Democrats renew press for curbs on e-cigarettes

Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape store in Chicago, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.

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New state ferries' chief sails toward reform

Washington's new ferries chief, Lynne Griffith, is plunging into reforms that aim to set the state's troubled ferry system on the right course. In making her debut comments to the Legislature, Griffith called America's largest ferry system "a marine culture that is rich with history and tradition," but critically in need of changes and strong legislative support.

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Hillary Clinton private jet use in Senate creates 2016 headaches

Hillary Clinton took more than 200 privately chartered flights at taxpayer expense during her eight years in the Senate, sometimes using the jets of corporations and major campaign donors as she racked up $225,756 in flight costs. Clinton, 67, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, reported the travel in official filings with the Senate.

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These Are the Real Reasons Mitt Romney Ought to Have Withdrawn from Running for President Again

Likely the reasons Mitt Romney decided not to run for a third time are financial - the big money just wouldn't make another bet on a serial loser. 1. In his famous slam at the 47% of Americans who depend on the government he included veterans and retirees who paid into social security in the 'moocher' category.

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Felons and the Right to Vote in Virginia: a Historical Overview

Helen A. Gibson has written a great article for the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service titled " Felons and the Right to Vote in Virginia: a Historical Overview " and I urge everyone to take a few minutes and read the article. Gibson does a great job of documenting how the state of Virginia continues to struggle with its legacy of one of the highest disenfranchisement rates in the nation and examines felon disenfranchisement and traces its history in the years following the Civil War , when a sizeable African American electorate emerged and was disenfranchised by various tactics.

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What's The Reason Behind Obama's Criticism Of The Huffington Post?

President Obama told House Democrats on Thursday to avoid reading The Huffington Post , ironically just before his own blog went up on the site. While Obama has mentioned his misgivings with HuffPost in the past, this time his criticism came in response to a question about his trade deals.

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New Hampshire things to know: Dartmouth moves forward

Dartmouth College unveiled the steps it will take to rein in bad behavior, a big snow storm pelted the state and New Hampshire lawmakers considered whether they should make it easier to carry a concealed weapon. Next week, a judge is set to hear from lawyers for a woman accused of fleeing the country with her then-8-year-old daughter a decade ago.

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Rep. Lynn Jenkins: Obama Must Protect College Savings Accounts

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, in Saturday's GOP address , called on the president to protect college savings accounts, not go through with a now-abandoned plan to raise taxes on them. The Kansas Republican introduced a bipartisan plan last week to expand the popular 529 college savings accounts, which are investment plans that encourage saving for a beneficiary's higher education expenses.

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Romney Declines a 2016 Bid

Mitt Romney's quest to reach the White House has lasted almost a decade of his life. Now at age 67, Romney has announced that this quest is at an end; he has decided against a third attempt for the White House.

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The View from My Place: Of footballs, fish and other items of importance

I learned a few things when I served in the Legislature; one of which was that people, all people, can comprehend the small things, the less important things in life. However, the bigger, more important things are sometimes a different matter.

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Protesters to McCain: Thanks for the free media attention

Protesters that Sen. John McCain called "low-life scum" during a hearing on Capitol Hill this week are thanking him for drawing media attention to their cause. "We actually think it was good for us because what would've been a demonstration that probably would have gotten no attention, like many of the demonstrations that we do, has become a much bigger issue," Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the group Code Pink, said in a HuffPost Live interview Friday.

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Gaps in GOP field present opening for Walker

Scott Walker says he sees "gaps" in the potential Republican presidential field for 2016. But is he the candidate best positioned to fill them? On one side you have the establishment candidates favored by the business class of Republicans - Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.

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Groundhog Day: Will New Obama Budget Be Dead on Arrival?

Here we go again. Groundhog Day is a particularly appropriate date for the arrival of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget request.

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A column of etc.

This Thursday's meeting at Fort Yargo State Park about the master plan for the park's future could be an important step for Barrow County. Fort Yargo is probably the most under-appreciated asset in the county.

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After Mitt: a Gop Message Of Incentives, Sound Money, And Growth

Mitt Romney showed once again that he is truly a class act. In his announcement that he will not be running for president in 2016, he stated, "I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee."

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Pilots in helium-filled balloon land in Mexico after record-setting Pacific Ocean flight

A federal judge has put the sale of Atlantic City's former Revel casino on hold while the company that ran its nightclub appeals. A federal judge has put the sale of Atlantic City's former Revel casino on hold while the company that ran its nightclub appeals.

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Mitt Romney's exit unleashes race for donors among 2016 hopefuls

Mitt Romney's exit from the presidential campaign has unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and set off a new race for the backing of donors who had remained loyal to the 2012 Republican nominee. Big dollars were said to flow immediately on Friday to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who already had won over several of Romney's past donors.

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Middle-class economics and budget are topics in Obama's weekly address

Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead? President Obama is not going to let up on his more recent populist message of focusing on the middle class, evidenced this morning by a weekly address that marks the third week in a row that he's hit this theme. This week he riffed on the budget he's going to send to Congress next week.

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Time running out for tax returns

Time is running out for thousands of people who have yet to file their tax returns as the midnight deadline looms. HM Revenue & Customs , which estimates that about 10 million self assessment tax returns will be lodged by the end of the day, has so far received more than 9.85 million returns.

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Nunnelee's cancer back, not treatable

Congressman Alan Nunnelee's cancer has returned, he is at home in Tupelo and "no further medical treatment is possible," a spokesman said Friday. "After seven months of bravely fighting brain cancer and a stroke, Congressman Alan Nunnelee was informed last Friday that a new tumor has developed and no further medical treatment is possible," said Morgan Baldwin, Nunnelee's political consultant, in a prepared statement.

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Obama: a We can afforda $74B spending increase

Despite a national debt over $18 trillion, President Obama said Saturday the nation can afford the major spending increases he'll put forward in his fiscal year 2016 budget, due out Monday. In his weekly address, Mr. Obama made the case that the federal government has the money to invest in infrastructure, education and other priorities because of shrinking deficits, though he also is calling for tax hikes on the wealthy to fund his desired $74 billion increase in spending.

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Romney's exit unleashes race for donors among 2016 hopefuls

Mitt Romney's exit from the 2016 race for president unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and has set off a new race for the b... . In this Jan. 24, 2015, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Romneya s exit unleashes race for donors among 2016 hopefuls

Big dollars were said to flow immediately on Friday to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who already had won over several of Romney's past donors. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed the support of others who were waiting on Romney to make a decision about whether to seek the White House a third time.

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(US) The EB-5 Visa Program: A Popular Real Estate Financing...

The EB-5 Visa Program has become an increasingly popular vehicle for real estate project financing in the United States. Last year, for the first time in the Program's history, the annual supply of EB-5 immigrant investor visas, which is capped at 10,000, was fully depleted.

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Teammates, fans remember Hall of Famer Ernie Banks

Fans and friends of Ernie Banks are paying tribute to the legendary Chicago Cubs slugger with a memorial service followed by a procession that will pass Wrigley Field. Hall of Famers Billy Williams, Fergie Jenkins and Lou Brock are expected to speak at the service Saturday at Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church.

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EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton's war in Libya

War is a terrible thing, as everyone who has ever been in one can testify, but war can tempt a president, and sometimes merely someone with the itch to be a president, as a way to burnish a warrior credential. The temptation of Hillary Clinton is revealed in several remarkable audio tapes recovered in Tripoli, of conversations revealing how several key members of Congress and the Pentagon stood in the way of a march to unnecessary and needless war in Libya .

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Gentlemen dona t tell ladies not to cuss

The past and possibly near-future Republican presidential candidate should know by now that just as American women have a right to vote and serve on our military's front lines, they have a right to cuss. The former Arkansas governor also should know that the GOP lost the popular vote in the 2000 and 2012 presidential elections despite winning the male vote.

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Congressmen urge Turkey to stop passage of ISIL terrorists to Europe

Senior members of the US Congress have slammed Turkey for allowing ISIL terrorists to enter the country from Iraq and Syria and travel to Europe to conduct terror attacks, Press TV reported. In interviews with BuzzFeed News, leading members of the Senate and House of Representatives warned Turkey that the country's government must take aggressive steps to stop the passage of ISIL militants to Europe.

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Just whose Internet is it? New federal rules may answer that

Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says he's keeping that question in mind as he pitches the biggest regulatory shake-up to the telecommunications industry since 1996, when people still used noisy modems and referred to the "information superhighway" as a fun way to buy books or check the weather. Wheeler has not come out with his plan yet, and might not for a few weeks.

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Not My Job: Sen. Jon Tester Gets Quizzed On Testers Of Johns

Jon Tester of Montana may be the only senator to have once been a school music teacher, and - we're guessing here - also probably the only senator who regularly travels to Washington with a 40-pound suitcase filled with meat he butchered himself.

