jurisdiction. The...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Values, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Kent Conrad
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Legislators to look at drug shortages
The staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center considered canceling some surgeries on a recent weekend because the hospital was running low on a common drug used to help bring people out from under anesthesia. It is the kind of problem hospitals and doctors...
Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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Lawmakers eye proposals to speed voting
Long lines that caused voters in Maryland and several other states to wait hours at polling places on Election Day are prompting a push for new laws to speed the process of casting a ballot. Lawmakers in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly say...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Crime, Law and Justice, Martin O'Malley, Personal Data Collection, Parties and Movements
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'Fast and Furious' defendant gets prison for buying guns
L.A. NOWThe first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison. Danny Cruz Morones, 24,...... -
Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, University of Michigan, Afghanistan, House Building, Solar Energy
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1st 'Fast and Furious' defendant sentenced
Los Angeles TimesSAN DIEGO - The first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison. Danny Cruz Morones, 24, of Phoenix...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Prosecution, Punishment, Firearms
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Libya reckoning
Day by day, the public is learning more about what happened in the Sept. 11 attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. There is still much confusion. But last week we gleaned two key points from a State Department briefing and a...
Tags: Religion and Belief, White House, Christopher Stevens, Libya, NBC (tv network)
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Benghazi attack: Time for an honest accounting
Despite this season's election-year politics, the Obama administration needs to acknowledge mistakes at the U.S. consulate in Libya, where four Americans were killed last month in an apparent terrorist attack, and to learn from them. That's the only way...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, Darrell E Issa, Christopher Stevens, Libya
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Libya killings: State Department breaks with Administration's movie story
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department now says it never believed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a film protest gone awry, giving congressional Republicansnew fodder for criticizing the Obama administration's...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Darrell E Issa, Movies, Christopher Stevens, Libya
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