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'Garden bar' creates healthy options for school children
ewood@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, one out of every three children in Missouri and Arkansas is considered overweight. Now a new grant program is helping schools provide healthier eating options for children....Tags: Healthy Diet, Government, National Government
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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Justice System, Migration, Patrick Leahy
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goldberg 05/22 TMS Original
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Interior Policy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, White House, Government, Woodrow Wilson
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Obama meets with Central Florida woman to talk immigration
WASHINGTON -- A Winter Park woman was among several advocates for immigration reform who met Tuesday with President Barack Obama at the White House. Melissa McGuire-Maniau, an Air Force veteran, shared with Obama her story about how her family...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, White House, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Looking into lawmakers' county budget allocations
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE --Gov. Rick Scott took a knife to lawmakers' $74 billion-plus budget this week, blocking some $368 million in hometown projects. But the collective response from legislative leadership was a yawn. “While many will disagree with...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Government
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Gov. Scott signs elections bill extending early voting
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott has signed an elections bill that attempts to reverse some of the restrictions the Republican-controlled Legislature put in place in 2011, including allowing more early-voting. The legislation is a response to the ridicule...Tags: Florida Elections, Voting, Government, Elections, Barack Obama
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House Leader Larry Cafero Fatally Tainted By Bribery Trial
The Hartford CourantThe just completed federal criminal trial of Robert Braddock, a fundraiser for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan's unsuccessful 2012 congressional campaign, revealed corruption at the highest levels of the General Assembly. Law enforcement...Tags: Justice System, Parties and Movements, Christopher G Donovan, Republican Party, FBI
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Florist challenges demand to provide flowers for same-sex wedding
A tempest in a flowerpot over whether a Washington state florist should have to provide bouquets to a same-sex wedding has taken a new turn with a countersuit filed by the shop owner claiming her religious freedoms gave her the right to refuse. In an...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice System, Social Issues, Trials, Same-Sex Marriage
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Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors
SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...
Tags: Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Mexico
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Apple in the hot seat: Expect tough questioning at tax hearing
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and other company officials will be in a legendary hot seat Tuesday as they try to defend the company's tax practices -- in front of Sen. Carl Levin. The veteran Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate's...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Apple Inc.
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Shell says hunt for new CEO is underway
ReutersTHE HAGUE (Reuters) - The hunt for Royal Dutch Shell's next chief executive is underway, its chairman said on Tuesday, after CEO Peter Voser made what could be his last appearance at the oil group's annual shareholder meeting. Voser announced his...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Deutsche Bank AG, Corporate Officers, Petroleum Industry, Elections
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia's Cardenas says efforts to weaken peso working
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 21 (Reuters) - Colombian pension funds bought about $700 million dollars on the spot...Tags: Interior Policy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Pension and Welfare, Colombia
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