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Does America even need Common Core?: Red/Blue America

It's early yet, but already the Common Core State Standards are becoming a major issue for the 2016 presidential campaign. Developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers in 2009, the Common Core is supposed to give states a uniform set of goals for student academic achievement and "college and career readiness."

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More than 100 cases of measles confirmed in US

More than 100 people in the United States have been confirmed as infected with measles including 91 in California, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, public health officials said Friday. The California Department of Public Health said at least 58 of the cases of the highly infectious disease in the state have been epidemiologically linked to the Disneyland cluster.

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US Congress questions plan to admit Syrian refugees

Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 5, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas WASHINGTON, Jan 29 - The Republican-led House Committee on Homeland Security is challenging an Obama administration plan to admit Syrian refugees to the United States, saying it could allow potential terrorists to sneak into the country.

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New England editorial roundup

Whether she knows it or not, Sarah Palin penned her own political obituary during the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines on Jan. 24. For 35 minutes, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate - and perennial fundraising darling for the Republican Party - meandered from one incoherent topic to another, often resorting to the playground taunts and fortune cookie wisdom that are her bread and butter. Her gems included comparing Obama to a spoiled little boy who never learned that "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" and a tangent about critics of the film American Sniper, during which she shouted "screw the left in Hollywood."

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'Gaps' in GOP field present opening for Scott Walker

Scott Walker says he sees "gaps" in the potential Republican presidential field for 2016. But is he the candidate best positioned to fill them? On one side you have the establishment candidates favored by the business class of Republicans - Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.

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Obama to House Dems: Don't Read Huffington Post

President Barack Obama on Thursday asked wary House Democrats to hold their fire while the administration negotiates several trade deals opposed by scores of liberal lawmakers. "Keep your powder a little dry," he told the Democrats assembled for an annual retreat, according to a source in the closed-door session.

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Milbank: Republicans stumbling badly in first weeks in power

'Yeah, there've been a couple of stumbles," John Boehner acknowledged Tuesday. The House speaker had spoken with dry understatement.

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Iowa farmer leads Senate panel on high legal posts

Sen. Chuck Grassley - at 81 years old - is steering the Senate Judiciary Committee into a brave new world. The Iowa Republican is the first nonlawyer to chair the panel considering the confirmation of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's choice for attorney general.

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Why U.S. Colleges Should Welcome Undocumented Immigrants

Members a coalition of Latino groups hold posters of immigrant workers and Dream Act students, outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles last year. As an undocumented immigrant who moved to California from Mexico as a child, Bianca Rodriguez expected that navigating college would be a challenge, both financially and emotionally.

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Mike Pence's very bad week

It should have been Mike Pence's strongest moment as Indiana governor - a chance to showcase his style of executive leadership on the national stage. Instead, the week turned into a calamity of Team Pence's own making.

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Atlantic Coast holds energy promise

As we all know, a serious winter storm barreled up the East Coast last week, dropping nearly 3 feet of snow in areas, cutting off power for some folks and shutting down entire cities. While the Northeast braced for a monumental blizzard, we saw the effects right here in North Carolina, with flight cancellations out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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New Pataki Email Points to 2016

Former New York Gov. George Pataki made another hint that he's planning to seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, sending an email blast touting an article in The New Yorker that names him in a discussion of Mitt Romney's decision not to run. Pataki's email focused on a quote tweeted Friday by political analyst Jeff Greenfield, who said that Romney's decision "really opens the door for George Pataki."

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AAP a 'backstabber'; Bedi will take Delhi to new heights: Modi

In a hard-hitting attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called it "backstabber" and asked Delhiites not to repeat the "mistake" of voting for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. During his over half-an-hour address at an election rally, Modi sought a clear mandate for the BJP, which fell short of majority in the 2013 polls, and asserted that his party will provide such a clean and stable government which people have "never seen" in the past, countering AAP's key election plank.

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Romney's exit unleashes race for donors among 2016 hopefuls

Mitt Romney's exit from the 2016 presidential campaign has unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and opened up a new race for the backing of donors who had remained loyal to him. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also claimed the support of others who were waiting on Romney - the GOP's 2012 presidential nominee - to make a decision about 2016.

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Saturday morning music

A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for "Barack Obama," is this a diary they'd be trying to find? Use a person's full name, without any title.

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Reps. Robin Kelly and Mike Simpson join forces on oral care for low-income Americans

Rep. Robin Kelly and Rep. Mike Simpson have teamed up to support The Action for Dental Health Act of 2015, H.R. 539, would authorize Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants to support volunteer dental projects. The American Dental Association's Action for Dental Health, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson have one thing in common and a strong bond: a desire to improve dental health and especially the dental health of underserved, low-income Americans.

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So, That Happened: The Podcast Barack Obama Does Not Want You To Hear

So, that happened: This week, we learned that President Barack Obama is really upset with our coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal . So he's not gonna like what we're about to do, which is talk about the fact that the one part of his agenda Congress might sign on to is the trade deal every liberal hates.

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Congress Revives Gingrich-Era Law To Thwart Obama

Republicans in Congress aim to revamp an anti-regulatory law from the Newt Gingrich era in an effort to paralyze new financial, environmental and labor rules with a never-ending string of court challenges. Next week, the House will consider a bill to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which then-Speaker Gingrich shepherded through Congress.

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Modi's Fresh Salvo on Kejriwal, Calls AAP 'Backstabber'

In a hard-hitting attack on AAP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called it "backstabber" and asked Delhiites not to repeat the "mistake" of voting for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. During his over half-an-hour address at an election rally, Modi sought a clear mandate for the BJP, which fell short of majority in the 2013 polls, and asserted that his party will provide such a clean and stable government which people have "never seen" in the past, countering AAP's key election plank.

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Immigration Advocates Try To Assuage Fears Over Executive Action

As undocumented immigrants prepare to apply for President Barack Obama's new deportation relief programs, they're also facing a barrage of concerning news. House Republicans voted to end the policies.

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Senate approves Keystone pipeline; Obama promises veto

The U.S. Senate passed a bill approving construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama, who has promised to veto the measure. Thursday's vote culminated six years of intense debate over the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, designed to ship Canadian oil sands crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Mitt Romney to update supporters on 2016 presidential plans

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits with diners at Little Dooey, a barbecue restaurant in Starkville, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Romney hasn't officially declared himself a presidential candidate again, but the 2012 Republican nominee looked and sounded like one during the stop in Mississippi.

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U.S. drone strategy in trouble as Yemeni al Qaeda gathers support

Schoolboy Mohammed Taeiman died this week on a remote Yemeni road, a casualty of a U.S. drone campaign against the local branch of al Qaeda that seems to be sliding into disarray. The sixth-grader's death as he returned home with a family friend aroused the kind of anger that has long helped Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to recruit fighters.

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Mitt Romney to brief supporters on 2016 plans

Mitt Romney to brief supporters on 2016 plans Mitt Romney is planning a conference call with supporters at 11 a.m. ET. Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://usat.ly/1CGXFh3 WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is scheduled to update supporters Friday on his plans for the 2016 presidential race, three weeks after surprising Republicans with his desire to seek the White House again.

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US Congress questions plan to admit Syrian refugees

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Mitt Romney's plans for 2016 campaign

In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. Closing in on a decision about whether to again run for president, Mitt Romney is finding that several past major fundraisers and donors in key states have defected to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

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Jeremy Bird, working for Israeli campaign outfit V15, shown at Ted Talk, May 20, 2014.

Jeremy Bird, the Team Obama community organizing campaign wizard, has come far from his early midwestern roots. He is currently ensconced in a tiny office in Tel Aviv, working to defeat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming March elections through the V15 campaign vehicle of the Peaceworks Network Foundation.

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Everyone will play in Iowa

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report posits that in Iowa, since "establishment folks" like Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney or Chris Christie cannot "out-Evangelical or out-conservative Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson or Rick Santorum," they might skip the caucuses. She argues: "In fact, the pressure is going to be much [more] significant for Huckabee or Santorum to do well here than for Christie or Bush.

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EPA chief hopes pope will spur concern on climate change

Pope Francis delivers his blessing while praying at a statue of Mary overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome on Dec. 8, 2014, during the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Photo by Paul Haring, courtesy of Catholic News Service ROME The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday , she hoped Pope Francis' upcoming message to his flock on the environment would help galvanize concern about climate change and convince skeptics that "the science is real."

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The Campaign Spot

To be clear: I don't know what @MittRomney will say this morning, but every talk I've had w/ Mitt World leads me to believe he will run While it's conceivably possible Romney would gather his closest friends in one call, and then his top donors in another call scheduled later, just to say, "hey, I'm not runninga ", he could declare that any way he likes, and owouldn't need all this dramatic build-up. Then there's this news from yesterday: David Kochel, a former adviser to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and a longtime Republican strategist, is joining Jeb Bush's political action committee.

