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Strategies for another kind of gun control
Los Angeles TimesSupporters of a measure that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases decried the bill's death in the Senate last month. But was the defeat really such a bad thing? Had it passed, the new law would have been hailed as a historic...Tags: Laws, Garry McCarthy, Firearms, Politics, Culture
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English and thermodynamics
The Baltimore SunAs a journalist, I gravitate toward the lurid. That's just how we roll. If some post-adolescent crank tries to set up a "white student union" at Towson University, he is guaranteed ink. If some crackpot explains that George W. Bush was behind the...Tags: Literature, Science and Technology, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, Arts and Culture
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Rahall off and running to seek his 20th term
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Nick Rahall landed his first term in Congress the same year Jimmy Carter won a four-year lease on the White House. Carter soon fell in disfavor with American voters and served only one term as president, but Rahall has kept his job in the House of...Tags: Firearms, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senate, Metal and Mineral
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Medicaid has mixed record on improving health for poor, study says
WASHINGTON — As state leaders debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs next year under President Obama’s healthcare law, new research suggests the government insurance plan for the poor has only a mixed record of improving health....
Tags: Medicaid, Poverty, Personal Income, Research, Diabetes
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LETTER: Blame Clinton, Not Bush
In the letter "Revisionist History: Bush Kept us Safe" [April 30], writer Marlo Hasz wrongly takes issue with columnist Charles Krauthammer, saying he "manipulated facts to save (George Bush) a disgraced political icon," in regard to 9/11. Actually it was...Tags: FBI, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Military
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LETTER: Should Criticize Obama As Well As Bush
In the column "Library Celebrates Nice Man, Lame Leader" [April 28, Opinion], writer Bill Press asserts that George W. Bush's "presidency was a disaster." Press described Bush's presidency in this fashion because he made decisions that damaged the...Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Barack Obama
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Vicente Fox to Congress: Rethink that wall
Throughout 2001, President George W. Bush and I spent time negotiating an important bilateral agreement on immigration policies and programs. We optimistically pieced together an innovative framework, and were close to reaching our goals, when the...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Globalization, Migration, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Politics, Police Investigations, Hamid Karzai, Military Equipment
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Jon Stewart on Jason Collins: Gays may not want to join this club
On Monday, Jason Collins secured his role in the history books as the first openly gay player in the NBA. Despite the perception of widespread homophobia in the world of professional sports, Collins’ coming out, via an essay in Sports Illustrated,...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Jason Collins, National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods
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Amid new security threats, some in U.S. Congress look to update 9/11 law
Reuters* Some say law stretched beyond original intent * Questions about Obama drone policy fuel talk of change * Backing from Democrats and Republicans By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - A few dozen words rushed into law days after the Sept....Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Rand Paul, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Under draft coliseum sale agreement, public access would expire in 2034
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Since Joel Coliseum opened in 1989, it has hosted concerts by Elton John, Jay-Z and Garth Brooks, among countless other recording artists. Speeches by former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama have been given there. Tennis and...Tags: Sports, Culture, College Basketball, Elton John, Barack Obama
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Edgewood Elementary will be a clean slate for West Side schools
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When the new Edgewood Elementary School opens next year, it will have a new building, new principals, new teachers -- and a clean slate when it comes to federal achievement standards. When the $22 million building opens in the...Tags: Education, Politics, Human Interest, Edgewood, Political Fundraising
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