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Romney scheduled to return to Janesville

The business group Forward Janesville says Romney will keynote its annual dinner on April 7 in Janesville, hometown of his former running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. The last time Romney was in Janesville was June of 2012.

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Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings

Concurrently, A.M. B... )--ALBION COMMUNITY POWER plc Notice of General Meeting, Creation of a New Class of I Shares, Approval of Rule 9 Waivers, and Approval of Transaction Agreement... )--Today, the Biotechnology Industry Organization expressed serious concern with the Medical Innovation Act introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren . The legisl... )--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2015 Global Agrochemical Companies M&A, Joint Ve... )--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2015 Global HIV/AIDS Diagnostics Market: Growth Oppo... )--Fitch Ratings has affirmed all classes of German American Capital Corp.'s COMM 2012-LC4 commercial mortgage pass-through certificates.

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Is Rep. Mark Meadows open to federal workers?

As the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on government operations, the North Carolina Republican is in a key position to affect federal workplace and employee issues. While his right-wing credentials shine, he appears more open to the concerns of federal government workers than his terrible federal union ratings would indicate.

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Senate Passes Keystone Bill

The Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many battles with the White House over energy and the environment. The 62-36 vote advanced a top priority of the newly empowered GOP, and marked the first time the Senate passed a bill authorizing the pipeline, despite numerous attempts to force President Barack Obama's hand on the issue.

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Johnson 'yes', Baldwin 'no' on Keystone Pipeline

UNDATED Wisconsin's two U-S senators remain split on allowing the Keystone X-L oil pipeline, after the Senate approved it yesterday 62-to-36. Republican Ron Johnson voted with the majority, saying the pipeline would deliver new sources of domestic oil which have resulted in lower energy prices and an improved economy.

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Tim Walberg column: Congress keeping busy despite numerous veto threats from President Obama

The new Congress is less than one month old, and President Obama has already issued eight veto threats, including before some legislation even received an up or down vote. That number represents the most threats to start a new Congress since 1985 when the practice of issuing formal veto threats began.

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Mitt Romney to update supporters on plans for 2016 campaign

In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. Closing in on a decision about whether to again run for president, Mitt Romney is finding that several past major fundraisers and donors in key states have defected to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

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Obama Mocks Republican Party: 'Starting To Sound Pretty Democratic'

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Shrapnel-Shooting Airbags May Have Claimed First Houston Victim

Last year, when the New York Times started to break stories about airbags were exploding in cars, sending metal and plastic shrapnel into drivers that made them look like stabbing victims, the issue was particularly concerning to anyone living along the Gulf Coast. As the recalls began to mushroom -- in the United States alone, ten automakers have now recalled some 12 million vehicles that carry faulty airbag inflators from the Japanese company Takata -- the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began to issue targeted notices to humid regions in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana.

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Secretary of State Kerry fined for not shoveling by Boston home

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was slapped with a $50 fine for failing to have a side street adjoining his Boston home shoveled following the blizzard that dropped more than 2 feet of snow on Massachusetts this week, a spokesman said on Friday. The fine was issued on Thursday after a snow-removal company hired by Kerry and his neighbors in the city's historic Beacon Hill neighborhood saw yellow tape blocking the sidewalk alongside the home and thought it was related to security for the top U.S. diplomat.

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Sanders' Focus Not Clinton, But Whether 2016 Run Could Mobilize the Masses

Ahead of upcoming trips to both New Hampshire and Iowa, Sen. Bernie Sanders is talking again this week about his possible plans to run for president in 2016 and made it clear that although his platform would center around propping up the nation's working class while undoing the damage being wrought by the nation's oligarchy, he will not shy away from putting pressure on Hillary Clinton, currently and widely seen as the presumptive Democratic nominee. "We're going to need bold leadership, we're going to need people prepared to take on, frankly, the billionaire class."

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Mitt Romney to brief supporters on 2016 plans

Mitt Romney to brief supporters on 2016 plans Mitt Romney is planning a conference call with supporters at 11 a.m. ET. Check out this story on KHOU.com: http://usat.ly/1CGXFh3 WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is scheduled to update supporters Friday on his plans for the 2016 presidential race, three weeks after surprising Republicans with his desire to seek the White House again.

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Do foreign trade deals help or hurt U.S. workers? Obama and Congress locked in debate

Shortly before President Barack Obama urged Congress in his State of the Union address to help expand United States exports, an Ohioan in Congress joined her Democratic colleagues to decry the harm, she said, that foreign trade deals wreaked on Ohio and the nation. "Since NAFTA passed -- this is an incredible figure -- the United States has racked up $9.5 trillion in trade deficits, and a loss of 47,500,000 outsourced jobs," Rep. Marcy Kaptur said at a Capitol Hill news conference .

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Obama Wants to Boost Spending, End Sequester

Obama's plan, which he outlined to House Democrats at their annual retreat in Philadelphia Thursday, would end sequestration, the automatic across-the-board spending cuts affecting both defense and domestic programs for nearly two years. Although the sequester has sliced the federal deficit in half from its height of $1 trillion, the president feels that these spending cuts will hurt the military and have a negative impact on the economy, which has been growing steadily after years of stagnation.

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SEC alleges Navistar withholding documents in fraud investigation

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court to force Navistar to release documents it believes the company "improperly redacted and withheld as privileged" in response to a fraud investigation. The value of Navistar CEO Troy Clarke's compensation package fell by more than 60 percent in 2014 because the company failed to meet its performance targets, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Middle-class economics

Congress may be little more than a debating society, but the vocabulary of the debate can be important. With an economic recovery at last under way, President Barack Obama announced last week it was time to “turn the page.” Indeed, Republicans and Democrats alike seem to be reading from a new script.

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Taking Eartha s temperature

In recent years, climate skeptics have reached new extremes of denial. No longer content to dispute the science that ties human activity to climate change, some skeptics have been arguing that global warming isn't even happening.

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Romney scheduled to return to Janesville

The business group Forward Janesville says Romney will keynote its annual dinner on April 7 in Janesville, hometown of his former running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. The last time Romney was in Janesville was June of 2012.

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Possible Cure for Peanut Allergies Developed

Three jurors from the Vanderbilt University rape trial said the evidence that played the biggest role in deciding a guilty verdict was video that pr... -- On Thursday afternoon, the pilots aboard a gas balloon seeking to set records for distance and duration traveled while crossing the Pacific changed their strateg... LINCOLN, Jan. 29, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has $100 million available this year through the Conservation Stewardshi... Lincoln - Freshman Natalie Romeo's three-pointer from the corner with 1:11 left gave No.

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Jim Webb: Democrats need to focus more on 'white, working people'

If Jim Webb had his way, the Democratic Party would return to its "Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Andrew Jackson roots" and put a greater focus on "white, working people." Webb, the former Democratic senator from Virginia who is entertaining a run 2016 presidential nomination, told NPR Friday morning that his party has not focused enough on white, working class voters in the past elections.

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Mitt Romney Doesn't Think Much of Jeb Bush

Mark Halperin says Mitt Romney has held "a jaundiced view" of Jeb Bush "dating all the way back to his handling of the Terri Schiavo case, and has come to see Bush as a non-entity in the 2016 nomination contest. Romney is said to see Bush as a small-time businessman whose financial transactions would nonetheless be fodder for the Democrats and as terminally weighed down with voters across the board based on his family name.

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Wall Street for President?

America's presidential election is still nearly two years away, and few candidates have formally thrown their hats into the ring. But both Democrats and Republicans are hard at work figuring out what will appeal to voters in their parties' respective primary elections - and thinking about what will play well to the electorate as a whole in November 2016.

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CT: Derailments Revive Safety Fears on Metro North

Jan. 30--Two Metro-North derailments Wednesday evening in New York delayed commuters once again and renewed concern over the beleaguered railroad's focus on safety. No one was injured after trains left the tracks at Grand Central Terminal and White Plains, N.Y. Both derailments are under investigation by the Federal Railroad Administration.

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Senators seek to lift travel restrictions to Cuba

Floridians could simply hop on a plane and tour Cuba's Old Havana or sun on Varadero's white beaches, under a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thursday. Senators seek to lift all travel restrictions to Cuba Floridians could simply hop on a plane and tour Cuba's Old Havana or sun on Varadero's white beaches, under a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thursday.

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Emanuel, challengers face off at Sun-Times 2015 mayoral debate

The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board will meet with candidates running for mayor at 10:30 a.m. Friday, ahead of the Chicago municipal election on Feb. 24. This is the second debate Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ald. Bob Fioretti, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, William "Dock" Walls and Willie Wilson will participate in.

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Senators Rail against Process for Getting Medical Products to Market

The Best in KLAS Health IT Products for 2014 : Vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises has released its annual "Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services Report," a ranking of the best performing health I.T. vendors during 2014 in more than 100 market segments. There are several changes in hospital rankings compared with recent years.

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John Kerry fined for not shovelling snow by Boston home after blizzard

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was slapped with a $50 fine for failing to have a side street adjoining his Boston home shovelled following the blizzard that dropped more than 60 centimetres of snow on Massachusetts this week, a spokesman said on Friday. The fine was issued on Thursday after a snow-removal company hired by Kerry and his neighbours in the city's historic Beacon Hill neighborhood saw yellow tape blocking the sidewalk alongside the home and thought it was related to security for the top U.S. diplomat.

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Leahy praises FCC's redefinition of broadband

Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is praising a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to upgrade significantly the definition of broadband Internet service. The FCC voted Thursday to change the definition of broadband from a download speed of 4 megabits per second to 25 megabits per second, and upgraded the upload speed from 1 to 3 megabits per second.

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Kissinger Remains Republican Hero

There are moments when I am amazed how some people remain in the news even though a few decades have passed since they once were icons of fame. Henry Kissinger has been part of the American scene since as a twenty one year old soldier he wound up during World War II running an entire German city since as a refugee from Nazi Germany, the interrogator possessed the right language skills.

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Putin Bans Americans

I have the sad duty to report that many Americans will no longer be able to travel to Russia and enjoy the sights and sounds of Moscow. The Russian government is very upset at the Obama administration for its vicious attacks on Russians who have been carrying out the orders of their great and wise Leader.

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Political and Private Sector Leaders Gather at Google DC HQ for...

This Wednesday, January 28, 2015, leading advocates gathered at the Google DC headquarters for the launch of the All In Together first annual Strategy Forum. The non-partisan and non-profit organization has led an unprecedented following in support of empowering the female voice in issues of public policy.

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5 California Things to Know for Today

Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight arrested for investigation of murder in alleged hit-and-run; attorney says it was an accident. Attorney General Kamala Harris, a candidate to replace U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, to deliver speech on human trafficking at UCLA.

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Research finds 90 percent of home chefs contaminate food

If you're gearing up for a big Super Bowl bash, you might want to consult the best food-handling practices before preparing that feast. New research from Kansas State University finds that most home chefs drop the ball on food safety.

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Exploding air bag may have killed Texas man

There apparently has been another death caused by an exploding automobile air bag made by Takata Corp. of Japan. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said on the Senate floor Thursday that a Texas man was killed earlier this month when a Takata air bag inflated in a low-speed crash and sent a piece of shrapnel into the man's neck.

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GM won't extend deadline for ignition-switch claims despite pressure from US Senators

General Motors began accepting compensation filings for its ignition-switch recall on August 1, 2014. It will stop accepting filings on Saturday.

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Oversight chief wants Goodell to testify

The National Football League commissioner should testify before Congress about the league's tax exempt status, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Thursday night. "I do hope in the Oversight context that they will have Roger Goodell, the NFL and the other sports leagues come testify before Congress," he said on Fox News's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteran."

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Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings

The legisl... )--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2015 Global Agrochemical Companies M&A, Joint Ve... )--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2015 Global HIV/AIDS Diagnostics Market: Growth Oppo... )--Fitch Ratings has affirmed all classes of German American Capital Corp.'s COMM 2012-LC4 commercial mortgage pass-through certificates.

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BIO Expresses Concerns with Medical Innovation Act

The legislation proposes to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health by creating a new statutory scheme that would impose a fee on biopharmaceutical companies working on critical treatments and cures for patients. "While we greatly support the idea of increased funding for NIH, we have serious concerns about the impact that this legislation would have on the research and development of new treatments and cures.

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APPEARING VIA VIDEO FEED, ERIC FREIN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDERING PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE OFFICER BRYON DICKSON AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDING A SECOND STATE TROOPER OUTSIDE THEIR PIKE COUNTY BARRACKS. FREIN'S TRIAL IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MARCH, BUT HIS ATTORNEY THINKS IT WILL BE PUSHED ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2016.

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Romney scheduled to return to Janesville

The business group Forward Janesville says Romney will keynote its annual dinner on April 7 in Janesville, hometown of his former running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. The last time Romney was in Janesville was June of 2012.

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Here's what happens when other countries refuse to take back...

Here's what happens when other countries refuse to take back their criminal aliens. And here's how the GOP wants to fix it.

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Marylanda s Oa Malley headed back to New Hampshire

Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley plans to head back to New Hampshire in March as he continues to weigh a 2016 White House bid . O'Malley is scheduled to appear at the Wild Irish Breakfast in Nashua on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, and address a Democratic fundraiser in Concord the night before, O'Malley aides confirmed Thursday.

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Jaishankar takes over as foreign secretary, Congress questions change

S. Jaishankar, India's envoy to the US who was seen as having played a catalytic role in the turnaround in bilateral ties, Thursday assumed charge as India's foreign secretary. The Congress, however, questioned the government decision to curtail the tenure of his predecessor Sujatha Singh and demanded an explanation for the abrupt change.

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Yellowstone oil spills fuel arguments over Keystone line

Oil pipeline accidents have become increasingly frequent in the U.S. as Congress pushes for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline - a project that would pass near the spot where 30,000 gallons of crude spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River earlier this month. The recent spill temporarily fouled a city's water supply and became the latest in a string of accidents to highlight ongoing problems with maintenance of the nation's 61,000 miles of crude oil pipelines.

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Attorney General nominee moves closer to confirmation

Senators weigh Loretta Lynch's nomination for attorney general for a second day at a hearing certain to pile criticism on President Barack Obama and Eric Holder, the current occupant of the job. Thursday's hearing brings a roster of outside witnesses to the Senate Judiciary Committee, including several invited by Republicans to showcase opposition to Obama's use of executive powers.

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Lawmaker again takes aim at NFL tax status

Days before the Super Bowl, a Utah lawmaker is again sponsoring a bill that would punt the tax exemption for professional sports leagues. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz says the National Football League and National Hockey League are for-profit businesses that earn millions of dollars a year and should be taxed as such.

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As gas prices drop, Americans favor oil exports

Americans are more likely than ever to favor easing a ban on exporting crude oil, so long as it does not lead to higher gasoline prices that have recently sunk to near $2 a gallon, according to a new Reuters-IPSOS poll. In questions posed to more than 2,000 voting-age Americans earlier this month, around 45 percent generally agreed that oil drillers should be allowed to export domestic crude abroad, while just over 30 percent broadly disagreed.

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Fugitive treasure hunter to appear in federal court

A treasure hunter locked in a legal battle over one of the greatest undersea hauls in American history was scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday after two years on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service captured former fugitive Tommy Thompson at a Hilton hotel in West Boca Raton on Tuesday.

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Airlines prepares to add more flights from Miami International Airport to Cuba

An airline executive said Tuesday that American already operates about 20 charter flights a week to Cuba and would like to add regular flights from Miami International Airport. "We will be anxious to start serving Cuba as soon as it's legally allowed," the airline's president, Scott Kirby, said on a conference call with analysts and reporters, "but Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways have expressed interest since President Barack Obama announced last month that the U.S. would establish diplomatic relations and expand trade and tourism with Cuba.

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Kerry Butler to play Hillary Rodham Clinton in 'Clinton: The Musical' off-Broadway this spring

The Tony Award-nominated star of "Xanadu" said Thursday she will play Hillary Rodham Clinton when the irreverent show "Clinton: The Musical" lands at New World Stages. Performances begin March 25. The show explores and lampoons the Clinton presidency with appearances from actors playing Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris and Kenneth Starr.

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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating her compatriot ...

Senior army officials carry the mortal remains of Col MN Rai during his cremation at the Delhi Cantt, in New Delhi. - Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating her compatriot Madison Keys in their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.

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Low-Key, Real Life Heroism In 'March: Book Two'

Some media are custom-made for heroes. Ava DuVernay's gripping film Selma gains much of its drama from the beauty - physical and metaphysical - of David Oyelowo's portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oyelowo's incredible voice gives practically everything King says the compelling force of a sermon, and his physical presence - strangely small and economical of motion - is as unique as it is potent.

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Obama to seek to bust limits on domestic, defense spending

U.S. President Barack Obama will seek to bust through spending limits for both domestic and defense programs, the White House said Thursday, negating the effects of across-the-board cuts agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by Obama into law. The president's brazen proposal to Congress, two months after his fellow Democrats were routed in November elections, reflected the White House's newfound confidence on the economy.

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The Extinction of Pro-Life Democrats in Congress

As the nation marked the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade this month, polls show the country is more pro-life than ever.

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Senate Change You Can Actually Count

During the last two years of Democratic control of the U.S. Senate, the institution basically shut down. Democratic leader Harry Reid ignored the requirement to pass a real budget or any appropriation bills, letting the government drift on through stop-gap continuing resolutions.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims Fall to Lowest Level in 15 Years

The Super Bowl is supposed to be about fun and games, but law enforcement is planning for every possible security scenario.High-tech scanners are bei... - As the shadows grow longer in the Middle East, the deadline for a prisoner swap that could save the life of a Japanese journalist in the hands of the terror... ST. LOUIS - The American Soybean Association , along with more than 90 fellow farm and food organizations, called on representatives on... A pair of Nebraska natives return to Lincoln on Thursday as the 15th ranked Lady Huskers host Illinois.

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Kerry Butler to Join 'Clinton: The Musical' off-Broadway

The Tony Award-nominated star of "Xanadu" said Thursday she will play Hillary Rodham Clinton when the irreverent show "Clinton: The Musical" lands at New World Stages. Performances begin March 25. The show explores and lampoons the Clinton presidency with appearances from actors playing Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich , Dick Morris and Kenneth Starr.

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Romney takes aim at Obama, Clinton in Mississippi

Mitt Romney hasn't officially declared himself a presidential candidate again, but the 2012 Republican nominee looked and sounded like one during a stop Wednesday in Mississippi, back-slapping at a popular barbecue joint before delivering a speech that questioned Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's foreign policy and economic credentials.

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Loretta Lynch meets Ted Cruz.A grand old time is had by all

We'll start off the day with some video goodness for you. As previously noted, confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee to replace Eric Holder, got underway this week.

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Jeb Busha s wrong claims on oil imports

"Last year, $300 billion [in energy products] left our country to countries that either are unstable and could hate us if there was regime change, or already do hate us; $300 billion without economic activity for us empowering countries that make our foreign policy more difficult to attain." Former governor Jeb Bush, a potential candidate for president in 2016, made these remarks in the context of celebrating the energy abundance of the United States.

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As I was slumped on the sofa during 'Death in Paradise' and struggling to complete my second pint of champagne, I realised I was never going to match Sir Winston Churchill's prolific achievements. It is at moments, such as these, that you feel your life is a failure.

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Senate panel poised to vote on Iran sanctions bill, as Dems prepare to hit pause

A Senate panel could pass a bipartisan Iran sanctions bill as soon as Thursday -- but even if approved, the measure is likely to gather dust for at least two months after Democratic backers agreed to give the Obama administration more time to reach a nuclear deal. Legislation before the Senate banking committee would impose additional sanctions on Iran if international negotiators fail to reach a deal on the country's nuclear program by June 30. Sponsors of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015 have argued the measure is necessary to keep pressure on Tehran as well as ensure that Congress has a say on any final agreement.

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Obama seeking to 'fully reverse' sequester cuts in budget plan

Jan. 28, 2015: President Obama, speaks during the farewell tribute in honor of outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, at Fort Myer-Henderson Hall in Fort Myer, Va. President Obama will push to "fully reverse" the so-called sequester cuts as part of his upcoming budget plan, a proposal likely to anger fiscal conservatives who want to see spending limits in place.

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Congressman Jeffries to give State of the District

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is giving his second annual State of the District address tonight. (January 29, 2015 8:56 AM)

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Fugitive treasure hunter from Defiance nabbed in Florida after 2-year hunt

A treasure hunter locked in a legal battle over one of the greatest undersea hauls in American history has been arrested in Florida after more than two years on the lam, authorities said Wednesday.

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New York Times just a fancy gossip paper? Death of journalism?

The New York Times holds itself out as the nation's lead newspaper. People read it.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley explains how he mows his lawn, a 100 inches at a timea

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants everyone to know that he cuts his own lawn. And for those who haven't seen his campaign commercial, Grassley points out the very impressive setup he uses.

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Lynch moves closer to confirmation as attorney general

Senators weigh Loretta Lynch's nomination for attorney general for a second day at a hearing certain to pile criticism on President Barack Obama and Eric Holder, the current occupant of the job. Thursday's hearing brings a roster of outside witnesses to the Senate Judiciary Committee, including several invited by Republicans to showcase opposition to Obama's use of executive powers.

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Kerry Butler to join 'Clinton: The Musical' off-Broadway

The Tony Award-nominated star of "Xanadu" said Thursday she will play Hillary Rodham Clinton when the irreverent show "Clinton: The Musical" lands at New World Stages. Performances begin March 26. The show explores and lampoons the Clinton presidency with appearances from actors playing Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris and Kenneth Starr.

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Hollywood Actress Reveals That She Doesn't Believe in God:...

Actress Julianne Moore revealed in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter that she doesn't believe in God and feels that - despite having some luck - she has "created [her] own life." Moore, 54, said that her mother's death back in 2009 led to her current theological standing, explaining that she believes humans impose structure on the world in an effort to make sense of it all.

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Census Says One in Five U.S. Children Using Food Stamps

The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that 16 million children living in America received food stamps in 2014, or about one out of every five kids. Census said that number is up dramatically from 2007, before the Great Recession, when 9 million kids were receiving food stamps, or about one in eight.

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Can't Contain Excitement...

Political commentator Rachel Maddow was like a kid in a candy store during her " Late Show with David Letterman " appearance Wednesday night. Upon Letterman's first mention of the 2016 presidential election, Maddow immediately did an impersonation of a happy panting dog in order to illustrate her enthusiasm for the subject.

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'My Position Has Evolved': Congressman Was Once Pro-Life...

Congressman Tim Ryan always saw himself as pro-life, but the Ohio Democrat revealed this week that, after a long period of reflection, he has changed his mind on one of the nation's most contentious political issues. Ryan detailed his journey toward embracing abortion rights for women in an op-ed published Tuesday by the Akron Beacon Journal, explaining that there "many factors involved when a woman decides to end a pregnancy" and that his perspective, after encountering and learning of these circumstances, has "evolved."

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American-Made Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Get ready for Valentine's Day with these exceptional American-made products from the world's finest collection of small businesses that are working every day to earn your trust. If you're looking for unique jewelry that's beautifully handcrafted in America by a skilled artisan, consider the " Hot Pink Love " set from Heritage Jewelry, available for a limited time at 40 percent off the retail price.

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US Senate rejects amendment on lesser prairie chicken

The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment by Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas that would have removed the lesser prairie chicken from the federal government's threatened species act. The Kansas City Star reports Moran's amendment to a bill intended to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline fell short of the 60 votes needed to be added to the measure.

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Attorney General nominee moves closer to confirmation

Challenged by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch defends President Barack Obama's decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation though they live in the country illegally but she said they have no right to citizenship under the law, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 during her confirmation hearing before the committee. Lynch made her remarks in the opening moments of a hearing into her appointment as the nation's first black female attorney general.

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Indiana this week became the 28th state to expand Medicaid under Obama's health care law

Walker said Wednesday that he still believes his decision not to take the money, but instead limit income qualifications for Medicaid while expanding coverage to childless adults who were on a waiting list was the best approach. Indiana this week became the 28th state to expand Medicaid under Obama's health care law, and the 10th state to do so with a Republican governor.

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Agribusiness Report Jan. 29

The sustainable Iowa land trust or silt launched in Des Moines, with a goal of keeping more of Iowa's land in local food production. The idea behind silt is for landowners to donate their own acres to the trust, which will then keep it working to produce fruits, vegetables, and even livestock on a local scale.

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The Political Correctness Cure

Several years ago, deep in the trenches of caring for a new baby - sleepless nights, epic spit-ups, and various mysterious and terrifying diaper change episodes - I called a friend for moral support. She, too, had a young baby.

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Can Black-Brown Unity Defeat Rahm?

Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia faces in his bid to unseat Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this February, the most formidable for the lone Latino in the race is attracting the support of the city's black electorate.

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Obama to seek to bust limits on domestic, defense spending

President Barack Obama will seek to bust through spending limits for both domestic and defense programs, the White House said Thursday, negating the effects of across-the-board cuts agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by Obama into law. Obama's budget proposal to Congress will "fully reverse" the so-called sequestration cuts on the domestic side, while boosting national security programs by an equal amount, the White House said, as Obama prepared to meet with House Democrats at their annual retreat in Philadelphia.

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Big Republican Field Unfazed by Hillary Clinton

The bumper crop of 2016 GOP hopefuls, bustling and seemingly growing by the day, reflects several realities: No prohibitive front-runner in the party; an eagerness to reclaim the White House after eight years of Democratic control ; the availability of hundreds of millions of dollars from big donors; and the presence of a group of fresh faces thrust into prominence by Republican successes in the last three congressional elections.

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Fugitive Treasure Hunter To Appear In Florida Federal Court

A treasure hunter locked in a legal battle over one of the greatest undersea hauls in American history was scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday after two years on the run.

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Wahhabism, western double standards behind ISIL's rise: HRW

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch , has said that Wahhabism and western "double standards" were behind the meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and other militant groups in the region in 2014. "Saudi Wahhabisma has been the principle ideology that has led to groups like [ISIL]," Roth said in a Thursday interview with The Anadolu Agency, referring to the group that captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria last summer.

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The Great Republican Overreach

While Republicans bask in the glory of their victories in 2014 and continue their hyperpartisan onslaught in the new Congress, some early numbers should keep GOP strategists awake at night. According to a recent ABC/Washington Post poll, Hillary Clinton would defeat Jeb Bush in 2016 by 13 percentage points.

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Judge refuses to allow Renzi to remain free pending appeal

A federal judge in Tucson is refusing to allow former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi to put off serving his prison sentence in a corruption case. U.S. District Judge David Bury this week denied a motion by Renzi to grant bail to Renzi pending the filing of a planned appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Former Congressman Wolf's Chief of Staff Joins Ogilvy Washington

Dan Scandling worked in Congress for the past 20 years; will now work with clients to increase their media profile in Washington, DC. Longtime Capitol Hill Chief of Staff and Press Secretary Dan Scandling has joined Ogilvy Washington as Senior Vice President for Corporate and Public Affairs, according to a news release from Ogilvy.

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Keystone XL need mulled in shale era

Pipelines to the Canadian coasts, not necessarily Keystone XL, will diversify an export economy dependent on U.S. markets, a Canadian energy scholar said. Canada exports nearly all of its oil to the United States, which is relying less on foreign oil because of the increase in shale oil output.

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AG Nominee Lynch Deflects Cruz Missile

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, one of President Obama's most vocal critics, asked Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch for the third time: did she agree with Obama's executive order deferring deportation of undocumented immigrants? "Senator, I've told you that I did find the analysis to be reasonable, I did find it to recognize the issues, and it did seem to provide a reasonable basis," Lynch responded. The two were calm and polite throughout the exchange Wednesday, but it was one of the more contentious moments at the first Cabinet-level confirmation hearing under the new Republican-controlled Senate.

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What if No one Wins the GOP Nomination?

Normally, I dread commenting on presidential nomination contests. But as much as I might like to return to the days of short presidential nomination processes , the reality is that the year-long nomination process is here to stay, and it is time to start writing on it.

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Obama: Netanyahu meeting before Israel election 'inappropriate' - CNN interview

U.S. President Barack Obama said he declined to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli leader's visit to the United States in March because it would be "inappropriate" two weeks before an election in that country. Netanyahu's trip has become a diplomatic sore point with political overtones on both sides.

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Car industry heads lobby to drop tariffs between EU, U.S.

The heads of German car companies including BMW , Daimler and Audi lobbied politicians on Wednesday to reach a trade deal that could see tariffs dropped between the United States and the European Union. BMW boss Norbert Reithofer said around 40 percent of all cars produced are sold in Europe and the United States.

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Iranian MPs threat US with canceling Geneva nuclear deal

By Umid Niayesh - Trend: At least 80 Iranian MPs have signed a bill that will oblige the administration to cancel the Geneva nuclear deal, if the US Congress imposes new sanctions against Iran. Spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran's Parliament, Hossein Naghavi Hosseini said that the bill is not presented yet to the parliament's presiding board, the official IRNA news agency reported Jan. 28. He said that according to the bill if the US side takes new steps to impose sanctions, Iran would cancel the Geneva nuclear deal and resume its suspended nuclear activities.

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Obama Walks Back Proposed Tax on College Savings Plans

The White House balked on a proposed tax on college savings plans, known as 529s, Tuesday after bipartisan criticism over the proposal. "Given it has become such a distraction," a White House official said, "we're not going to ask Congress to pass the 529 provision so that they can instead focus on delivering a larger package of education tax relief that has bipartisan support."

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Marco Rubio, resurrected

This time two years ago, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stood in a studio, posing for a Time magazine cover declaring him "The Republican Savior." The first-term senator from Miami was enjoying golden status in the party, with exciting rumors of a President Rubio in the near future.

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Bill in House would grant war powersto fight Islamic State militants

The top Democrat on the House intelligence panel is introducing a bill to authorize President Barack ObamaA s war against the Islamic State group. Congressman Adam Schiff of California says he wants to spark debate in Congress over a new authorization to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and says lawmakers shouldnA t wait to see if the White House will send over its own proposal.

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Obama to Open Controversial Atlantic Region to Offshore Drilling

A mere day after the Interior Department announced it would permanently block drilling in much of the Arctic Refuge by designating it as wilderness, it proposed allowing drilling in the Gulf, along Atlantic coast, and surprisingly, offshore Alaska. The regions that drew the most attention were off the mid and south-Atlantic seaboard, as they are considered the most controversial.

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Obamas barb on religious freedom aimed at missionaries and Islamic clerics thinks VHP

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad was not perturbed with Barack Obama's prod to uphold religious freedom. It said on Wednesday US President's sharp parting shot was aimed at Christian missionaries and Islamic clerics.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pours tea for US President Barack Obama during their talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs visiting US President Barack Obama as first lady Michelle Obama looks on upon their arrival at Air Force station Palam, in New Delhi.

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Tyson Foods to create 500 jobs at Georgia poultry plant

Tyson Foods Inc. is making major improvements to its Vienna, Georgia poultry plant as part of an ongoing plan to maximize efficiencies and meet growing demand for its products. The capital improvement project, valued at more than $110 million, will bolster the future of the operation and create more than 500 jobs in Vienna.

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An IDF vehicle was attacked by an anti-tank missile on the Lebanon border on Wednesday. According to Reuters, a number of IDF soldiers were wounded in the strike.

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Shumlin to testify on transportation to US Senate panel

Shumlin says if federal funding isn't resolved by May, road, bridge and other transportation projects in Vermont and other states will be in jeopardy. Photo: Adam Fagen , Creative Commons, some rights reserved MONTPELIER, Vt.

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Schumer eyes health coverage for disabled vets' children

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer plans to discuss a proposal for legislation that would extend health care coverage for the children of disabled military veterans. According to the New York Democrat, more than 13,000 state residents are enrolled in the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 2 "or CHAMPVA.

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North Korean leader to visit Russia

The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will attend World War II ceremonies in Moscow in May, in what would be his first foreign trip since taking power in 2011. "The participation of the North Korean leader has been confirmed, we are preparing for his arrival," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency.

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Loretta Lynch promises Congress the Constitution will be her "lodestar"

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, meets with Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee to be the next Attorney General of the United States at the U.S. Capitol December 2, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Seeking to reassure a Congress fed up with her predecessor, Loretta Lynch will promise to use the Constitution as her "lodestar" if she is confirmed as attorney general. Lynch begins testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in the first day of her confirmation hearings for the new post.

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Krauthammer: Obama is the Only One who Doesn't Know what Radical Islam is

Spencer Irvine Spencer Irvine graduated from Brigham Young University in International Relations and currently works for AIM running operations and social media. This isn't even a joke.

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Lobbyists see Brownback budget before legislators

Two lobbyists received a sneak peek of Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed budget three weeks ahead of legislators, The Wichita Eagle reports.

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Senate to begin hearings for Obama attorney general nominee

The first Republican-led con... Gone but not forgotten, here are some of the candidates who pledged to take on the political gridlock in Washington but came up a little short. Gone but not forgotten, here are some of the candidates who pledged to take on the political gridlock in Washington but came up a little short.

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Gova t tells agents to ID which immigrants not to deport

The Obama administration has ordered immigration agents to ask immigrants they encounter living in the country illegally whether they might qualify under President Barack Obama's plans to avoid deporting them, according to internal training materials obtained by The Associated Press.

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Congressman Opposes Free Community College: If It's Free,...

A Republican congressman announced his opposition to President Obama's proposal to make the first two years of community college free because he thinks college students won't value their education if they don't have to pay for it. During an appearance on News Talk 103.7 out of Chambersburg Friday, the host asked Rep. Bill Shuster about Obama's community college proposal , which would allow half-time and full-time students with at least a 2.5 grade point average to have their tuition costs paid for at community colleges.

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Morning Plum: Majority wants GOP to fix Obamacare if Supreme Court guts it

Republican leaders are openly rooting for the Supreme Court to gut Obamacare subsidies in three dozen states, explicitly in order to accomplish what Republicans failed to accomplish through the political and legislative process. That suggests Republicans have no intention to agree to any "fixes" to the law if SCOTUS does gut it, even though some conservative reform types want them to offer some sort of policy response of their own if millions lose subsidies and coverage.

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Joe Wilson, Spearman tout school-control bill

By Jerry Bellune and Hal Millard jerrybellune@yahoo.com halmillard@gmail.com Washington needs to butt out of local education. That's the message Congressman Joe Wilson and S.C. Superintendent Molly Spearman want federal bureaucrats to heed.

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Fidel Castro opens up for first time on warming of US-Cuban relations

Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday appeared to lend his support to talks with the United States in his first comments about his longtime adversary since both countries agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties. But Castro stopped short of an enthusiastic endorsement of the rapprochement, announced on Dec. 17 by his younger brother and Cuba 's current president, Raul Castro, and U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Lawmaker says attorney to withdraw motion in DUI case

A state senator says he has told his attorney to withdraw a motion that seeks to have his DUI charge dismissed because the state constitution bans lawmakers from being arrested while the legislature is in session. Republican state Sen. Brandon Smith of Hazard was arrested and charged with DUI on Jan. 6, the first day of the 2015 legislative session.

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STUDY: How Broadcast Networks Covered Climate Change In 2014

The total coverage of climate change on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox continued to increase for the third consecutive year, according to a Media Matters analysis, yet still remained below the level seen in 2009. Coverage on the networks' Sunday shows reached a six-year high after a group of senators demanded they provide more coverage of the issue, but the Sunday shows still infrequently interviewed scientists.

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Durbin Tries Again to Help Those Here Illegally

Saving protections for undocumented immigrants who came into the U.S. as children is the top priority for U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin this week. Durbin has promised to speak on the Senate floor every day this week to the keep the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals policy in place.

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He Sold His Wedding Ring to Buy Groceries. When Local Cops Found Out, They Went Into Action.

For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer - one man in Cornwall, Ontario certainly took that message to heart. What he did was heartbreaking, but how local police came to the rescue will put a smile on your face.

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When You Watch This Anchor Make One of the Toughest Announcements a...

On Friday, he told his audience that he'd be retiring due to being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease - ALS. "For nearly four decades I have met you right here, usually at 6," Stogner said.

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Nancy Grace and Dr. Drew Clash Over Marijuana: 'Quit Showing a Big Fat Doobie'

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For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live. Joining President Barack Obama for a condolence visit after the death of the King Abdullah, Mrs. Obama stepped off of Air Force One wearing long pants and a long, brightly colored jacket - but no headscarf.

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Scott Walker Steps Out

WALKING THE WALK: Yesterday Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced the formation of a new political committee that will help him build his presidential campaign, ABC's RICK KLEIN reports. An aide told ABC News this is likely to be the most formal step he takes toward a presidential announcement until his state budget is concluded around June.

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Obama Sings 'Uptown Funk': VIDEO

In case yesterday's lip dub of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" courtesy of Mr. Pankey and Dallas'A.

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Iran bill would scrap nuclear deal over new sanctions

Iranian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would scrap a landmark 2013 interim nuclear agreement if new sanctions are imposed. The state-run IRNA news service on Wednesday quoted lawmaker Hossein Naqavi Hosseini as saying that some 80 out of 290 parliamentarians support the bill.

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Paul Ryan Uses Cheesy Prop To Make His Point on Trade

Rep. Paul Ryan had a point to make Tuesday, and he made it in a way that would have made his home state proud: He waved a hunk of cheese. The Wisconsin Republican said he had the cheesy prop on hand after losing a football bet with Washington Democrat Rep. Jim McDermott over the outcome of the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks playoff game, but the smoked Gouda-style wedge came in handy while Ryan voiced his disapproval on dairy trade restrictions with Canada, reports The Wall Street Journal .

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Prison System Weighs Putting Focus on Rehab

If the initial hearing Tuesday of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections was any firm indication, then the U.S. prison system is headed toward a revolutionary change from simply incarcerating convicted criminals to focusing on their rehabilitation and re-entry into society. This was the strong emphasis of statements and comments by key figures in the American justice system during the session in Washington, D.C. Named for the late founder of Prison Ministries and chaired by former Rep. J.C. Watts , the Colson Task Force is a product of the Urban Institute.

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Bill O'Reilly: the Presidential race is on very early this time around

In Iowa last weekend Nine Republicans showed up to present themselves to potential voters. Romney, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul were not there but the gathering got a bunch of attention signaling the start of a very intense election cycle which is liable to be exhausting before it is all over.

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White House Drops Plan to Scale Back College Savings Plans

The White House said Tuesday it is dropping a proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings plans amid a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats. President Barack Obama made the proposal last week as part of his State of the Union address.

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The 529 Backdown

Liberalism needs to raise middle-class taxes, and it can't. I wrote about this right after the fiscal-cliff deal in 2013.

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Privacy fears raised over massive DEA license plate tracking program

In a little-known surveillance effort, the Drug Enforcement Administration is operating a massive national license plate reader program and has collected hundreds of millions of records of drivers on U.S. highways, according to the ACLU. Documents released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union describe a burgeoning DEA effort, begun in 2008, to take digital snapshots of automobiles, their occupants and their license plates as they pass by high-tech cameras in at least eight states, including California, to catch criminals smuggling money and contraband into Mexico.

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Gov. Shumlin to testify on transportation to US Senate panel

MONTPELIER, VT. >> Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will be joining the Republican governor of Alabama in testifying before a U.S. Senate committee about the need for continued federal funding of state transportation projects.

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Man who crashed drone at White House was drinking

The man who was operating a drone that crashed on the White House grounds early Monday has told Secret Service investigators that he had been drinking at an apartment nearby before he lost control of the craft, according to law enforcement officials. The man, a government employee, told investigators that he went to bed despite fearing that the drone had flown over the White House.

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Obama's Attorney General Pick Faces Heated Confirmation Debate

Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee to be the next attorney general, meets with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. President Barack Obama's pick for his next attorney general faces a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that will likely highlight tensions between the Obama administration and the new Republican Congress.

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U.S.-Backed Subversion in Israel?

A U.S. State Department-funded group is financing an Israeli campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and has hired former Obama aides to help with its grassroots organizing efforts. U.S.-based activist group OneVoice International has partnered with V15, an "independent grassroots movement" in Israel that is actively opposing Netanyahu's party in the upcoming elections, Ha'aretz reported on Monday.

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Inside Hillary Clinton's 2016 Plan

Not only is she running, but we have a very good idea of what her campaign will look like. Hillary Clinton is in the final stages of planning a presidential campaign that will most likely be launched in early April and has made decisions on most top posts, according to numerous Democrats in close contact with the Clintons and their aides.

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White House Backs Down on College Savings Accounts

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Graves says Obama - free' college plan too costly, might interfere with HOPE grant

U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, right, discusses issues facing the U.S. House Friday at Audrey's restaurant in Dallas. Though President Barack Obama made his proposal for free community college education for all Americans "sound as if it's free," such a plan likely will be too costly and interfere with what Georgia already offers, Paulding's congressman said last week.

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Paralyzed Veterans of America Calls on the House and Senate to Pass...

Media contact: Lani Poblete 202-416-7667 Washington, D.C.- Paralyzed Veterans of America voiced strong support on January 27, 2015, for the bipartisan "Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act," introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch in the House and Sen. Jon Tester in the Senate. The bill, which was passed by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, would allow service-disabled veterans who become federal employees to accumulate paid sick leave during treatment.

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Kremlin confirms North Korea's Kim to visit Moscow in May

The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will attend World War II ceremonies in Moscow in May, in what would be his first foreign trip since taking power in 2011. "The participation of the North Korean leader has been confirmed, we are preparing for his arrival," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency.

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Inslee's plan makes polluters pay

So many people signed up to testify on Gov. Jay Inslee's sweeping proposal to rein in greenhouse gases that Tuesday's public hearing on the bill was continued to Thursday. About three dozen people from across the state testified before the House Environment Committee on a bill to cap the overall amount of carbon emissions in the state and require major polluters to pay for each metric ton of carbon released.

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Govt tells agents to ID which immigrants not to deport

The Obama administration has ordered immigration agents to ask immigrants they encounter living in the country illegally whether they might qualify under President Barack Obama's plans to avoid deporting them, according to internal training materials obtained by The Associated Press. Agents also have been told to review government files to identify any jailed immigrants they might be able to release under the program.

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As Obama departs India, a push for reform

In the final hours of a visit meant to demonstrate the deep societal ties between the United States and India, President Barack Obama briefly broke from his gushing praise for the new Prime Minister to make a soft but undisguised push toward gender equality and religious freedom. Speaking to an audience of students and activists in New Delhi, Obama declared the U.S. was India's best-suited partner as it makes rapid economic advances and appears poised to overtake China to become the world's most populous nation.

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Chuck-ing ideas around

David Hennessy chats to Pat McGarvey of Southern Tenant Folk Union, the folk collective whose new album, The Chuck Norris Project, which deals with political issues like gun control and zero hour contracts "I had the idea: Let's do an album of political songs named after this right wing politically active movie actor," begins Southern Tenant Folk Union founder Pat McGarvey, speaking about the collective's new album, The Chuck Norris Project. All the album's tracks are named after different movies from the actor's career but have nothing to do with the plots.

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This day in history: Jan. 27, 2015

On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. In 1913, the musical play "The Isle O' Dreams" opened in New York; it featured the song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr. In 1944, during World War II, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.

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Obama defends U.S. ties as he pays respects in Saudi ArabiaRIYADH,...

President Barack Obama defended the U.S. government's willingness to cooperate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security despite deep concerns over human rights abuses, as he led an array of current and former U .S. statesmen in paying respects following the death of King Abdullah.

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Obama pays respect to Saudi king

In this Tuesday, May 11, 2010 file photo, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, salutes as he arrives to the opening of the Gulf Cooperation Council consultative summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. Leading a delegation of high ranking government officials from past Republican and Democratic administrations, President Barack Obama landed in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to meet with King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud and express condolences on the passing of King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz.

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Time for a new Church Committee? Ex-staffers think so

Forty years after the creation of the landmark Senate committee to investigative abuses at U.S. spy agencies, ex-staffers on the Church Committee say it's time for a similar panel to once again examine the nation's intelligence powers. Seventeen former committee staffers released a report through the Brennan Center for Justice on Tuesday calling for Congress to conduct a "comprehensive evaluation" of American spying.

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Obama defends US ties as he pays respects in Saudi Arabia

President Barack Obama meets with the new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

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Fidel Castro appears to lend support to Cuba talks with US

Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has backed talks with the US in his first comments about his longtime adversary since both countries agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties. But Castro stopped short of an enthusiastic endorsement of the rapprochement, announced last month by his younger brother and Cuba's current president, Raul Castro, and US President Barack Obama.

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Obama says US must catch up to ensure drones are safe

The United States has fallen behind technological advancements that have made small drones readily available and must update its laws to ensure safety, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, in his first public comments about a drone that crashed on the White House grounds. This handout photo provided by the US Secret Service shows the drone that crashed onto the White House grounds in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

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Keystone pipeline

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., with Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, of Wyoming left, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Jan. 7, 2015. One of the Republicans' first orders of business - approving the Keystone XL pipeline - hit a snag Monday in the Senate.

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Addressing US prez Barack improper says Digvijaya

The blossoming chemistry between the two might have led Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address US President Barack Obama by his first name during their joint media interaction on Sunday, but Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh is not impressed and finds it "improper". One of the fiercest critics of Modi, Singh also feels that the suit the Prime Minister wore during his talks with Obama that day which had his full name embroidered on it, reflected his "megalomania".

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Fort Campbell community stands against cuts

"At the end of the day it comes down to quality of life," "This is a place that people choose." -- Bill Haslam, Tennessee Governor Fort Campbell held its first-ever listening session, Jan. 20, where members of the surrounding communities voiced their opinions regarding the proposed cut of up to 16,000 Fort Campbell Soldiers.

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PM Modi addressing US President as 'Barack' 'improper': Digvijaya Singh

The blossoming chemistry between the two might have led Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address US President Barack Obama by his first name during their joint media interaction on Sunday, but Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh is not impressed and finds it "improper". One of the fiercest critics of Modi, Singh also feels that the suit the Prime Minister wore during his talks with Obama that day which had his full name embroidered on it, reflected his "megalomania".

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Drone Debate Hits Close to Home for White House

The drone-control debate has hit uncomfortably close to home for the White House, thanks to an apparently hapless operator who sent his quadcopter crashing inside the presidential compound. Questions persist about why the night-owl drone operator would be flying it within range of the White House at 3 a.m. but the Secret Service's early investigation suggested he meant no harm.

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Obama: Drones Have Potential To Empower People In Ways Unimaginable Just A Decade Ago

Our opinions are unbiased and unfiltered, and we never hold back. But the most important voice in D.C. sports is yoursa that's why our phone [] All News 99.1 WNEW Latest News Headlines Click Here News Tips 301-902-1380 Desk@wnew.com Questions/Comments Feedback@WNEW.com - Radio & Web Listen To WNEW Stream 99.1 FM Audio on Demand Special Programming Connect with WNEW http://ift.tt/ZuZ3UU Twitter: @WNEW WNEW 'On the [] CBS Sports Radio 1580 CONNECT WITH CBS SPORTS RADIO Listen Live Click Here Latest Sports News & Blogs Click Here Follow The CBS Sports Radio http://ift.tt/ZuZ3UW Twitter: @CBSSportsRadio Contact Studio: 1-855-212-4CBS Email: CNKinard@cbs.com Address 4200 Parliament Place Lanham, MD [] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama shake hands during the India-US Business Summit in New Delhi on Jan. 26, 2015.

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Durbin: Enough with the a oeRepealsa

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he's willing to work on the Affordable Care Act with the Republican majorities in Congress. He just doesn't think they're willing to work with him.

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Elections Morning Digest: Liberal firebrand Alan Grayson weighs a run for Senate

Scott Powers of the Orlando Sentinel reports that Grayson is talking about running for U.S. Senate , where Republican incumbent Marco Rubio looks likely to give up his seat in order to seek the presidency. Grayson says he's waiting to see how the Democratic field develops and is in no hurry to make up his mind.

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Elections Live Digest: 1/27

A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for "Barack Obama," is this a diary they'd be trying to find? Use a person's full name, without any title.

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Obama leads US dignitaries paying respects in Saudi Arabia

Defense attorneys for a former Vanderbilt football player accused of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious coed will get a chance to have their say in closing arguments Tuesday morning. Defense attorneys for a former Vanderbilt football player accused of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious coed will get a chance to have their say in closing arguments Tuesday morning.

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Obama: Despite human rights troubles, we must work with Saudi Arabia

While President Obama has spoken out repeatedly for greater human rights protections in countries all around the world, on Tuesday he found himself defending the close U.S. relationship with a nation that doesn't even allow women to drive. As he traveled to Saudi Arabia to pay his respects to the late King Abdullah, who died last week, Mr. Obama said the U.S. must balance its focus on human rights and equality with other vital issues, such as combating terrorism.

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Obama leads US dignitaries paying respects in Saudi Arabia

Tens of millions of people along the East Coast hunkered down for a storm that for most failed to live up to predictions that it would be one of the worst they'd ever seen.

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Democrats Lose Candidate, Hope in New York Special

The date hasn't even been set, but Republicans have all but won the special election in New York's 11th District. The Staten Island-based district has swung from being a top Democratic target in the midterms all the way across the competitive spectrum to Democrats punting the opportunity to win the seat in a special election.

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WP Sobs: Obama's Approval Rating Up 2 Months Too Late

President Obama's approval rating in Gallup's tracking poll hit 50 percent on Monday for the first time since May 2013. This comes on the heels of a Washington Post-ABC News poll last week that showed the exact same thing - approval at 50 percent, first time since May 2013.

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Obama: We need more drone regulations

One day after a drone crashed at the White House, President Barack Obama reiterated the need to regulate the industry as the recreational and commercial use of drones expands. "The drone that landed in the White House you buy in Radio Shack," Obama said Tuesday in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria in India.

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Live - US excited about PM's effort to empower women: Obama in 'Mann ki baat'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special radio address tonight 'Mann ki baat' will for the first time feature a guest - US President Barack Obama. The special edition of the show has been hosted by the PM himself.

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U.S. Economic Confidence Index Still Positive, Climbs to +5

Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index was +5 for the week ending Jan. 25. This is by one point the best score since the recession, and three points higher than the +2 found the week prior. The index has been in positive territory for five consecutive weeks after being in negative territory since Gallup began tracking it daily in 2008.

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Obama says US must catch up to ensure drones are safe

The United States has fallen behind technological advancements that have made small drones readily available and must update its laws to ensure safety, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, in his first public comments about a drone that crashed on the White House grounds. Obama said drones, properly used, have the potential to empower people in ways unimaginable just a decade ago.

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Startup biz with NM ties adds analytic tool to D.C. politics

The sons of two longtime New Mexico legislators are part of group of young entrepreneurs who have launched a new analytical service designed to provide data about legislation and news emanating from Washington, D.C. The sons of two longtime New Mexico legislators are part of group of young entrepreneurs who have launched a new analytical service designed to provide data about congressional legislation and news emanating from Washington, D.C., according to a report in the Santa Fe New Mexican .

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The Reopening of Japan's Market Clears the Way for More Than Gourmet...

More Than Gourmet, an Ohio-based producer of authentic, gourmet, French-style stocks, sauces, broths and concentrates, applauds Friday's agreement between the United States and the Government of Japan on implementation of a 2013 agreement to re-open the Japanese market to U.S. processed beef products. The agreement on the terms of a U.S. export protocol and export certificate represented the last step in the process of reopening Japan's market and clears the way for More Than Gourmet and other qualified U.S. producers to export to Japan.

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